New York City officially kicked off its outdoor pool season, with Mayor Adams celebrating the opening of 50 free public pools. The mayor highlighted the significance of these pools, referring to them as the city's 'French Riviera' and 'luxury vacation.' However, the reopening is marred by a persistent lifeguard shortage, with only 600 lifeguards on staff, significantly short of the 1,400 needed to fully staff the 53 public pools. This shortage has limited the reopening of the grand Astoria Pool, which recently underwent a two-year renovation. Several pools, including Windmuller Mini Pool, General Douglas Mini Pool, PS 20 Playground Mini Pool, Faber Pool, Marcus Garvey Pool, and Mapes Wading Pool, are temporarily closed. Jenifer Rajkumar attended the opening, and the Frederick Douglass NYCHA complex hosts the only free outdoor pool on the Upper West Side this summer.
Great to see the glorious Astoria Pool open again after a two-year renovation. Two years should have been sufficient lead-time to hire enough lifeguards to open up more than one-third of it. https://t.co/RvnWQxpZ5m
.@NYCParks The following NYC Parks’ pool is temporarily closed: Mapes Wading Pool. For continued updates on this closure, or to find a different pool near you, visit: https://t.co/akkh0wfzOY or call 311 (212-639-9675).
☀️ NYC swimming pools are open for the summer, but lifeguard shortages persists. Mayor Adams said the city has some 600 lifeguards on staff. That's short of the 1,400 lifeguards the city estimates it needs to properly staff its 53 public pools https://t.co/wO79JmkfEa
Lifeguard shortage limits reopening of NYC's grand Astoria Pool https://t.co/TYvpLbzPic
The following @NYCParks pool is temporarily closed: Faber Pool, Marcus Garvey Pool . For continued updates on this closure, or to find a different pool near you, visit: https://t.co/akkh0wfzOY or call 311 (212-639-9675).
The following @NYCParks' pool is temporarily closed: PS 20 Playground Mini Pool. For continued updates on this closure, or to find a different pool near you, visit: https://t.co/akkh0wf1Zq or call 311 (212-639-9675).
The following @NYCParks pools are temporarily closed: Windmuller Mini Pool, General Douglas Mini Pool. For continued updates on this closure, or to find a different pool near you, visit: https://t.co/akkh0wf1Zq or call 311 (212-639-9675).
"This is our French Riviera, this is our Bahamas, Bermuda. This is our luxury vacation," NYC Mayor Adams said as the city officially opened 50 free public pools today. https://t.co/bRB2TAYcNk
The mayor is in Astoria heralding the opening of pool season. Astoria's not in her district, but Jenifer Rajkumar is, of course, there: https://t.co/mJ4s6qYfFN
We are at the opening of Astoria Park pool where the pool’s manager is getting leaves out from last night’s storm. Dedication 🍃🍂 https://t.co/rvSa9Rzy9M
The mini-pool within the Frederick Douglass NYCHA complex is the lone free, outdoor pool on the Upper West Side this summer. https://t.co/9zRSCDtHzL
New York City's outdoor pool season officially kicks off https://t.co/xWjd0bP577 https://t.co/XdManwr2eo
Yesterday we threw a party in the park to mark opening day of the Frog Pond spray pool 🐸 The Frog Pond Spray Pool will be open all summer long 11am-6pm daily. Thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday to splash around! https://t.co/dwHqLaTChw