We had one of those totally gorgeous Saturdays. About 80, sunny, no humidity, nice breeze. Perfect. So I took Danielle to check out the new pool in our neighborhood.
New York is a funny city in that its waterfront property isn’t optimized for recreation. The city was built on commerce and much of the waterfront property is for shipping, etc. But that has really started to change lately. The entire west side of Manhattan is now a bike path with park areas.
The latest effort is to create a big park in Brooklyn near the Brooklyn Bridge (our neighborhood). When it gets finished it will be awesome. As an experiment, the city floated in a barge with a pool on it. It’s The Floating Pool.
It’s free, but they control the amount of people who can go in. You get a wristband for an hour slot in the pool. If you have to wait, they have built a big beach there. There are concessions stands and it’s very nice.
When it’s your turn, everyone lines up and heads in. It’s very nice. The whole thing is brand new (the barge isn’t, but the contents are). There’s a big Olympic size pool. They have two lanes reserved for lap swim and the rest is for recreation. The whole pool is 4 feet deep. There are nice locker rooms, showers, etc. You have views of the lower Manhattan skyline, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Statue of Liberty. It isn’t very crowded. It’s pretty nice.
We’ll be back…
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