Pool’s open — dive carefully.
Summer has officially arrived in Brooklyn. Outdoor swimming pools across the borough open for the season on Thursday, June 27. Brooklyn’s 15 outdoor pools will fit everyone’s summer splash-time needs.
The pools will be open every day 11 am–7 pm with a pool-cleaning break 3–4 pm. Brooklyn Bridge Park’s pop-up pool at Pier 2 is open 10 am–6 pm.
McCarren, Red Hook and Sunset pools offer adult lap swims Monday through Friday, 7–8:30 am and 7–8:30 pm or dusk, beginning July 9. Swimmers can register online at nycgovparks.org/registration/lapswim.
Betsy Head Park Pool [694 Thomas S. Boyland St. between Dumont and Livonia avenues, (718) 257–1635]. Olympic-size pool. Includes a wheelchair accessible ramp or lift.
Bushwick Playground Pool [817 Flushing Ave. between Humboldt Street and Bushwick Avenue, (718) 452–2116]. Intermediate-size and wading pools. Includes a wheelchair accessible ramp or lift.
Commodore Barry Park Pool [N. Elliott Place and Flushing Avenue in Fort Greene, (718) 243–2593]. Intermediate-size and wading pools. Includes a wheelchair accessible ramp or lift.
David Fox PS 251 Pool [E. 54th Street and Avenue H in East Flatbush, (718) 531–2437]. Mini-sized pool.
Douglas & Degraw Pool [230 Douglass St. between Third Avenue and Nevins Street, at Thomas Greene Playground, (718) 625–3268]. Intermediate-size and wading pools. Includes a wheelchair accessible ramp or lift.
Glenwood Houses Pool [Farragut Road and Ralph Avenue in Flatlands, (718) 531–2480]. Mini-sized pool.
Howard Pool [E. New York Avenue between Rockaway Avenue and Mother Gaston Boulevard, (718) 385–1023]. Intermediate-size and wading pools. Includes a wheelchair accessible ramp or lift.
JHS 57-HS 26 Pool [117 Stuyvesant Ave. between Lafayette and Greene avenues, (718) 452–0519]. Mini-size pool.
Kosciuszko Pool [670 Marcy Ave. between Dekalb Avenue and Kosciuzko Street, (718) 622–5271]. Olympic-size and wading pools. Includes a wheelchair accessible ramp or lift.
Lindower Park Pool [E. 60th Street, Mill Road and Strickland Avenue, (718) 531–4852]. Mini-size pool.
McCarren Pool [475 Leonard St. between Bayard Street and Driggs Avenue, (718) 218–2380]. Olympic-size pool. Includes a wheelchair accessible ramp or lift. Offers adult lap swim.
PS 20 Playground Pool [Claremont Avenue between Willoughby and Dekalb avenues in Fort Greene, (718) 625–6101]. Mini-size pool.
Red Hook Pool [155 Bay St. between Henry and Clinton streets, (718) 722–3211]. Olympic-size pool. Includes a wheelchair accessible ramp or lift. Offers adult lap swim.
Sunset Park Pool [44th Street and Seventh Avenue, (718) 972–2180]. Olympic-size pool. Includes a wheelchair accessible ramp or lift. Offers adult lap swim.
Brooklyn Bridge Park Pop-Up Pool [334 Furman St. at Pier 2 in Brooklyn Bridge Park, (718) 802–0603]. Open 10 am–6 pm. Mini-size pool. Includes a wheelchair accessible ramp or lift.
