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Getting Wet in New York! Part 1
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- September 02, 2009
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Get your mind out of that gutter, I'm talking about going swimming in New York! The next few days will see highs in the 90's, which means if you don't have AC, and you've already seen SATC and Indiana Jones, you need some alternate heatwave plans. Swimming is tricky in New York because some of the pools are indoors or surrounded by buildings, and of course, some of the beaches leave a lot to be desired. Part 1 will be swimming pools; Part 2 those curious beaches.
Gone Swimmin'
Most people consider swimming to be a summer activity; others do not, and participate in a little New Year’s Day tradition called the “Polar Bear Swim.” These people are CRAZY. Every January 1, New Yorkers brave the frigid temperatures and take a dip in the water in Coney Island.
It’s not so much a swim, as a little trot, but it’s a nice reminder that, yes, one can swim any time of the year, if they don’t mind a little hypothermia and the quintessential syringes found along the lovely Coney Island shore.
(Almost All) Free Public Pools
I know they chlorinate these things, but I still can’t get over the fact that you’re swimming in URINE. Let’s admit it, we all do it.
Who wants to get out of the pool, dry off, walk all the way to the bathroom, which by the way is all wet, gross, and stinky, peel out of a bathing suit (us girls!) and pee? Too much effort. So yeah, here is where you can bathe in pee for free…nope, not for me! (A little Dr Seuss-ness for you)
Sports Center At Chelsea Piers the
Pier 60, New York, NY 10001
The pool at Chelsea Piers is indoors, and you’ve got to pay a whopping $50 for an all-access day pass to the Sports Center facilities. The upside to this is that it’s not overly crowded with school children and the unemployed. AND, you can catch a pretty rad sunset over the Hudson River.
The pool at Chelsea Piers is indoors, and you’ve got to pay a whopping $50 for an all-access day pass to the Sports Center facilities. The upside to this is that it’s not overly crowded with school children and the unemployed. AND, you can catch a pretty rad sunset over the Hudson River.
The pool at Chelsea Piers
Dry Dock
East 10th Street and Avenue C New York, NY 10003
If you like your swimming pools smack dab in the middle of the projects, look no further than the attractively-named “Dry Dock.”
Hamilton Fish Rec Center
Pitt Street and Houston Street New York, NY 10002
Another unfortunate name, and “rec center” reminds me of a place that is not cool at all. But you can score free swimming lessons here!
Red Hook Pool
155 Bay Street Brooklyn , NY 11231
Red Hook is notoriously difficult to get to, but in addition to a mammoth Fairway and upcoming mammoth Ikea, it’s now got an Olympic-sized pool.
The view at Astoria Pool
Astoria Park Pool
50 23rd Drive Astoria, NY 11105
Everything is bigger in Queens, I think the saying goes. Astoria Pool is the largest pool in the city and one of the largest in the country! But because this is New York we’re talking about, it still manages to get crowded as heck in the summer.
Kosciuszko Pool
192 Kosciuszko Street Brooklyn, NY 11216
The Floating Pool Lady
She sounds…interesting? The Floating Pool Lady is, well, a floating pool that takes up residence in different boroughs each summer and is completely free. Last year was Brooklyn, this year is the Bronx. Rumor has it she winters in Jersey. As if!
There she is, The Floating Pool Lady
Swim Yourself Silly
Get Outfitted
Taking part in the swimming scene? Well, prepare to be seen then, and really seen. Where should you go to suit up? Is it a sexy two-piece year, or I-ate-too-much-ice-cream-already one-piece time?
Shimmery goodness at American Apparel
Newport News swimwear
95% of a Newport News catalog is not pretty, but their swimwear is decent and cheap. I know, because my navy blue ’50’s style suit is from it! Here is an artistic photo of it not on me!
Bathing Suit out to dry
Hotel Pools
Hotel pools are free for guests, but did you know that $20-35 is the going non-guest rate for pools? So, they aren’t really “public,” but in a sense they are if you fork up the $$$. Does anyone really do this?
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