I'm writing this as a former P.A, I worked here for maybe three weeks over the summer. This camp is the biggest waste of time I have ever laid my eyes upon. The kitchen smells of rotten food, the higher-ups are incapable of empathy or sympathy of any kind. The biggest offender of this I will NOT mention by name, thought it is the head of the camp. In my short time of employment at the camp, I have only seen him around three times. Otherwise, he will be sitting in his office and eating food brought up by P.As. Camp counselors (not to be confused with Program Assistants (P.As)) are also incredibly rude and entitled. A handful of them will wild out at the kids who are misbehaving for some reason. Just kidding! The reason is because they are children. I was unfortunate enough to see this in person and it was fairly jarring to see a young adult scream at an eight year old in such a vicious and inappropriate manner. As a P.A it was my job to handle food, and also work as human wall. During our many beach trips every one or two day(s) P.As (who are still mostly teenagers) would line up on a beach, and clean it up for the children. This in an of itself would not be an issue if it were not for the fact that the P.As would be forced to line up on each side of a small portion of the beach and stand in the hot sun for hours at a time. No joke. You would only be allowed to move if you were to get water. Of course, phone usage was reasonably prohibited. I was lucky enough to be exempt, but after my termination I find it unnecessary to sing any praises of this downright horrendous excuse of a job. I would constantly hear my co-workers complaining about how they've burnt or just overheated. If you are unfortunate enough to fall hook line and sinker into this job via SYEP or any other means, please be prepared just in case for the following of which I have endured. Horrible management, poor excuses of busy work, your bosses will treat you like children, your 'co-workers' (counselors, not all) will call you slurs behind your back and insult you for not bringing them their food in time (as if they are incapable of getting it themselves), and a whole lot of standing around and doing nothing except baking in the sun, or being chewed out. I was fired without warning, only mere days after being told how good of a worker I am. The big boss decided to terminate me because I ate a piece of watermelon from a tray (with a fork, with a hairnet, with gloves) and said it was a "HEALTH CONCERN" and that his "hands were tied". Reportedly, I had been told by my co-workers that this was not allowed, and that this would surely be reprimanded. However, I have zero recollection of ever having an event like this, and even if I did in my humble opinion I believe that executive warning should be stated before termination. This was not the case. Oh, and the boss used rather unsavory and vulgar language to describe my heinous crime. He used words such as "dirty mouth" to describe me. I was frankly taken aback that this would be the final nail in the coffin for me. Or should I say FIRST and final, as I had never been reprimanded in my entire time working here up to this point. If you are to work here, please know that nothing is off the table for management. read more

The staff is very, very rude. I came to them for help at a difficult moment in my life, but they treated me very rudely. Especially the staff Elena read more

Horrible camp,the kids are rude, the staff don't care about the kids at all! My child always complains about the trips!

It's my kids' third year going to this camp, this year is the worst, the counselors yell at the kids, my kids don't want to go to camp, every morning is a struggle, Dorf, the director doesn't know how to speak with the parents, he has an attitude, we keep kosher and I thought it was a strictly kosher camp but the kids bring non kosher food to camp, I am very disappointed with the rude staff. read more

My kids have been going here for over 5 years. they engage in every possible activity that this organization has to offer. From swimming, gymnastics, to Sumer camps. I have to say that this is a classic Brighton attitude place. Rude, unprofessional, from the "Director of Security" who thinks he is the boss of the place, stating that the space surrounding his desk is his personal office and the parents are not allowed to watch their children participate in gymnastics, because the see through windows and part of the floor under it apparently overlaps with the imaginary line of the "office space". Having to listen to this nonsense while we, the parents, are paying these people. Meanwhile the gymnastics team, has no problem with parents observing their little acrobats from the outside.Than this rude lady who is not willing to listen and just cuts you off like your some kind of an annoying brat, and that's the "director of operations" in this place. We, the parents, are not asking for much, just a little respect, compromise and kindness. Especially because our families are staying loyal and keep returning to you year after year. Just unbelievably upset and disappointed. read more

this is actually a zero star review. absolutely horrible and if I could give this place zero stars I would. I'm giving this review from the point of view of a camp counselor that has been a part of this organization for four years. to start off about 20 something children are grouped together under the supervision of two preteen counselors that have no prior training to working with children, if your child has special needs too bad because they are just lumped in with the rest of them. The day starts off at the beach where they are surrounded by a wall of counselors where the kids are told every 30 minutes whether they can put their ankles in the water, or they can sit in the sand , this goes on for about 3 to 4 hours. If the child is overheated too bad if the child needs water too bad. children would beg counselors to take them back to the bathroom so they can cool down because they were near heat exhaustion from all the hours in the sun , while the rest of the kids were policed by understaffed counselors, and most of the kids ended up, just running around the beach because there weren't enough counselors to supervise them, not to mention the councilors were also delirious by that point. After that the children would go to lunch where many children would just avoid it and beg to not eat because it made kids throw up get sick or have stomach aches for the rest of the day .for the kids who were able to somehow handle the food, they were rationed and left, crying and complaining that they were starving after, but we couldn't give them any snacks, even though there was a whole closet full of them. After the kids were heat exhausted, and starved they would go to activities, run by none, other than the delirious preteen counselors. It's so sad this camp is so expensive for absolutely nothing not to mention the staff gets treated so poorly .my first year working here I was a CIT. I got paid four dollars an hour for three hours a day, even though I was forced to work 40 hours a week. my second year working there. I got paid four dollars an hour for 40 hours a week but somehow my last two weeks pay got " lost in the mail" in the tips that my campers had given me out of the kindness of their heart the program overseer at the time had taken from me. Absolutely disgusting. Two years before that. I had volunteered two hours almost every week as a part of their task force and all I asked, for after was a letter indicating the hours I had volunteered, and they couldn't even give me that. All this place does is take. it is a prison for the kids and the councilors. I dont know where this expensive camp tuition goes, but it isn't to the camp. this place is a prison and a scam and if I were you I would run. find a different camp any camp. don't send your child here. read more

Don't go to this place ever!!! The people working there are extremely rude!!!!! The price is way over the market! If you need a swimming class, Swim Koi is much better (their phone number is: 347-562-3924); After I switch my son's class there, he is much much happier. My son told me the people working in Shorefront were yelling at him all the time. They did the same to me. Especially those working the office!! I am doubt that whether they are American at all; You can NOT talk to them in a reasonable ways. They canceled the last class because they need to clean the pool, and told me we can have a make up class, when I called, the guy on the phone said he would call me back, but he never called, then I called again, and he told the same story that he will called me back; then I was told they can't give me the class anymore, since it is too long!! wtf!! they canceled the class, and wasted my time going there, now they even don't give me a make up class, and whoever on the phone is rude!!!! The price is three times of Swim Koi! read more

There are amazing programs like ESL classes, employment help such as Brooklyn Connect and ESL vocational services, swimming lessons, Bridge program, Hebrew lessons, camps for children, travel camps for teens, health fairs, events with free giveaways and a self-advocacy program. read more

True Brighton Beach attitude. The staff is outrageous. The coach Ilya asked a young kid to let me know that this is not a Broadway and I should not walk around the pool w my child. Yet we were waiting for the trainer that never came because the front end made a mistake scheduling our appointment for today. They called us yesterday to confirm appointment for today but when we came today they said that appointment was last week. Unprofessional, rude and arrogant staff. Stay away from this place read more

Good, clean gym and swimming pool. Friendly lifeguards and gym staff. They also have a sauna. If you have kids there are kids programs, after school, sports and other. They have English courses and some job placements. It's a center that helps immigrants. read more

Warning, read the membership contract before you sign! To become a member, you have to sign an agreement saying that even if they do something wrong for which they're at fault, i.e. have unsafe equipment on site, that you will release them from any damages. In my opinion this is unreasonable and unethical, and I would advise people to find a different business that doesn't have this kind of requirement to patronize their premises. read more

I fully agree with Terisa J. Karate class without any equipment. Karate ? it more like a ridiculous business concept. And The pool is lousy and the changing rooms are old and dirty. Go elsewhere if you care about quality and dont want to deal with some rude/snobby staff. read more

Most of the daily use lockers are broken & the administration does not seem to care about fixing them....the ladies locker room is crowded with not enough benches or seats to change so you have to be prepared to change standing up.....there are only three showers and long waits to use one. The pool is kept clean but the lifeguards don't seem to have the skills to manage the different lanes like other lifeguards do in other NYC facilities. And, the heating in the pool area is not maintained so the air is really cold when you get out of the pool. Emergency doors are left opened and the security throughout the facility is minimal without any clear security protocols in a day and age when administration and management should be concerned. It is just a poorly managed facility. There are frequent thefts from lockers and again, no methodology for filling out a theft report or even the courtesy of informing membership of theft activity. The membership fees are inexpensive, and it's clear that members get what they pay for. There should be more concern for the safety and well being of members, both adult and children. read more

Four years ago that was kind of ok, now it's not at all interesting to go there.After 14 years we stopped going there because there they just began to harass the visitors with their stupid new things. read more

This place is ok if you are looking for close by location to drop your kids off to some after school activities but you dont care for quality. There are many other better and cheaper camps, better sports activities especially the so called karate class without any equipment. The pool is lousy and the changing rooms are old and dirty. Go elsewhere if you care about quality and dont want to deal with some rude/snobby staff. read more

Very unprofessional. Staff members ( including the director of Immigrant and family services) practice screaming at center's customers. I would not recommend this organization to anyone! Case workers and the rest of this organization's stuff, is very rude. read more