Showing posts with label Tompkins Square Park mini pool. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tompkins Square Park mini pool. Show all posts

Thursday, June 29, 2023

City pools open today (but not the Tompkins Square Park mini pool)

Photos Tuesday by Steven 

Dozens of outdoor city pools reopen for the season today (Thursday, June 29). 

First, let's start with what won't be open — the Tompkins Square Park mini pool, which is looking science fiction-y...
The mini pool is closed for the next two summers as part of the field house renovations in Tompkins Square Park

While the pool doesn’t appear to be part of the construction, it’s all about the plumbing, which we're told is a disaster. 

And every year, we hear from people who had no idea there was a mini pool in Tompkins Square Park. The mini pool is open for children and their parents-guardians. Just there — under the arrows by the basketball courts...
As for what is open...the Hamilton Fish Pool on Pitt and East Houston and the Dry Dock Pool on 10th Street and Avenue D.

Outdoor hours are from 11 a.m. through 7 p.m. daily, with a break for pool cleaning between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. Find more info about city pools at this link

The outdoor pools are in service through Sept. 10.

Saturday, September 3, 2022

Last weekend of the season for the Tompkins Square Park mini pool

Another summer comes to a close at the Tompkins Square Park mini pool. (And yes — Tompkins Square Park has a mini pool for children and their guardians...) 

According to the Parks Department, the city's mini pools "will close on Labor Day." We're not sure if that means they close Monday, and Sunday is the last day. Or! They close at the end of the day on Monday. 

Anyway, today and tomorrow (and maybe Monday!), pool hours are from 11 a.m. through 7 p.m., with a break for pool cleaning between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. 

No word on the status of the Tompkins Square Swim Team in the off-season.

Sunday, June 26, 2022

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Spring, and the Tompkins Square Park mini pool looks closer to being summer ready

Photos by Steven 

Except for the leaves. But workers have removed the large branch that had crashed down into the mini pool last September

Now, just three months remain until city pools open for the season. And yes — Tompkins Square Park has a mini pool for children and their guardians...

Monday, September 27, 2021

Fall at the Tompkins Square Park mini pool

Outdoor city pools, including the mini pool in Tompkins Square Park, closed for the season back on Sept. 12. (Top photo from June by Steven.) 

EVG reader MP shared this photo... as you can see, a large branch recently fell into the now-empty pool in Tompkins Square Park...
Thankfully, the Parks Department has roughly nine months to remove this before the pool reopens for the 2022 season.