Pool At Roberto Clemente Park Officially Reopens

BRENTWOOD, NY - After a six year closure, the pool at Roberto Clemente Park in Brentwood has finally reopened.

The pool, located on Broadway Avenue, officially opened for swimming on Saturday.

According to the Town of Islip, the pool will remain open this week from 10:30 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. and from Aug. 27 to Aug. 31, the pool will be open from 11 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.

For Labor Day weekend, the pool will be open on Sept. 1st and 2nd from 11 a.m. and 5:45 p.m. and on Sept. 3rd from 11 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.

Following the closure of the pool, the entire park was shut down in 2014 after it was discovered that toxic waste had been illegally dumped in the park.

It was officially reopened in July after being closed for 3 years, however the pool remained under construction.

In June, local resident and founder of Uplift Brentwood Herbie Medina shared that construction of the pool was underway.

"There has been some setbacks with the walls and floor of the pool but they are making progress," Medina wrote in a post on Facebook in June.

The whole pool had to be reconditioned and workers had to add a new gutter system around the pool as well as a new filter system.

Last month, the Town announced that officials broke ground on the construction of a new spray park.

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• Construction On Roberto Clemente Park Pool Underway

Photo of pool construction in June, courtesy of Herbie Medina