Passable

Bad

Disliked: Flop house. Staff wore no masks and facilities were filthy during a Pandemic (Coronavirus).

Good

Passable

Liked: the staff... specially the front desk information, but not very helpful and informative at check in/out. / the best thing about staying at YMCA is to have access to YMCA facilities as gym, sauna, pool.
Disliked: bedroom is to basic and not very clean. Uncomfortable shared bathroom outside bedroom is not very clean. Absurdly they charge to storage luggage: I had to checkout at 11am and my fly was at 6pm, there was no way to receive a courtesy storage for just 5 hours.

Bad

I did have a good...

Liked: It is located in an ideal place for my purposes of exploring the city. Close enough to two major subway stations so that I could access the subway system and close enough to Broadway to walk to a lot of other tourist sites. The room was as basic as I needed but I can understand that many of my friends would refuse to stay in it because it is so basic. The rest of the building is also rather utilitarian lacking any comforts or interest. The corridors resemble a prison with no decorations or anything to make it more friendly and smelling of urine. It suited my purposes in that it was clean, safe and cheap but to be honest it wasn't a lot of fun. If it was possible to find other cheaper accommodation in NY I would opt to stay there in future but I would come back to the Y.
Disliked: Better decorations through the property. A bit more colour and better lighting. An improved television service although the internet was good.

If you will be coming...

Liked: Amazing location, easy to find and check in.
Disliked: Showers were not the best.

Very good

Very good