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City pools are open! — Brooklynian

City pools are open!

pitu
pitu
edited November -1 in Park Slope
http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_things_to_do/facilities/af_pools.html#top

There's a dinky crowded one at Douglas and DeGraw, west of Third Avenue
(I went yesterday, it was great. Refreshing like nothing else, if you can stand tons of kids)

There's big outdoor pools in
Red Hook (Bay and Henry Streets)
and
Sunset Park (Seventh Avenue between 41st and 44th Streets)

The pools are free. Most have lap swimming hours 11a-1pm. They close around 2:30, then reopen at 4p for an afternoon session until 7p. You have to bring a lock and a bathing suit (and they check for it at the door, so don't think you'll just leave your stuff on the deck.)

:D:D:D

Comments

  • idlewild
    idlewild
    If you're gonna swim in sea water you might as well go to Rockaway Beach.
  • pitu
    pitu
    ?
    It's filtered chlorinated . . . or are you talking about that new netted thing on the waterfront?

    If I'm going far, I prefer Riis . . . or Robert Moses.
  • idlewild
    idlewild
    I'm talking about people taking a leak into the pool. Chlorinated filtered urea is still chlorinated filtered urea.
  • pitu
    pitu
    That's ridiculous, Idlewild.
    Pools are pretty tightly monitored...wouldn't want a cholera outbreak now, would we?
    :D
    My houseguest for the weekend used to work for Parks, and was telling us about the different kinds of filters they use on the pools, and how they cycle the water...

    p.s. there's separate baby pools for the toddler set btw
  • idlewild
    idlewild
    I'm sure the chlorine and filters do their job quite well, still when one sees the yellow tide approach like it was the Nile turning in to blood........
  • pitu
    pitu
    Banned for trying your local remake of "The Ten Commandments" at Sunset Park . . .
    =D>
  • daver
    daver
    Banned for banning outside the banning thread.

    And I got yer yellow tide right here...
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  • idlewild
    idlewild
    You're right. The Eastern Athletic Club/Union Temple would be more appropriate for the "Ten Commandments" remark. The people who swim the blessed waters there probably have more bladder abnormalities per square foot of pool than anywhere in the States. So let it be wriitten. So let it be done.
  • daver
    daver
    Dive in...
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    Idlewild is on patrol...
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    Although maybe it is just lemon drops...
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    But when ya gotta go...
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  • idlewild
    idlewild
    [quote=daver]Dive in...
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    Idlewild is on patrol...
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    Although maybe it is just lemon drops...
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    But when ya gotta go...
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    I don't wear sunglasses.
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