City offers to buy land next to NDG YMCA
As we’ve seen recently, the YMCA has been closing branches whose memberships couldn’t sustain the facilities. The NDG YMCA has been closed by Covid and its members have been nervous, but now the city has offered to buy a piece of land belonging to the organization, thus allowing it to continue, and reopen eventually. The land would be used for social housing and a public park.
The Google satellite view reveals that the Y appears to own most of that block in NDG, between Royal and Hampton, with grounds encompassing a running track and tennis courts.
Kevin 12:09 on 2020-11-17 Permalink
It’s a huge field that lies empty most of the year. The only time it’s really used is by the YMCA’s summer camp, although there is a garden tucked onto one side.
There is Montreal-run apartment building for people with low incomes in that block (corner Monkland and Royal).