A Guide to All 15 of Brooklyn's Free Outdoor Public Swimming Pools

Make a splash without paying a penny in one of Brooklyn’s 15 free outdoor public swimming pools. Ranging in size from a handful of mini-pools to the gargantuan facilities in Red Hook and at Williamsburg’s McCarren Park, the pools are open to the public every day from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. through early September.

For the uninitiated, there are a lot of rules: You need a lock and a swimsuit to enter (men’s suits need a lining, and yes, they’re known to check), and the only permitted cover-up is a plain white T-shirt. Food, glass bottles, electronic devices and newspapers aren’t allowed.

But hey, a small code to follow to get a refreshing dip in the middle of a New York summer.

Betsy Head Pool
694 Thomas S. Boyland Street in Brownsville

Brooklyn Bridge Park Pop-Up Pool
146 Furman Street in Brooklyn Heights

Bushwick Pool
835 Flushing Avenue in Williamsburg

https://www.instagram.com/p/sJErxNrMqh/?tagged=kosciuszkopool&hl=en

Commodore Barry Pool
12 N. Elliot Place in Wallabout

David Fox/P.S. 251 Pool
1002-1082 E. 55th Street in Flatlands

Douglas and DeGraw Pool
230 Douglass Street in Gowanus

https://www.instagram.com/p/6Ve4udpt3y/?tagged=redhookpool&hl=en
Glenwood Houses Pool
5816 Farragut Road in Canarsie

Howard Pool
1572-1580 East New York Avenue in Brownsville

JHS 57/H.S. 26 Pool
1010 Lafayette Avenue in Bed Stuy

https://www.instagram.com/p/qXBqTutc01/?tagged=brooklynbridgeparkpopuppool&hl=en

Kosciuszko Pool
658 Dekalb Avenue Bed Stuy

Lindower Park Pool
6120 E. 60th Place in Mill Basin

McCarren Park Pool
776 Lorimer Street in Williamsburg

https://www.instagram.com/p/b7aA1gOtFt/?tagged=betsyheadpool&hl=en

P.S. 20 Playground Pool257 Adelphi Street in Fort Greene

Red Hook Pool
140 Lorraine Street in Red Hook

Sunset Park Pool
4213-4215 7th Avenue in Sunset Park

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