Sloane House YMCA

360 West 34th Street | also 355 West 33rd Street, 354 West 34th Street | Hudson Yards | built 1930

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

1930
The William Sloane YMCA residence opens for servicemen
Architects Cross & Cross designed this 1,595-room YMCA residence, named for William Sloane, who had chaired the YMCA's National War Work Council during World War I. Marketed as cheap housing for members of the armed forces, it grew into the largest YMCA residence in New York City.
Source: Forgotten New York
1974
A fire in the YMCA residence kills four people
A fire broke out in the aging Sloane House residence in 1974, killing four people. By then the building's original mission of housing servicemen had faded, and the YMCA had opened its rooms to women, students, and welfare recipients as military demand declined.
Source: Forgotten New York
1993
The YMCA closes Sloane House and sells the building
After fundraising efforts in the 1980s failed to keep the residence afloat, the YMCA closed Sloane House in 1993 and sold the building for $5 million. It reopened as 360 West 34th Street, a building of affordable rental apartments aimed at young professionals new to the city.
Source: Forgotten New York

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