{"id":282931,"date":"2026-06-30T23:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T23:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/282931\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T23:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T23:00:12","slug":"massive-nyc-pool-shuttered-for-repairs-for-second-year-in-a-row-amid-extreme-heat-wave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/282931\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive NYC pool shuttered for repairs \u2013 for second year in a row \u2013 amid extreme heat wave"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the city\u2019s largest pools will be closed during this week\u2019s scorching heat wave<\/a> and for most of next month because of \u201cunforeseen\u201d mechanical issues \u2013 the second straight year the aging community \u201clifeline\u201d has suffered a shutdown.<\/p>\n

The popular Red Hook Pool, among five Olympic-sized tubs in Brooklyn, did not open to the public during the citywide outdoor pool opening day Saturday<\/a> \u201cdue to the sudden, unforeseen failure of mechanical equipment,\u201d city Parks Department reps said.<\/p>\n

Red Hook Pool remains closed \u201cdue to the sudden, unforeseen failure of mechanical equipment,\u201d NYC Parks said. Gregory P. Mango for NY Post<\/p>\n

The nearly century-old summer oasis won\u2019t be open for most of July, either, joining several pools citywide that remain closed at the onset of the season, the department said.<\/p>\n

Among the other shut city pools is the supposed back-up that Red Hook families are being directed to on the NYC Parks\u2019 website as an alternative to their own closed site. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very disappointing,\u201d said Red Hook mom Karin-Jolie Rosado. \u201cWe waited all year for this.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was closed last summer, and then this summer there are still issues,\u201d she said of the local pool. \u201cThey should have resolved the issues by now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her 8-year-old daughter Loretta said, \u201cIt\u2019s really sad because we don\u2019t have anywhere else to swim.\u201d<\/p>\n

The opening of Red Hook\u2019s 90-year-old pool complex was delayed until August last year because of a broken decades-old pipe, according to The City Reporter.<\/a><\/p>\n

This year\u2019s delay was blamed on a flooded filter plant beneath the pool, which damaged motors and other equipment, a Parks rep said \u2014 adding that the discovery was only made four days before opening day.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very disappointing,\u201d said Red Hook mom Karin-Jolie Rosado, here with children Loretta, 8, Eleanor, 6, and Amir, 4. Gregory P. Mango for NY Post<\/p>\n

\u201cThis could\u2019ve been avoided,\u201d said Adam Ganser, executive director of the advocacy group New Yorkers For Parks, who called the matter \u201cat its purest form, a staffing issue.\u201d<\/p>\n

The policy group noted that an estimated 50 plumbers on Parks\u2019 payroll is far below the number needed to maintain the city\u2019s 1,700 parks and playgrounds.<\/p>\n

The group is now renewing calls for the agency to fund an additional 150 tradespeople to keep up with its aging infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Ganser called the pool a \u201clifeline\u201d for city dwellers, especially ahead of the summer\u2019s first \u201cheat dome\u201d situation and triple-digit temperatures<\/a> expected later this week.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe water is something that gives the kids a safe activity to do during a heat wave,\u201d Rosado said. \u201cOtherwise, they are stuck at home.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe water is something that gives the kids a safe activity to do during a heat wave,\u201d Rosado said. Gregory P. Mango for NY Post<\/p>\n

The pool is one of several sites closed for unplanned maintenance as of Tuesday afternoon, Parks said, while two other pools are under construction for long-term capital improvements.<\/p>\n

Claremont Pool in The Bronx is shuttered because of mechanical issues, and the Doulgass and DeGraw Pool in Gowanus \u2013 the city-touted Red Hook Pool alternative \u2013 is also closed because of a \u201ccategory 2 water quality issue.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPools generally experience temporary closures for a variety of reasons: mechanical, sanitary, weather, etc.,\u201d a Parks rep told The Post.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany of our pools are celebrating their 90th year in use this season, including Red Hook Pool,\u201d the rep said, noting that, \u201cto ensure that Red Hook Pool can continue to serve New Yorkers for generations,\u201d the site has been earmarked for a $122 million renovation project set to begin in 2028.<\/p>\n

The opening of the 90-year-old Red Hook Pool complex was also delayed last year because of a broken decades-old pipe. Gregory P. Mango for NY Post<\/p>\n

Aside from 53 free outdoor pools, the Parks system also touts an array of splash pads to beat the summer heat.<\/p>\n

But the cooling features are facing \u201coutages\u201d in record numbers, a Post investigation recently found<\/a>, with Parks reps blaming last winter\u2019s severe weather combined with \u201cvery few staff resources for repairs.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The news comes as the city\u2019s new budget paves the way for a new Parks \u201cRenew Crew\u201d pilot program \u2014 which is funded through 2027 \u2014 set to make \u201cquick targeted improvements\u201d for playgrounds, courts, fields and other green spaces.<\/p>\n

Still, Ganser argues the city must still invest in full-time tradespeople to keep the city\u2019s green spaces up and running.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of this is highly sophisticated mechanical equipment or plumbing, and you need professionals on staff to ensure that everything is is is in good, operable condition,\u201d Ganser said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis begs a larger question, which is why doesn\u2019t the agency have the staffing it needs to take care of these issues, which are occurring every single year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the city\u2019s largest pools will be closed during this week\u2019s scorching heat wave and for most…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282932,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[98,57,9,197,56,63,65,64,10649,14182,75446,18392,58],"class_list":["post-282931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-brooklyn","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city-life","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-parks","tag-parks-department","tag-pools","tag-red-hook","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}