By h. nazan ışık—

27 June 2026—

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani officially opened the outdoor public pool season on 27 June 2026,

JOHN JAY Outdoor pool © h. nazan ışık

Pools are open from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM every day.through September 13, 2026, All pools close daily from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM for mandatory cleaning.

Admission is free and open to all. Visitors should bring a swimsuit, towel and a sturdy lock for locker room storage. Free sunscreen is available at every outdoor pool.

All New Yorkers 18 and younger can get free lunches at pool sites across the city.with no identification or registration required.

This summer, NYC Parks is expanding its popular adult lap swim program from five to 10 pools — two in each borough. Lap swim will be available Monday through Friday from 7 to 8:30 a.m., before the pools open for general swimming. Participating pools include Claremont and Van Cortlandt in the Bronx; Kosciuszko and McCarren in Brooklyn; Gottesman and Hamilton Fish in Manhattan; Astoria and Liberty in Queens; and Faber and Lyons on Staten Island.

Senior Splash also returns this summer to five outdoor pools, one in each borough, offering free water aerobics classes for New Yorkers 62 and older. Classes will be held three days a week at Astoria, Lyons, Sunset Park, Thomas Jefferson and Van Cortlandt pools.

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