Prospect Park YMCA Records. 1891-1992.

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Prospect Park YMCA Records. 1891-1992.

Collected minutes, brochures and flyers, correspondence, and other materials related to the Prospect Park YMCA buildings, camps, residence program, and athletics.

3.5 cubic feet (6 boxes)

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6619474

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YMCA of Greater New York. Prospect Park Branch.

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A feature of the Park Slope neighborhood, the Prospect Park YMCA, has been serving Brooklyn for more than 112 years. Th branch has a long-standing commitment to housing programs. Seamen's House, begun in 1931 in Manhattan's Chelsea district as short-term housing for sailors in port, continues to offer seafarers housing with its affordable units for retired sailors at its Park Slope location. The branch also maintains a tradition of linkages with community groups such as literary societies, book ...