YMCA of Greater New York. Highland Park Branch.

The Twenty-Sixth Ward branch of the YMCA in Brooklyn, New York, was originally part of the Brooklyn Association of the YMCA. The building at Pennsylvania and Liberty Avenues opened on November 5, 1893. In 1926 a new building opened at 570 Jamaica Avenue and the name of the branch changed to Highland Park. That address continued to be the home of a YMCA branch, although its name ultimately changed again. In 1977, the Highland Park branch offered joint programming with the Ridgewood branch in Queens. By 2008 it had become the North Brooklyn/12 Towns branch.

The Twenty-Sixth Ward branch of the YMCA in Brooklyn, New York, was originally part of the Brooklyn Association of the YMCA. The building at Pennsylvania and Liberty Avenues opened on November 5, 1893. It contained a lecture hall, classrooms, a gymnasium, a game room, a bowling alley and a plunge -- a swimming tank about 15 by 20 feet and too shallow for diving. The Twenty-Sixth Ward branch was known for its gymnastics and baseball teams; the boys baseball team won the city championship in 1912.

In 1926 a new building opened at 570 Jamaica Avenue and the name of the branch changed to Highland Park. That address continued to be the home of a YMCA branch, although its name ultimately changed again. In 1977, the Highland Park branch offered joint programming with the Ridgewood branch in Queens. By 2008 it had become the North Brooklyn/12 Towns branch.

(Information taken from materials in the collection. )

The Highland Park Branch of the YMCA, located at 570 Jamaica Avenue in Brooklyn near the Queens boundary, began as the Twenty-Sixth Ward Branch of the YMCA in 1893 in a building at Pennsylvania and Liberty Avenues. Like its predecessor, the Highland Park branch was known for its gymnastics and baseball prowess, continuing that emphasis well into the 1960s.

In 1926 a new building, at 570 Jamaica Avenue, opened and the name of the branch changed to Highland Park. That address continued to be the home of a YMCA branch, although its name changed. In 1977, the Highland Park branch offered joint programming with the Ridgewood branch in Queens. By 2008 it had become the North Brooklyn/12 Towns branch.

(Information taken from materials in the collection. )