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Information on public pool openings and closures

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Commissioner Donoghue provides detailed information about the number of public pools under the Parks Department's jurisdiction that are currently open and closed, including both outdoor and indoor pools.

53 outdoor pools: 50 open for summer 2024, 3 closed
12 indoor pools: 8 open for summer 2024, 4 closed
Specific closures mentioned: Tompkins Square (received funding), Tony Dabelito, Harlemier (under construction), Saint Mary's, Brownsville (undergoing restoration), Hansborough, and Tony W
Explanation provided for each closure, including ongoing renovation projects

Shekar Krishnan

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I also wanna recognize that council members Lee and Menin have also joined us.

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And before turning it over for some questions from my colleagues, I do wanna ask couple more questions, which were how many pools under the approximate public pools under the parts department jurisdiction are currently open to the public.

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How many are in rec centers versus other types of pools?

Sue Donoghue

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Thank you for the questions.

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So we have 53 outdoor pools, and 50 of the 53 were open for summer 2024.

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The ones that were closed during the summer were Tompkins Square, which just received funding through this Governor Hochul funding, which we're thrilled about.

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Tony Dabelito, and then Harlemier, as I think you've seen, is actively in construction, and we're looking forward to that opening next year.

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And we have 12 indoor pools, Olympic, and intermediate.

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8 of the 12 are open for summer 20 24, and we had 4 that were closed.

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In the Bronx, Saint Mary's was closed.

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In Brooklyn, Brownsville was closed due to an ongoing restoration project, but we're thrilled that we we announced funding that is gonna completely renovate that pool.

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And in Manhattan, we have 2 pools that are closed, Hansborough and Tony W.

Shekar Krishnan

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Thank you.

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So in summary, again, sorry.

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It was how many are are open versus closed than outdoor and indoor?

Sue Donoghue

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53 outdoor pools 50 of the 53 were open for summer 24.

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And of our indoor pools, 8 of the we have 12 indoor pools, 8 of the 12 were o were open for summer 2024.

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