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June 25, 2007

A Peek at the Floating Pool

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With the Brooklyn Bridge Park's floating pool set to open in less than ten days, we decided to pop in to see how things were going. The pool itself looks like it's ready to be filled up. The poolside area and the complex housing the changing rooms and snack bar (the design of which looks quite nice) still have a ways to go. The sand for the parking lot "beaches" is in place. Now all they need are the volleyball nets. Our only concern about the pool is that it will be so much nicer than any other option that it will be too packed to enjoy. Anyone know if there going to be limits to the number of people allowed in?

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Posted by Brownstoner at 9:35 AM | Comments (24)
Categories: Brooklyn Heights, Parks

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there was water in it when I looked yesterday. and there is limit, but I can't remember what it is

Posted by: Anonymous at June 25, 2007 10:25 AM

i believe the limit at the pool will be 175 but the beach area can accomodate 1000

Posted by: lee at June 25, 2007 10:30 AM

very interesting social experiment.

im curious to see if it gets filled with "project kids" or if it will be a yuppie paradise

Posted by: sammy at June 25, 2007 10:52 AM

I'm sure it will be a mix, Sammy. Just like a lot of other NYC public pools. Not really an experiment or all that interesting

Posted by: Anonymous at June 25, 2007 11:25 AM

Last summer I was pleasantly surprised by how nice some of the public city pools were -- the pool on flushing down by the Navy Yards is actually pretty good considering it's location and it's free. The only problem is that a police officer has to be there for the pool to open and sometimes they show up REALLY late.

Posted by: Anon at June 25, 2007 11:30 AM

Is that a picture of the kiddie pool? It seems pretty small.

Posted by: Anonymous at June 25, 2007 11:47 AM

whats with the attitude, 11:25?
o i forgot, this is brownstoner

the topic i mentioned is quite interesting to many and the subject of a highly regarded book:

http://www.amazon.com/Contested-Waters-History-Swimming-America/dp/080783100X/ref=sr_1_1/103-6089237-0720653?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182787011&sr=1-1

Posted by: sammy at June 25, 2007 11:58 AM

Does anyone know if they're going to have designated lap-swimming lanes/hours (for us "serious" swimmers ;). Or is it just going to be free-for-all chaos?

Posted by: StateStreeter at June 25, 2007 12:20 PM

"project kids"?????

I'm sure it will be like the Red Hook pool StateStreeter -- pretty much chaos. It's for kids really, not a serious swimmer kinda place. You can fit a lot more kids playing in a poll that lap swimmers.

Meanwhile, Red Hook pool is beautiful. Altho Sammy might need to stay away.

Posted by: Anonymous at June 25, 2007 12:34 PM

yes, project kids

what, you all are trying to pretend they don't exist?

get real

Posted by: Sammy at June 25, 2007 1:20 PM

You mean children that live in nearby projects? Yes, Sammy, there will be children at the pool.

Have you lived in Brooklyn for very long?

Posted by: Anonymous at June 25, 2007 1:38 PM

all my life

which is more than i can say for most you smug phonies

Let me spell it out for you, in a way that will surely horrify you PC pansies:

It will be interesting to see if kids from the projects - predominantly black and latino - will overrrun this pool, thereby making it less desirable for yuppies & their children- predominantly white- to go there.

An undeiable phenomenon that has happened at may public pools throughout america, including NYC, including Brooklyn.

Posted by: sammy at June 25, 2007 2:13 PM

Glad to see that all it takes is a few black and Latino kids in the pool to keep the riff-raff out.

It's a public place you pathetic racist twit.

Posted by: clinton hillbilly at June 25, 2007 2:56 PM

Lee, your capacity numbers sound about right from the articles I've read.
It's really rather a small pool, and at a max cap of 175 will fill very quickly. The other problem, as reported by the Brooklyn Heights blog, is that the beach is actually at the next pier over from the pool, with no evident passthrough between the two other than Furman Street under the BQE. I went to look at the pool/beach combo yesterday from the Promenade and, assuming they were next to each other, never even noticed the beach area since it was so far away. As for the question of who will swim there, I figure anyone who is willing to take that long walk down there really deserves the comfort break, no matter where they're from.

Posted by: Anonymous at June 25, 2007 3:17 PM

"Project kids" need the pool more than wealthier kids of any persuasion, whose parents can afford to take them out of town on vacation, send them to camp, or summer in their second homes.

Gawd, let the kids splash in the pool in relative peace. Life is hard enough.

Posted by: Anonymous at June 25, 2007 3:32 PM

I was wondering if anyone could direct me to anything on the web announcing community access to Brooklyn College facilities, including the pool and gym. Thanks.

Posted by: AB at June 25, 2007 3:40 PM

I was under the impression that the pool will be moved to the end of Joralemon, making the "beach" accessible from the pool. It just needs to be floated a pier or so south.

Posted by: GHB at June 25, 2007 3:46 PM

Brooklyn College tore down its pool and is building a new one, which will allegedly be publicly accessible (for a fee).

Posted by: Anonymous at June 25, 2007 4:04 PM

Um a project queen wit tin project kids. No baby daddies tho cuz dey all in Rikers. Me and my crumbsnatcher will be dere. Early too. cuz I don work an can git up and git dere wile you at work! You Jive turkey!

Posted by: Bumquishia at June 25, 2007 8:04 PM

I ain't going to be there if Bumqushia is there.

Posted by: Shenainnee at June 26, 2007 8:01 AM

There are great city pools all over NYC - Thompskinville in SI is great and we used to swim in City swim meets when we were kids in all the pools - I remember one in Queens which had an amazing pool which regularly held city champ meets. Parks has a bunch of good indoor pools and free too, more than you can say for the pathetic gym pools. I think the 50 meter pool at Asphalt green on 90th and York is a city pool too. These are for neighborhoods and for kids and for adults too. We enjoyed some great athletics in city pools - city swim championships. Project kids....give me a break - sometimes the racist crap here makes me nausous. Last time I checked out Asphalt Green, they had a dynamite lap (and Masters program - competition for adults). So I would imagine they would at least have lap swimming.

Posted by: donatella at June 26, 2007 10:27 AM

Red Hook is a great pool. And large enough for lap swimming.

Posted by: Anonymous at June 26, 2007 10:56 AM

I have been looking foward to going to the Red Hook pool all week.I sure do hope that the real undesireables stay far away (like Eastern Athletic ) . I like it when my family are the only blonds it makes it soo much easier to find them

Posted by: Anonymous at June 28, 2007 8:42 PM

I like project kids. I like yuppies and pools. I like Bumquishia. huh.

Posted by: Anonymous at June 30, 2007 8:52 PM

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