Outdoor pools in New York City Department of Parks & Recreation properties.

Directory of Pools

This dataset consists of indoor and outdoor pools under the jurisdiction of NYC Parks. For more information about NYC Parks pools, visit https://www.nycgovparks.org/highlights/places-to-go/pools

This dataset uses the standard NYC projection of NAD_1983_StatePlane_New_York_Long_Island_FIPS_3104_Feet. Lengths are in feet and areas in square feet.

Attendance and location information for outdoor aquatics programming from 2018-2019.

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View Open Data for Aquatics Programming (2021 to current): here

Learn more about this program on the NYC Parks website: Swim Programs

Note: Aquatics Programming was on pause due to COVID-19 pandemic. The program resumed 2021.

Registration and attendance statistics for outdoor lap swim programs.

Data Dictionary: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WK_MaJ0Cfnmvz8y1NLv2l-LNp_OrKvyb/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=100172030647057411202&rtpof=true&sd=true

To learn more about the program, visit NYC Parks website here: https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/lap-swim

Note: Due to the national lifeguard shortage, outdoor lap swimming was cancelled for summer 2022 and 2023.

Directory of Pools

This dataset consists of indoor and outdoor pools under the jurisdiction of NYC Parks. For more information about NYC Parks pools, visit https://www.nycgovparks.org/highlights/places-to-go/pools

This dataset uses the standard NYC projection of NAD_1983_StatePlane_New_York_Long_Island_FIPS_3104_Feet. Lengths are in feet and areas in square feet.

The NYC Parks outdoor pool season typically runs from late June to the Sunday after Labor Day. During the season, Parks' staff record data via a mobile app survey at the end of each pool session. The survey includes questions on attendance, staffing, meals, issues, weather conditions, and closures for that specific session.

NYC Parks operates two sessions at each pool every day of the pool season. First Session is from 11:00am - 3:00pm. Second Session is from 4:00pm - 7:00pm, with the requirement for Olympic / Intermediate pools to stay open for Extended Second Session from 7:00pm - 8:00pm when the City Heat Emergency Plan is activated.

For each pool season, every pool will have at least two survey submissions per day - one submission for the first session, and one submission for the second session. A pool will have a third submission if it stays open for an extended second session.

Data Dictionary: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15lHSZF76W1cZnjwlWRSn7tzLh6EqVZVeZ2vwDFqXHMM/edit?usp=sharing

For reference, pool geography from Open Data can be found here: https://data.cityofnewyork.us/City-Government/Pools/3vjv-6tf5

This dataset contains attendance and location information for NYC Parks' indoor and outdoor aquatics program "Learn To Swim."

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View Open Data for Outdoor Aquatics (2018–2019): here
Note: only outdoor aquatics were captured prior to 2021.

Learn more about this program on the NYC Parks website: Swim Programs