New York City Public Pool - Koscuiszko Pool

Finally it's hot this summer and for those of us who don't have a private pool or access to a pool via a hotel or very expensive building then New York's many public pools may be for you.

Let's start with Koscuiszko in Bed Stuy Brooklyn this pool is HUGE, Olympic size huge.  Bring as little as possible because they have locker and shower attendants that will make sure you leave everything on their don't list behind.

They clean the pool from 3pm to 4pm everyday so after 4pm is probably the best time to go if you're a bit of a germaphobe.  They run a tight ship between getting you in, inspections and shutting it down at the end of the day - I almost felt like I would need to bend over and cough but you don't and I need to stop watching "Locked Up" but I digress.

You'll have a great time at Koscuiszko Pool but remember it's New York City, it's a big unheated pool so it's cold by like two different levels, the first being just plain old cold and the second being when you touch the bottom I call that "say what?!" cold.

Koscuiszko Pool