Free Outdoor Pools

• 1). Several outdoor pools offer free swimming during the summer months (typically, Memorial Day through Labor Day). Asser Levy has free swimming in two outdoor pools; Dry Dock has an outdoor pool; Hamilton Fish Recreation Center offers two outdoor pools, with one reserved for children to use; the Tony Dapolito Recreation Center has an outdoor pool which is free to all, and an indoor pool which is free for under-18s; Red Hook Recreation Center, in Brooklyn, offers free swimming in its Olympic-sized outdoor pool.
  
  Red Hook Recreation Center
  
  155 Bay Street
  
  Brooklyn, NY 11232
  
  718-722-3211
  
  Tony Dapolito Recreation Center
  
  3 Clarkson St. between 7th Ave. South and Hudson St.
  
  New York, NY 10014
  
  212-242-5228
  
  Hamilton Fish Recreation Center
  
  128 Pitt St. between Stanton and Houston
  
  New York, NY 10002
  
  212-387-7687
  
  Dry Dock
  
  408 E. 10th St
  
  New York, NY 10009
  
  212-677-4481
  
  Asser Levy
  
  East 23rd Street and FDR Drive
  
  New York, NY 10010
  
  212-447-2020
  
  
• 2). If you have membership of a gym or health club outside New York City, and this gym or club has several branches, find out whether your existing membership will allow you guest privileges for free at at branch in New York City. For example, the New York City branches of the YMCA will allow out-of-state YMCA members to have two free visits to a New York City branch. Many of the YMCA branches in New York City have pools.
  
  
• 3). Take some lessons. New York City pools offer free swimming lessons for both children and adults at various pools throughout the city and times throughout the year.