Floating Pool for Brooklyn Bridge Park?
This morning the NY Daily News shares word that Brooklyn Bridge Park has applied for a permit from the Department of Environmental Conservation to open a floating pool, much like the one hanging out in the Brooklyn Heights harbor four summers ago. The pool, which would be permanently located on the East River on the…
This morning the NY Daily News shares word that Brooklyn Bridge Park has applied for a permit from the Department of Environmental Conservation to open a floating pool, much like the one hanging out in the Brooklyn Heights harbor four summers ago. The pool, which would be permanently located on the East River on the north side of Pier 5, would cost somewhere between $5 and 10 million. As the paper says, “Critics have long complained that the well-manicured waterfront park lacks enough recreation – and a floating pool could add a new dimension.”
The Floating Pool in Brooklyn Heights by the real janelle
It would be great if they could bring a Floating Pool back. I went to it 4 years ago and swam laps. It was beautiful to swim with the harborview and skyline there. The new park design does lack swimming and TENNIS. If we could have swimming and tennis, I would be very happy!
an adult lap section is not enough. what about the adults who just want to frolick and not swim laps?
*rob*
Most public pools have an adults only lap swim time. I know Red Hook Pool does and the floating pool did as well. And it was not at a kiddie pool at all!
pa I loved the floating pool and swam in it a couple of times. The DOuglas-Degrew pool was saved for less than $250,000.
The floating pool was fined $50,000 by DEC. It cost about $30 per swimmer(NY Parks figures) and was by far the most expensive pool the city ever had.
Why can’t they just build a pool on the land? it would be much cheaper…$5-10 million for a pool? A temp pool on land would be one tenth that cost…. and not have the problem with berth usage not allowed by Federal law….
i thought the floating lady pool WAS a kiddie pool which is why i never went. you mean it wasn’t? sorry there are enough kid amenities in nyc these days, they get sprinklers that adults arent even allowed to use (not that one would want to i guess… but you get my point). an adult only pool would be nice but i doubt that would fly over 🙁 the pool i used to go to as a kid in jersey had three pooles and one was STRICTLY for adults, as it should be because they pee less in the pools.
*rob*
Although pools and children are great together I do not believe there needs to be a kiddie pool on the waterfront. It was great four summers ago before there was the waterpark on Pier 6 and before there was a park on Pier 1.
I think the park should have flexible uses that, let me be frank, do not scare away adults without young children. Kids are fine, lov’em, but they do not need a skyline backdrop while they splash around and do belly flops.
If we get it, could I make a teeny request? A shallow end, please? Why is it that NYC pools have uniform depth?
“The pool, which would be permanently located….”
As I recall, the fact “Floating Pool Lady” was NOT permanent is what let DEC approve it. DEC pretty consistently denies permits for construction that will continually block sunlight in the same location. Something about changing the marine ecology under the structure make it unacceptable by the agency’s standards.