New Weehawken Pool Releases 2023 Rates For Residents And Non-Residents

HOBOKEN, NJ — The Weehawken pool will be free on weekends until later in June, then will implement season passes with separate prices for residents and non-residents, according to an announcement on the pool website this week.

The new complex was partly built with state Green Acres funds, and thus has to be available to all New Jersey residents.

Through a partnership with the YMCA in Hackensack and the Recreation Department, Weehawken's children will also receive free swim lessons at the pool.

The pool, within walking distance of Hoboken, is of special interest to Hoboken residents, as their city is the only one contiguous to Weehawken without its own pool.

After June 23, the resident rate for season passes will be $100 for the first adult, $50 for other adults in the household. Kids are free.

The non-resident rate will be $200 for the first adult, $100 for the second adult, free for children, and there is a $25 non-resident fee.

Last week, people waiting to use the pool on the Saturday and Sunday of Memorial Day weekend experienced long lines and some couldn't get in, according to posts and photos on social media.

Also in Hudson County, pools in Union City are free for all Hudson County residents, while Jersey City has a pool open to out-of-towners for a small fee. The Secaucus pool will allow guests this year.

Hoboken Has Unique Need

Patch has reached out to Hoboken City Hall see if the city has been in discussions with Weehawken about special pool access. This story will be updated if information is received.

Residents in that city have long expressed frustrations with repeated promises and failures to build a pool. Most recently, the city has floated development plans that might include a pool in 2020, 2021, and just last month.

One Hoboken council candidate, Ian Rintel, said Friday, "The rates for the Weehawken pool and the fact that there is no daily option exclude those of less means, those who do not live near the pool, and those who are only interested in occasional pool use. Green Acres funding requires all NJ residents to have access to this pool and this does not provide that access. If legal, Weehawken has found a loophole to use state funding to make an exclusive pool."

Read a last week's story about the fight for a pool in Hoboken, the new Weehawken pool, and related issues here.

See the season pass announcement here.