Overall this is a nice place but it needs some improvements. The pool- this pool has lanes for fast, medium, and slow level swimmers and another side for open swim for those who don't want to swim in lanes. It can get really crowded during certain hours. Mainly when kids are getting off of school and adults are leaving work and also on weekends. Kids can get unruly during open swim and often splash and jump around oblivious to the fact that they are sharing a space with everyone else. The lanes get crowded and people can be inconsiderate. Swimming under the ropes, people swimming in lanes that are not appropriate for their skill level, and people who hug the walls for dear life can sometimes make finishing a lap difficult. The locker room- For a place that services so many people the locker room really falls short. You get a few nice sized lockers but that's all. Most of them are small and can't accommodate much let alone a gym bag. Make sure to bring your own soap. These showers do not come equipped with soap, shelves are missing in a lot of them, and the drain is usually hairy. Privacy is also at a premium here. You get shower curtains that don't cover much to begin with and on top of that, some of them are broken which leaves you even more exposed. The stalls and urinals are usually immaculate though. The staff- For the most part they are all pretty cool. I've only had one bad run in with them. I was not told that we couldn't share lockers when I signed up. A misunderstanding but one lady was particularly rude and nasty over a simple misunderstanding. Just cover your bases and make sure they explain all of the rules to you when you are signing up to avoid any issues with the staff. All of these things can easily be overlooked if you do yourself this one favor. DO NOT GO DURING PEAK HOURS IF ANY OF THESE THINGS ARE UNACCEPTABLE TO YOU. When it isn't crowded lockers are easy to get, showers are not a hassle, laps are easy, and the open swim area is great. read more

cheap, convenient, great for the family. cons: crowded, avoid at all costs on weekends, short hours read more

I've never done the open swim here, so I can only comment on the lap swim -- but if it's swim exercise you're after, then lap swim is a better deal anyway, since it's cheaper ($5 vs. $10 open session) and there's no mucking about with wristbands and time limits. Some things to know before you go: You MUST have a swim cap and a lock to get in, and not a rinky-dink lock either, but one of those sturdy Master locks. They will ask you to have your swim cap and lock out before you approach the counter and you must show them to gain entry. They don't allow you to share a lock/locker with anyone else, either, so make sure everyone in your party has their own. If you don't have a city rec center membership ($75 a year), you must pay with a credit card; they don't accept cash. The lap swim lanes are coded "slow," "medium" and "fast" but depending on what time you go I'm not sure how many people actually pay attention to those designations...I tend to stand around at the end of the pool and TRY to pick a lane where I'm not going to piss off the swimmers by being too slow or too fast. There's a maximum of six people in the (very long) lanes. The only downside to this pool is the locker room. The pool is huge enough that it rarely feels crowded, even when it is, but the same can't be said for the locker room -- especially the women's locker room because mothers bring their children in there (which sort of makes me wish there was a "family" locker room because I personally feel uncomfortable with little boys seeing me change). The locker room itself is clean, but always wet. Roll up your pants before you go in, because there's always a half-inch of water on the floor! read more

I had to wait in line for hours and at the end I couldn't get in becuase they ran out of day pass. The lines are usually so long and customer service is really poor. read more

Swimmers openly spit and blow their noses in the pool. There are multiple signs in different languages but people still do it. It's pretty disgusting. I'm not talking a small spit. These people are winding up as if they're pitching spit to home plate. I saw a staff tell a woman not to spit and blow her nose in the pool. She didn't speak English, so she signaled and pointing with her hand "what? I'm blowing and spitting on the side of the pool where the drain is, not in the middle of the pool." I shook my head in disbelief. I was so grossed out I headed to the showers. While I was showering, it happened again. Why was I surprised? The man in the shower across from me wouldn't stop blowing his nose. It was a sheer battle of wills - him against his snot. This time, I had enough. I was naked and pissed off. I didn't care, I went to him, flung open his shower curtains and scolded the short elderly man. His eyes were wide open in disbelief. Well, he stopped blowing after that. On my way out of the shower, I saw a mother with her young son walking into the men's locker room filled with naked men. She was semi-covering her eyes giggling. I yelled at her too, and other men joined in kicking her out. She was happy but a left this short young guy with his mouth open frozen in shock. He was completely exposed and couldn't move if he tried. I'm convinced, the only way I'll go back in is if I'm completely covered in wet suit breathing through an oxygen tank. And that's including in the shower too. read more

This is the worst place to go to the pool. I came and I am not as fast as other swimmers and they didn't let me swim and they have the worst schedule they have random swim classes. The life guards are very mean. This is the worst place to go. Before going there I recommend you read this . This place will ruin your day. read more

I give the pool a 5 star for the price, size and hours but I give a 3 overall as the locker rooms are a disaster. They are cramped, dirty and the lockers that work are sparse. Also the showers are constantly broken. Now for main concern the amount of spitting, coughing,hacking and snot rockets by its members is appalling. No fault of the facility and they have numerous signs posted not to do so. read more

Olympic size indoor pool is well maintained. The biggest problem I have here is that this place is packed during the summer time! The line to sign in and get a locker is ridiculous. One side of the pool is open to anyone (mostly children and parents) and the other side of the pool is single lanes. I think it's 2 people per lane. It's pretty cool but just imagine the wait time for that. The staff here does a good job cleaning the pool. They get right on it if someone vomits or drops a deuce in the pool. They close the pool down for several hours, sometimes the entire day to clean it. I really enjoy coming in here during the winter, fall, and spring on weekdays when all the annoying children are in school. They also offer swimming classes and there's also a ice skating rink on the main floor. read more

Since my initial review back in 2008, a few things on my reasons for 5 stars list have changed. Locker rooms, staff, and the over-crowded pool have gotten worse. The pool gets dirtier each time I go. And, worst of all, the price has doubled to $150/yr. Yes, it's still the best option for swimming around the hood, but it is no longer a place where I am proud and excited to go to each time. When my membership expires this year, I will opt for paying the $10 each time I visit. I don't like it enough to go more than 15 times a year anymore. I would still recommend it for folks who swim regularly and find this location convenient. It's still one of the better NYC operated pools. read more

i nearly drowned once, laughing so hard thinking about how comedian, Lisa Lampenelli, could retire off all the material she would generate from one dip in this pool. if u don't mind people hacking loogies into the pool gutters, strange men grinding up against the pool jets and globs of hair in the shower drains, then this place is for you. Seriously, this place has great potential if they tripled the membership fee and had a lot more signage in multiple languages about the importance of showering before entering the pool. don't forget -- one lock per person and swim caps required. read more

Probably the cleanest public pool I've been to given it's volume of patrons. I love the fact it opens from 6AM-9PM on weekdays, gives you many options when to go. Only thing is it does get too crowded during the summer months but regardless there's plenty of lanes for you to do your thing. You can't beat the $75 a year deal no matter where you go. read more

In an ideal world, all pools are sparkling clean with 50 yard lanes. But alas, I live in NYC. Besides the Flushing Meadows pool, I've used the pools at the JCC, Vanderbilt YMCA, Baruch College, Lasker Pool in Central Park, and 24 Hour fitness at the Citicorp building. This one is my favorite. For the price you pay to swim here, there's really not much to complain about. It's as clean as can be expected for a pool with this amount of usage. Yeah, some days you just have turn a blind eye (or a foggy goggle) to the flotsam and jetsam in the water. And I try not to think too much about how the lifeguards hosing down the pool deck (near closing time) get too close to the edge of the pool. But, aside from the JCC (always impeccably clean), the other pools that I've been to also seemed.... questionable at times. On to the good part! Lap swim is in lanes 25 meters long and 7+ feet deep! This is the deepest pool I've swam in, and I prefer it to the 4 feet deep pools. The wait to get in can be frustrating sometimes, but the staff really seem to be trying their best. Most delays I've seen are caused by customers not staff. Please, people, have swim cap + sturdy lock + active membership card in hand (as in, physically in your hands) when you're in line. read more

i thought people would trash this place but it's been really well kept. love this place. $75 a year (plus all my tax contribution, since i live in the area), it is not a bad deal. great for relaxing and losing weight. just make sure if you do lap swims, it's 6 people max / lane read more

I found the closing of 5 out of the 10 swimming lanes due to what I was told a shortage of life guards frustrating. It got all of us to be up to seven swimmers per lane bumping into each other . I 've also been informed that this issue is 2 months old which leads me to believe that there is no effort on the part of management to put an end to this issue. read more

If you like an overcrowded pool, long lines to get it, waiting 10-15 minutes to lap swim and 1 hour for open swim. If you like obnoxious swimmers who hog the lane, useless employees that treat you're five and can't accommodate you in any way and the pool only open 11 months out of the year, this is the perfect pool for you. They should rename this pool, the Flushing Meadows waiting in line center. read more

The best swimming facility in the city and at a great bargain.

The place consists of a pool and a skating ring. The pool has three parts, where one is reserved for open swim, another for lap swim, and the third for rental purposes. The places consists of third levels. The easiest way to recognize the place is the two hanging beams from the Roosevelt Avenue bridge that passes over the Wan Wyck Expressway. read more

Great Olympic size pool with convenient free parking nearby. Usually a bit crowded but otherwise clean and straightforward. There is also a NYC parks indoor basketball court and gym nearby that you can use as well. read more

first time to swim and it was awsome! very affordable for a walk-in $10 all day pass! just bring huge lock and swimming cap but if u dnt have and ur already there u can buy in the ice skating shop. will come back soon. love the pool lap thou it gets crowded but people their are all nice and will give way. clean pools read more

Flushing Meadows Corona Park Pool - Swimming Pools Near Me - Flushing, New York

The pool is large BUT you only get to swim in a very small part of it lol. About 1/3 of hte pool is used for lap swimming, 1/3 for open swim and 1/3 for classes. The open swim is VERY crowded. You can only go to open swim with a wristband. It takes about 30 minutes to get a wrist band when it's not summer. But during summer it'll take over an hour to get a wristband (I'm not joking). The line extends all the way down the staircase. And the worst thing is OPEN SWIM IS ONLY 1 HOUR. After that you need to go out and get ANOTHER wristband. I agree with the person above. The staff is VERY rude. Not all of course. The security ladies are pretty rude though, and as are some lifeguards. Roxanne, the coordinator of the swim instruction program is VERY rude. BEWARE OF THEIR SWIM CLASSES. These guys try to make you retake the courses several times to milk your money. Out of a class of 8 only 1 or 2 actually pass. But when I watch the testing it seems like it's closer to 5 or 6 that should be passing. Roxanne also contributes to this because she is very rude about retaking the test. They just want ot keep you in their beginners class as long as possible. Also their swim classes aren't too good. It's 8 per teacehr and only 45 minutes per class. So your looking at 5 minutes of personal instruction at best. The teachers are VERY NICE though. I'll say that much. They seem to care a lot about their students. The locker room is pretty dirt and the floor is always wet. The shower floors are also dirty. It's also cheap and pretty accessible. read more

I usually go to the pool in the weekends which is crowdy but not uncomfortable. However this Sunday I was not able to use the pool BECAUSE SOMEONE DEFECATED IN THERE. The officially explanation was a contaminated pool, however according to those who was evacuated from the pool there was poop in it. read more

I was crazy that year and had three member ship. It was only 50 dollars for the year and I was living only a few blocks away. But guess what? I was only able to swam 3 times vs my mom who went daily. The times that I went on the weekend it was so crowded and more like a sitting pool than I was able to swim. But it's a great pool with great lap lanes when there is not 4 people in the same lane:) there is definitly no complaints about the pool especially with the price. But just remember there are a lot of kids during the weekend. Too bad they don't have a lot of adult swimming classes. read more

The pool itself is very refreshing and clean, depending on what time you go it is pretty crowded. The locker room is very tight and there is hair all over the place and personally, i cant stand the locker rooms here. However, the ladies who work there do try their best to keep it clean. read more

I love you water! But I hate you pool! I think there is a certain percentage of men who go to this pool to hang out in the locker room, naked, hairy and very old! Yeah I swim here but I get tested for std's on a regular basses and its because of this pool! There are frequently clumps of hair floating in this pool, the upside is the hair is a good magnet for all the snot! read more

I have been taking my toddler to the mommy and me classes at this pool all August. The teachers are super. It is a mother and son team teaching the class and they are so wonderful. Class sizes have varied from 7 to 20 parents and the teachers are attentive, creative and encouraging. The pool is clean and the entire lane is designated to the class. Additionally, we have been able to park each time which is a major plus for the area. What a great find for the area. My only issue is that the locker rooms are terribly crowded and small- and the floors are always soaked. The crowding is because of the back to back classes but arriving a few minutes early and leaving the class a few minutes early help. I just wish that the other swimmers would exit the locker rooms more promptly. read more

I went yesterday for the first time and i must say after reading all the terrible comments i expected much worst. It was actually great. The pool was pretty clean. The water was clear, no dirt, hair etc swimming in it. I figured if the showers were dirty id just shower home, but they really weren't. Aside from the regular piece of hair on the shower wall here and there nothing else major it was clean enough. I mean i have to say for the money we pay it was absolutely amazing and honestly i used to pay $50 a month for nysports club and i have to say this was just as clean as that. I will be going regularly!! read more

You would assume that swim classes are offered here as the NYC parks website says so. But according to the front desk, there is a 2-3 year wait. However, private companies also use the facility for swim lessons and so they referred me to those businesses. Sigh. read more

I like it for the most part. You can meet some really friendly people here. If you're just a mediocre swimmer like I am, I recommend trying open swim till 3 and then getting out to change to lap swim. Later in the day, open swimmers can be aggressive and inconsiderate of people trying to learn how to swim. On the other hand, there's not much problems with lap swimming as far as I'm concerned. I've never waited to do a lap swim.. read more

Its cheap at 75$ for 6 months but your definitely not swimming alone . English and manners are in short supply here with a lot of the fast swimmers choosing the slow lanes with little regard for others around them .On the up side the water seems to be well maintained . read more

The female locker room is disguisting. Hair is all over the floor and the lockers are wet and mucky.The employees are inconsistent with information and disrespectful, the pool water is nasty and is only cleaned once a year. I saw a man cough in his hands, and washed off his mucus in the water with kids swimming around him. I haven't been to the pool ever since because when I asked if the water would be cleaned I was told that it took them 1 week to empty the pool, so this means everyday people have been swimming in dirty mucus water. read more

This pool is a great value for the price. The annual cost for individuals under 24 is only $25 (and I believe $50 for individuals over 24). The pool is always very busy, even right when it opens at 6am. The pool is large and clean- they do not have kick boards or pull-buoys to use, you must bring your own. You must remember to bring a combination lock and swim cap or you will not be allowed to enter the pool. The locker rooms and lockers are very small, but generally clean. They are usually very crowded and there is not a lot of room to spread out. There are lifeguards on duty at all times. Overall, a good deal once you get used to sharing a swim lane. read more

Basically any time you read a Yelp review for a New York establishment, just add half a star because NY'ers are complainers, and nowhere is this more apparent than in reviews for this pool. This pool is really nice, especially considering that $150 per year gets you access to ALL of the recreation centers including this one. Of all pools I've tried, this one hits a solid B+ in cleanliness, customer service, and locker rooms. If you've been to Charlie Sava Pool in San Francisco, this is pretty much the same deal: very nice pool, big, great natural light, reasonably attentive lifeguards-- but terrible, outdated, TINY locker rooms. Seriously, bring two locks so that you can use one (shoe-box sized) locker for your bag, and one locker for your clothes and shoes. There are about 30 full-length (but narrower than average) lockers, about 60 half-length, and I want to say about 150 shoe-box sized lockers in the locker room, which is uncomfortably tight (you know how a tent will be advertised for "four men" but when you get the tent it would only work if those four men are really, really close friends? And have no personal possessions? It's like that. My suggestion is change quickly in the shower cubicle, then go outside the locker room to re-pack your things and put your shoes on.) It's not like they can change this, but if anyone from the Parks & Rec department is reading this, please consider renovating with larger lockers. Like 40%+ of this city does not have a car, so you need to design for the fact that most of your users are not going to be able to leave stuff in a trunk. There are something like 8-10 showers, most with curtains, and I've never had to wait for one. The service is basically fine, just inattentive and uninterested, AKA par for NY customer service. If you care to ask a question, it will be answered begrudgingly but politely, as if the staff were astonished that anyone would even care about anything. They've been courteous but not welcoming or enthusiastic, which is already a higher bar than the service at most businesses I've encountered in New York, so I'm thankful. I have no problems with the service here, though it could be better. I'm trans and I'm pretty sure they have my back if/when people give me crap about it, and that's all I'm really worried about. It's reasonably clean, both the pool and the locker rooms, considering that it's a public facility open 7 days a week. I'm actually pretty impressed that they maintain it as well as they do. The amount of random crud on the bottom is as expected, the water doesn't taste weird and is quite clear, and it's been a month and I haven't erupted into any horrible skin problems, so I'll consider that a success. Most people seem to wear rubber sandals in the shower, but not everyone, and most people don't seem to use soap in showers, opting instead to just rinse off. This is pretty standard for pools that don't have a gym attached, and I'll continue to believe that chlorine kills everything and don't tell me different, I need to sleep at night. If you practice good showering and handwashing at home --and you should if you swim here and/or ride the subway!-- you shouldn't worry. Rules: I appreciate that they absolutely will not let you in without a cap and serious lock, which is actually enforced. The website rules about men's swimsuits requiring a mesh lining and the no-electronic-devices rules should be clarified to state that Speedos and jammers are allowed, and that bone-conduction swim radios are also allowed provided they don't broadcast outside your head. I haven't tried with fins or hand paddles yet, but I suspect you'd want to ask first. I do frequently see kickboards used in lap swimming, so that may be OK. Lane speed is not enforced in any way, but I suspect that if people were causing a hazard the lifeguards would do something. Your standard mix of polite and oblivious swimmers applies here as it does at other pools; the clientele skews older at the times I visit. The average speed is less than a mile an hour in the medium lanes, and most swimmers don't appear to be anywhere near two miles an hour in the fast lane, but maybe I'm not coming at the right time (I usually show up mid-afternoon and late evenings-- maybe the serious swimmers are in the early morning?) There are always too many people in the locker rooms because the locker rooms are too damn small, but I usually don't swim with more than 3 other people in a lane. The convention here is circles, not split lanes, even when only two swimmers are sharing a lane. The lanes are wide compared to most places in San Francisco and most non-Olympic pools. The biggest factor for me is that they have lap swim at most time when the pool is open, so if your work schedule is weird, you can probably still find a window of time for swimming every day of the week. That, the reasonable quality, and the extreme cheapness make this my new home pool! read more

For it being a public pool and $150 annual membership (or $75 for 6 months), it's not a bad deal. No frills, in and out kind of place. They have open swim for families, senior aquatic classes and lap swimming. I go for the lap swimming which has lanes designated for slow, medium and fast swimmers. Honestly it's not the cleanest place. They only drain the pool once a year and within 2 months you can already see garbage (mostly paper, etc. from the pockets of swimwear) collecting at the bottom of the pool. The locker rooms have small, medium and long lockers for daily use. The showers are ok. Temperature usually ok sometimes a bit on the cold side and the shower curtains were replaced during the summer annual maintenance but they are falling apart already. The staff usually sweep/mop the floors to keep water and hair from collecting. But I noticed the building itself is starting to fall apart. Water fountains haven't worked in over 6 months, two bathroom stalls have been "out of order" for at least more than 2 years. Windows leak when it rains/snows. Long story short: if you just want to practice some laps, rinse off and shower at home this is an affordable facility. Lock and cap required! read more

I can't believe I'm saying it myself, but I would actually support the FMCP pool tripling or quadrupling their membership fees, just to keep some of the riff raff out. After lap swimming here for two years, the fact that no-one pays any attention to the ideas SLOW, MEDIUM and FAST continues to frustrate. I get the feeling with these reviews though that I am preaching to the choir.... Today I had a very friendly elderly Caucasian man in my lane attempting to backstroke while wearing swim fins. He crashed into me (and the other six swimmers all sharing the "fast" lane) at least a half dozen times. Every time he was aimlessly kicking smack dab in the middle of the lane. One time I was at the end of the lane, and I had moved as far to the side as I could get and was up against the rope, and he still crashed into me. I tried to be super nice and asked him if he had ever considered counting his strokes from the flags to the wall so as to give himself an idea of when the wall might be coming up... But this was clearly too much. Eventually I tried to kindly mention that as much as I love backstroke I never do it in this pool because it is very rude to be constantly crashing into the others also trying to swim. He still didn't get it. Dude, please read this review. Either swim in the open swim area or learn to backstroke on one SIDE of the lane and do not kick me again with your hard plastic fins. Get out of the fast lane if you are backstroking! And geez FMCP pool guards, enforce a rule once in a while, why don't you? read more

love the nyc parks dept gyms - what is better than $75/yr and u have access to all nyc parks gyms? ive been to this pool twice - locker room ok - decent showers and stalls, but the floor is ALWAYS soaked. the pool itself - not bad except for the bottom of the pool. the first time i went was an hour after it opened on a saturday and there was all types of stuff on the bottom - bandaids, pieces of goggles.. fine the next time was the middle of the afternoon on a saturday as well and the pool bottom was even more dirty. i overheard a swimmer ask the guard if the pool was cleaned everyday. the guard replied that the machine was broken. great. after several laps i saw something floating. human feces. it couldnt be anything else. yes i know. i reported it and supposedly the pool was closed until it was clean, blah blah blah. i didnt stay that long. the manager was very nice sympathetic and immediately sent a worker to examine the "situation" i live in the area and heard a rumor that this isnt the first time this has happened. i also know someone that lifeguarded there for a few days and quit because she said working there was hell. one of the guards kept screaming across the pool at the other workers, which was miserable. they're strict with the swimcaps, which is good. it gets super packed. at least 5 people in one lane. lots of kids. i'd go back and pray that everyone keeps their bowels intact, bc i'm too cheap to get a membership to another pool, i live not too far away, it's by public transportation (altho that area is real sketchy - so i wouldnt go after dark), and i can deal with the dirtiness (to an extent) happy swimming! read more

At first I wasn't a big fan of going to the Flushing Meadows Pool since its far and it is a city pool. I paid $5 for entrance to the deep pool. Open swim is $10. They asked if I have a cap and that's all. I don't like the fact that they only accept credit cards and no cash. Lockers are really big but i was squeezed into a little space cause 3 moms took all the place while their kids were changing. Showers are quite good since it has a curtain and you have to push a button to turn it on. They also have a hair dyer in the women's locker. Lifeguards chatted more then looked at the pools. I first went into the open swim pool which had plenty of space. Then I went into the 7" one in which I was in a lane of 4 and it was fine. It is quite clean but there are too many kids running around to watch out for. 12" pool was for classes which I was upset about since I am a good swimmer and I like to swim in deep pools. (Maybe next time) read more

Awful experience. Pool is overcrowded all the time with mostly Chinese immigrants from nearby Chinatown. Too cheap for its own good and brings all the dregs from nearby areas. Swimmers are rude, and for most part disrespectful of the rules in place. Fast lane, slow lane - most will ignore the signs and will be splashing in front of you with no regard. Worst, its unsanitary, looking at the bottom you see tissues, band aids, sometimes something really gross. Many new Chinese spit into the water and that freaks me out. Tried to explain it, but was bullied by overly aggressive crowd. Life guards are OK but they are just overwhelmed. Small locker rooms with tiny lockers a pain during winter time. Messy floors with improperly made slopes collect dirty water. The whole place was made by inept construction company with many deficiencies built-in. Most likely some corruption of City Officials for bidding contracts is at fault here. Finally said NO, after acquiring an intestinal infection - most likely from this pool. AVOID !!!! read more

Disgusting. There is a LOT of trash and debris on the pool bottom. I asked the life guard when the last cleaning was, (thinking perhaps this morning they had a bunch of kids in their eating their lunch in the water???) and he answered "I have been working here since december and have seen it cleaned once". It's now June. Then I spoke to the girl at the entrance desk and she said "well, they do drain the pool and clean it once a year". Are you KIDDING? With hundreds of people in this pool every day (there were 5 per lane today) you would think they would run the pool vacuum every night or a few times a week... or once a week??? Apparently not. So if you want to swim with bandaids, gum, wrappers, hair nets, random trash, then go to Flushing Meadows Aquatics center. What a shame as the pool is a professional sized facility. Oh and the change rooms are tiny, the lockers are tiny, and people stand in line for showers... just try to use the locker room without brushing up against other people. Not my thing. read more

I would give this place zero stars if I could. It costs $10 for a cesspool of a facility with barely human employees who don't care anything about the people that use the facility. They do however demand to see a lock and a cap - and then force to inspect your bag for absolutely NO REASON. And that's all before you walk into a locker room that you might think is carpeted based on the amount of hair on the floor/walls/showers. Don't worry - a good amount is waiting for you in the pool too! Unfortunately, you will have to fight through the 8 people doing breaststroke in the fast lane while the lifeguards chat with the security staff and/or "slyly" (not at all) check their phones. This place is simply awful. Which is terribly sad because when it was built it was supposed to be a world class aquatic facility. But we can't have nice things here - at least not when they are run by the criminally inept NY Parks & Rec. read more

I really, really, like this pool. I mainly use it for lap swimming. I know others have commented on the "other" side of this enormous pool but I never, ever use that side. I only use the lap swimming. The lifeguards are very attentive and make sure that people are swimming in lanes that are appropriate for their level. My biggest problem with this pool is the locker room. It is not very well maintained and the lockers are made for 5 year olds, they are so small. That is my only issue with this pool. It is also very affordable. At $75 a year for adults, much less for kids and only about $20 a year for senior citizens, I would recommend this pool on those criteria alone! read more