YWCA Brooklyn — Local services in New York

This Y on third Ave has had a scaffold all around their building for over a decade. This scaffold provides a living rm for vagrants And bums, which use it take to drugs, drink and eat, leaving their garbage for RATS.. Mounds of pidgeon waste line the sidewalks, As the birds use the scaffold to nest.. This is a huge transfer of bacteria and disease. I remember when this Y had a bit of class, & was home to professional working woman. Over the years it has become a dumping ground for the State, for distrubed women who really should be in sheltered care. Hence the stabbing murder that took place last year. This building is a...

I was lucky enough several years ago to b able to rent a room here at the YWCA. They had rooms for women only here now I've heard they also have small studio apartments for rent. Don't know the prices. Many of the ladies either worked or were on ssi /disabilty. Only bad thing was you couldn't have male guests in your room but you could visit with them in the big TV room. You cooked your own meals. With a mini fridge in your room but communal kitchen and shower. They had great view from the rooftop...

I feel overall blessed to be here but the smell and constant stench on the 11th floor is unbearable! They are neglectful of this floor because there are some tenants that are part of a wonderful woman’s shelter and do not pay attention or focus on the very basic higiene normalcies as they do on other floors. It constantly reeks very strongly of feces and they continually do NOTHING when anyone tries to address it…!!! It’s...