Health & Fitness
15 NYC Swimming Pools Poised For Splashy Return
Eight pools across the city will open Friday, with more to follow, for heat wave and coronavirus relief, Mayor Bill de Blasio said.
NEW YORK CITY — Get ready to replace the coronavirus blues with blue swimming pool hues.
New York City will open eight public swimming pools across all five boroughs on Friday, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced. Seven more neighborhood pools will open in the near future, he said.
"This is going to be wonderful for neighborhood residents and particularly young people, especially as it's gotten so hot,"de Blasio said Thursday.
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The pools will be Mullaly pool in the Bronx, Sunset and Kosciuszko in Brooklyn, Wagner in Manhattan, Liberty and Fisher in Queens and Tottenville and Lyons in Staten Island.
The openings may be a refreshing cannonball in the middle of a heat wave, but city officials will be taking pandemic precautions.
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De Blasio warned there will be social distancing, limits on crowds and people in the locker rooms and "rules" such as distance lines and face coverings. Thankfully, chlorine is a disinfecting "friend" when it comes to coronavirus in the pools themselves, he said.
"There'll be smart efforts to keep people safe, but it's also going to provide a lot of wonderful relief for residents of those neighborhoods and folks from all around," he said.
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