Union chrétienne de jeunes gens de New York.

The French branch of the YMCA in New York City was established in 1889. However, its roots went back to 1882, when some members of the l'Église Évangélique Française de New York on West 16th Street formed the Union Chrétienne. The effort to establish YMCA branches targeted at specific language groups was spearheaded by James Stokes, a long time benefactor of the YMCA and an advocate of strengthening the links between the American YMCA and associations abroad. Funding was secured to send the first French-speaking secretary to Springfield College for training. Although there were several other YMCA branches targeting French-speaking young men in the U.S., the New York City branch, known as Union Chrétienne de Jeunes Gens de New York, was the only really successful YMCA effort directed at the French-speaking population.

The branch had several locations during its years of operation. An early location was 128 West 23rd Street. 112 and 114 West 21st Street, near Sixth Avenue, was the branch's home during the late 1890s. By 1902 the branch was housed at 49 West 24th Street. By 1905 the branch location was 109 West 54th Street, where it remained until the branch closed in 1929.

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