New Utrecht YMCA records

Collection

Identifier: Y.GNY.36

Staff Only

SCOPE AND CONTENTS OF THE COLLECTION

The collection of the New Uutrecht branch of the New York YMCA includes a form letter, newsletters, correspondence, financial campaign materials and publications of the New Utrecht branch of the Brooklyn and Queens YMCA.

Dates

1897-1941.

Creator

Brooklyn and Queens Young Men's Christian Association. New Utrecht Branch. (Organization)

Language of Materials

English

Use of Materials:

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HISTORY OF NEW UTRECHT YMCA

The New Utrecht YMCA was founded in 1869 as part of the Brooklyn Association, although it did not continue as part of the Brooklyn YMCA more than a few years and apparently ceased operations by 1900. In November of 1919, a reorganized branch opened at 1841 Eighty-fourth Street with a dormitory; a gymnasium was constructed in 1925. The Brooklyn Association intended that the branch would share its facilities with area churches for leadership training and activities, and the new branch membership included some men who had been associated with the former 1869 branch. New Utrecht closed its doors in 1953.

Information taken from History of the Brooklyn and Queens Young Men's Christian Association 1853-1949by E. Clark Worman (1952); The YMCA at 150: A history of the YMCA of Greater New York, 1852-2002by Pamela Bayliss (2002).