Plan Your Visit: Entrances and Parking
Building Hours
Welcome to McGaw YMCA! Please plan your visit around our building hours and allow enough time to complete your workout or activity before closing.
- Last entry to fitness areas is 20 minutes before closing.
- Last entry to pools is 5 minutes after the start of the last pool reservation.
- Pools close 30 minutes before the facility closes.
- Program areas, including the Fitness Center, SLC gym/track, and Group Studios, close 15 minutes before the facility closes.
- All members and guests must leave the building and parking lots at closing time.
Public Entrance
Entrance 1 – Grove Street: Entrance 1 on Grove Street is our main entrance for members, program participants, guests, and visitors. Check in is required for every visit as follows:
- Members and Guests: Please stop by the Welcome Desk and share your first and last name each time you visit. New members and guests ages 18 and older will need to show a valid government-issued photo ID, sign a facility waiver, and have their photo taken during their first visit.
- Program Participants: Aquatics and sports program participants should show their current season Program Pass to the Welcome Desk staff at each visit and check in at the program area according to established program procedures. Afterschool program participants can check in at their designated program area.
- Visitors: Visitors ages 18 and older must show a valid government-issued photo ID with date of birth at each visit. After staff verify your identity, you’ll receive a visitor badge to wear while in the building. Please wait in the lobby for a staff escort, who will also accompany you back to the Welcome Desk when you leave so you can return your badge.
- Public Events and Program Practices: During designated large public events and afterschool or weekend program practices, non-members may be granted entry without presenting a photo ID, provided they are attending in an open, public capacity. Event-specific safety measures, including check-in procedures, age supervision guidelines, staff supervision, and facility monitoring, will remain in place.
Restricted Entrances
Entrance 2 – Accessible (West Alley): Entrance 2 is available for individuals with accessibility needs and families using strollers who are on the Accessible Entrance List. This includes eligible members, program participants, residents, and staff. When you arrive, press the call button and provide your first and last name so staff can verify your information and welcome you inside. For everyone’s safety, individuals who are granted access must not hold the door open for others or prop it open.
Need regular access to this entrance? Stop by the Welcome Desk or contact Member Services at [email protected] or 847-475-7400 to request a spot on the list. No medical or disability information is required.
MetaMedia Entrance (Maple Avenue): This entrance is reserved for current MetaMedia participants, program staff, and approved guests, with access managed by YMCA staff.
Children’s Center Entrances: Entrances at the McGaw YMCA Children's Center are reserved for current program participants and their parents/caregivers, staff, and approved guests. When you arrive, press the call button so Front Desk staff can verify your identity before granting access.
Parking
The McGaw YMCA provides three permit parking lots for the 1000 Grove Street building. YMCA parking passes are available at the Welcome Desk. Members may park for free for up to two hours during the hours listed below. Staff may park during their designated permitted hours. Resident Members may park in their assigned spaces in Lot 3.
All vehicles must properly display valid YMCA permits at all times and park in designated spaces only. NO OVERNIGHT PARKING IN ANY LOT EXCEPT FOR RESIDENTS WITH PROPER PERMITS IN LOT 3.
VIOLATORS WILL BE TICKETED AND TOWED AT OWNER’S EXPENSE.
Accessible parking spaces are available in Lots 2 and 3. Visitors may park in Lots 2 and 3 during special events only. Free 2-hour street parking is available on Grove, Maple, and Lake as indicated on posted signs. For your security, please lock your vehicle and do not leave valuables inside. The McGaw YMCA is not responsible for loss, theft, or damage to vehicles or personal property.
Lot 1 (East Side)
(dirt lot across from 1000 Grove St. front entrance)
STAFF PERMIT PARKING HOURS:
Monday-Friday: 8:00AM to 4:00PM
MEMBER 2-HOUR PERMIT PARKING HOURS:
Monday-Friday: 5:00 AM to 8:00 AM
and 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Lot 2
(lot adjacent to the West Alley)
MEMBERS 2-HOUR PERMIT PARKING HOURS:
Monday-Friday: 5:00 AM to 8:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Lot 3
(Lake Street)
MEMBERS 2-HOUR PERMIT PARKING HOURS:
Monday-Friday: 5:00 AM to 8:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM
RESIDENT MEMBERS:
As assigned.
