This drop-in class helps our newest little swimmers become comfortable in and around the water. Songs and games introduce beginner swim skills (such as kicking, splashing, and blowing bubbles) and create a fun, positive experience for young children in the pool. For baby and their adult.

Bubble Babies classes are drop-in and FREE for Center Family Members.

Water Otters offers the same drop-in fun as Bubble Babies, catered towards an older age group. Come splash and sing your way towards learning basic swim and safety skills! For children aged 18 months -2.5 years and their adult.

Water Otters classes are drop-in and FREE for Center Family Members.

These registration-based beginner swim lessons offer more personal instruction and a progressive curriculum for children who are ready to take the plunge! Children learn safety skills, breath control, proper body position, and basic arm and leg movements. Through a more structured class setting, swimmers begin to independently follow the lead of the instructor. After completion of the Begin2Swim program, swimmers may be ready to move up to the first level of our Pre-K Swim Lessons.

Our small-group lessons promote safety, fun, and friendship. We love incorporating a social aspect into swimming - an activity that is often thought of as an individual sport. The result is an environment where children encourage, support, and learn from one another (and simply have a blast swimming!)

Our Pre-K classes have only 3-4 children per instructor, and swimmers are placed into groups based on age and ability.

Our week-long Booster Sessions are offered during the Summer months and select school breaks. Swimmers attend every day of the scheduled session for an hour each day. This consists of a 30-40 minute structured swim lesson, followed by 20-30 minutes of free swim, games, and play with the instructor - creating a fun, camp-like experience for your child, with lots and lots of skill practice!

Booster Sessions are offered for ages 3 and up. Visit our registration page to sign up!

Private swim lessons are offered to Center Members of all ages, although we typically recommend swimmers have a parent/guardian participate with them in the water until age 3. Private lessons will cover the same curriculum as our group classes, but are recommended for children with special needs or who may be more successful with one-on-one instruction rather than in a group setting.  

Contact our Aquatics office (swim@manhattanyouth.org) for additional information.

For children under 5, we offer our Pool Pals program. Pool Pals allows your child to safely have fun in the water, while you stay dry! Pool Pals sessions are not swim lessons—they are unstructured one-on-one play sessions during which our swim staff provide individual support, supervision, and interaction with your child while encouraging fun in the water.

Family Swim hours are offered every day at the Center. Have fun with family, meet new friends, and reinforce swim skills. See our schedule for current Member hours.

Our small-group lessons promote safety, fun, and friendship. We love incorporating a social aspect into swimming - an activity that is often thought of as an individual sport. The result is an environment where children encourage, support, and learn from one another (and simply have a blast swimming!)

Children are placed into classes by age and ability and class size for this age is limited to 3-6 children per instructor (depending on the skill level of the swimmers.)

We offer classes for all swimming levels - from the inexperienced to the most advanced swimmers. Registration is based on a semester schedule, and we accept rolling registration based on availability. Visit our registration page for more details.

We are proud to additionally offer our Youth Swim Lessons through our After-School Programs at PS 89, PS 234, PS 150, PS 276, PS 343, and PS 397. Children receive the same instruction and swim experience as our Youth classes during their assigned swim block, in addition to pick-up directly from their classrooms at school dismissal, snack, transportation to the Community Center, and childcare activities provided by our wonderful After-School counselors and directors.

To find out more on our After-School programs, please click here.

Please note that swim offerings and schedules vary by school.

Our week-long Booster Sessions are offered during the Summer months and select school breaks. Swimmers attend every day of the scheduled session for an hour each day. This consists of a 30-40 minute structured swim lesson, followed by 20-30 minutes of free swim, games, and play with the instructor - creating a fun, camp-like experience for your child, with lots and lots of skill practice!

Visit our registration page to sign up!

Our Tritons Swim Team offers advanced swimmers the opportunity to gain increased endurance, improve fitness and self-confidence, refine their stroke technique, and learn competitive skills and sportsmanship. Our goal is not strictly to develop fast swimmers. Our goal is to develop great student-athletes and well-rounded young adults, who can balance schoolwork, practices, and a variety of other activities - all with a positive attitude, strong work ethic, respect for themselves and others, and support from their team, coaches, and parents.

Enrollment in the Tritons Swim Team requires an evaluation with one of our coaches. Swimmers choose their own practice schedules, between 2-4 days per week.

For more information, please email tritons@manhattanyouth.org

Intro to Water Sports is a registration-based program offering swimmers grades 3rd-6th the opportunity to explore new, fun, and challenging ways to enjoy the water. Each month-long mini-session will introduce swimmers to a new Water Sport including Water Polo, Synchronised Swimming, Snorkeling, and more!

Participants must be in able to effectively demonstrate 25 yards freestyle and feel comfortable treading water for an extended period of time. All Intro to Water Sports sessions will be taught primarily in the deep section of our pool.  

For more information, call 212-766-1104 x298 or email swim@manhattanyouth.org

It's important for our Middle and High-School aged swimmers to feel confident about participating in a swim class. Our Swim Instructors for these classes have years of experience working with Middle and High School students in camp, classroom, and aquatics settings. Classes of all abilities are offered, from beginner to advanced.

Our Tritons Swim Team offers advanced swimmers the opportunity to gain increased endurance, improve fitness and self-confidence, refine their stroke technique, and learn competitive skills and sportsmanship. Our goal is not strictly to develop fast swimmers. Our goal is to develop great student-athletes and well-rounded young adults, who can balance schoolwork, practices, and a variety of other activities - all with a positive attitude, strong work ethic, respect for themselves and others, and support from their team, coaches, and parents.

Enrollment in the Tritons Swim Team requires an evaluation with one of our coaches. Swimmers choose their own practice schedules, between 2-4 days per week.

For more information, please email tritons@manhattanyouth.org

Intro to Water Sports is a registration-based program offering swimmers grades 3rd-6th the opportunity to explore new, fun, and challenging ways to enjoy the water. Each month-long mini-session will introduce swimmers to a new Water Sport including Water Polo, Synchronised Swimming, Snorkeling, and more!

Participants must be in able to effectively demonstrate 25 yards freestyle and feel comfortable treading water for an extended period of time. All Intro to Water Sports sessions will be taught primarily in the deep section of our pool.  

For more information, call 212-766-1104 x298 or email swim@manhattanyouth.org

During designated hours, lanes are reserved specifically for Adult Lap Swimming. Please note that we can only guarantee lanes during these specified times - lanes cannot be guaranteed during other Family Swim hours.

These drop-in, Members-Only classes are great for Adults who have fears of the water, are new to swimming, or want to learn proper strokes and breathing enabling them to swim for longer distances. Our swim instructors for these classes are trained specifically to teach adults beginner and intermediate swimming skills. These classes take place at the same time in the pool, but we offer two groups each week based on skill level so we can be sure to offer the most appropriate level of instruction for each individual.

These drop-in, Members-only Adult classes are designed to help advanced swimmers improve their speed and swimming endurance (in our Fitness/Endurance class) or learn new strokes and refine their stroke technique (in our Technique class). Join our Swim Team coach and advanced-level instructors for weekly sessions, customized for the participants of each particular class. Our experienced instructors will help you achieve your swimming goals.

This high-energy aquatic fitness class will give you an intense workout on top of an unstable surface in the water on our Glidefit boards. You’ll be introduced to stretches and exercises to build strength from head to toe while you raise your heart rate in a fun new way.

Classes are FREE for Center Members or available to non-members for a fee.

Questions? Email swim@manhattanyouth.org or call 212-766-1104 x298

Reserve Your Spot in Class

Our Adult Private lessons can be adapted to the individual needs and specific goals of each swimmer. They are offered only to Center Members.

Contact our Aquatics office at 212-766-1104 x298 or e-mail swim@manhattanyouth.org for additional information.