Brooklyn’s Free Public
PoolsBy Maria Haymandou
Getting hot? AC not working? On a
budget?
YOU CAN VISIT THE POOL!
Some rules:
• Need a lock and swimsuit!• Plain white t-shirt is the only
permitted cover-up!• No food, glass bottles,
newspapers or electronic devices are allowed
But where are the pools?!?!
Betsy Head Pool694 Thomas S. Boyland Street
1572-1580 East New York Avenue
Howard Pool
Brownsville
Brooklyn Bridge Park Pop-Up Pool146 Furman Street
Brooklyn Heights
Bushwick Pool835 Flushing Avenue
McCarren Park Pool776 Lorimer Street
Williamsburg
Commodore Barry Pool12 N. Elliot Place
Wallabout
David Fox/PS 251 Pool1002-1082 E. 55th Street
Flatlands
Douglas and DeGraw Pool230 Douglass Street
Gowanus
Glenwood Houses Pool5816 Farragut Road
Canarsie
JHS 57/HS 26 Pool1010 Lafayette Avenue
658 DeKalb Avenue
Kosciuszko Pool
Bed-Stuy
Lindower Park Pool6120 E 60th Place
Mill Basin
Red Hook Pool140 Lorraine Street
Red Hook
Sunset Park Pool4213-4215 7th Avenue
Sunset Park