Brooklyn Public Pools Are Now Open For The Pees

Get your chlorine on starting Saturday if you can't make it to the beach, Brooklyn Paper reports that BK's public pools are open for the tinkle-and-paddle-away. It was always hilarious that the kiddie pool was about ten times warmer than the deeper, grown-up pool. Granted, shallower pools with good sun exposure and just a penchant for warmer water can contribute, but I always imagined a couple bad apples just letting loose. Talk about hard water!

The Sunset Park pool is laid out quite nicely but nothing really beats the construction of that behemoth in Astoria Park from our sister to the north.

However, if you're not up for the beach, there's few things more unique in the summer than the public pool. The concrete against your bare feet, stubbed toes, hot sun, cool towels you wish you had, running in water, checking out babes underwater when you were like 10. Awkward bathing suit moments. Fear of the deep end. Your skin feeling funny tingly after all that cleanliness in the H2O. Snack stand. Smelly, damp bathrooms. The locals.

Having glasses, getting into the water was always a nuisance...

For a full list of pools (the season hasn't ended as the site says, it just hasn't been updated for this year) click on the Brooklyn tab at this link: Brooklyn Public Pools.

Photo by BridgeandTunnelClub.com: