Straus Center - Frost Valley YMCA Tours

The rooftop lounge was nice and the locations was good. The staff was generally OK. However, the thermostat for the room malfunctioned wildly and the mini-fridge froze all our food so that it was ruined. Some nights we sweltered because the temperature setting seemed to have no relation to what the actual temperature in the room was, at times varying by 6-12 degrees. After working appropriately the first night, the thermostat seemed to develop a mind of its own and would only work intermittently. Not a great thing in summer NYC weather. The mini-fridge seemed to run all the time even on the lowest setting, so was useless for anything but maybe chilling bottles of vodka. We lost about $50 worth of groceries as a result.