Pools and Beaches

Youth

Summer Camps Shut Out of Parks Dept. Pools: We’re Drowning in New Costs

March 20, 2023, 5:00 a.m.March 19, 2023, 9:47 p.m.

Day camps that used to offer sessions at the city’s public swimming holes have been treading water with pricier private pools since the beginning of the pandemic.

FAQ NYC

LISTEN: A Bad Look for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?

March 7, 2023, 10:39 p.m.March 13, 2023, 4:57 p.m.

The progressive icon didn’t pay her hair person or makeup artist until after the Congressional Ethics Committee started looking into her Met Gala appearance, as a guest of Vogue, in that “Tax the Rich” gown. Meantime, the city’s budget season is heating up and the mayor and the City Council have very different ideas about […]

Pools and Beaches

Council Bills Would Make it Easier to Open Public School Pools Year-Round

March 6, 2023, 5:00 a.m.March 5, 2023, 2:57 p.m.

The proposals, which include figuring out where to build new pools, aim to create a stronger lifeguard pipeline in New York City.

Pools and Beaches

Flushing Aquatic Center Pool Finally Reopens After Three Years — But Not for Long

Feb. 27, 2023, 7:21 p.m.Feb. 27, 2023, 9:07 p.m.

With two other pools due to close, it may soon be the only Parks-operated indoor swimming pool open in Queens.

How to New York

Want to Become a New York City Lifeguard? It’s Easier This Year.

Jan. 10, 2023, 5:00 a.m.May 14, 2024, 2:25 p.m.

Still feeling the cramps from staff shortages last summer, the Parks Department is making changes to encourage more people to become lifeguards. Here’s how to take the test.

Pools and Beaches

Parks Dept. Bosses Lifeguards for Rare Meeting After Rocky Summer Season

Oct. 13, 2022, 7:42 p.m.Oct. 14, 2022, 3:29 p.m.

All the city’s indoor pools were closed Thursday so lifeguards could attend an hours-long ‘meet and greet’ at Chelsea Recreation Center in Manhattan, the first such gathering with the commish in recent memory.

LGBTQ

Queer Riis Beachgoers Celebrate Community as Demolition of Nearby Hospital Looms

Aug. 29, 2022, 8:32 p.m.Aug. 31, 2022, 2:07 p.m.

With major change to an LGBTQ-favorite park on the horizon, queer beachgoers rejoiced in the annual Ms. Colombia Walk even as they face an un-shore future.

Pools and Beaches

Looking Deep Into the Future to Solve Lifeguard Shortage

July 21, 2022, 6:43 p.m.July 21, 2022, 7:30 p.m.

More public school swim lessons, flexible hours, and adopting “shallow water” rules are all possible streams to more robust beach and pool seasons in the years to come.

Climate Change

Maybe Shark: Cleaner, Warmer Waters Bringing More Marine Life to NY Shores

July 21, 2022, 8:47 a.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 8:02 a.m.

It’s good news-bad news as sharks, dolphins, whales and turtles swarm New York City.

Parks

City Makes Swim Test Easier to Mind Mini Pools

July 8, 2022, 2:14 p.m.July 23, 2022, 5:41 p.m.

In the face of a dire lifeguard shortage, the parks department has gotten approval to truncate the exam required to patrol the city’s smaller watering holes.

Pools and Beaches

Summer Camps Shut Out of Parks Dept. Pools: We’re Drowning in New Costs

LISTEN: A Bad Look for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?

Council Bills Would Make it Easier to Open Public School Pools Year-Round

Flushing Aquatic Center Pool Finally Reopens After Three Years — But Not for Long

Want to Become a New York City Lifeguard? It’s Easier This Year.

Parks Dept. Bosses Lifeguards for Rare Meeting After Rocky Summer Season

Queer Riis Beachgoers Celebrate Community as Demolition of Nearby Hospital Looms

Looking Deep Into the Future to Solve Lifeguard Shortage

Maybe Shark: Cleaner, Warmer Waters Bringing More Marine Life to NY Shores

City Makes Swim Test Easier to Mind Mini Pools

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