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Hamilton Fish Pool

Worth it. The Olympic sized pool at Hamilton Fish Pool is to locals what a hot rock is to a lizard, eager to soak up sun-rays.

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Antonina PattizFrom my list Best public pools in New York
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Hamilton Fish Pool is on one of my lists, Best public pools in New York. Below you’ll find what I wrote about it there. At the end, the neighborhood it’s in.

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With the gorgeous Hamilton Fish Recreation Center standing in the background, kids and adults alike frolic in the water.

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The Olympic sized pool at Hamilton Fish Pool is to locals what a hot rock is to a lizard, eager to soak up sun-rays. With the gorgeous Hamilton Fish Recreation Center standing in the background, kids and adults alike frolic in the water.

Constructed in 1936, it’s impressive that the public NYC pool has provided almost a century’s worth of fun. The bathroom is a distance away from the pool, which is my only complaint. Other than that Hamilton Fish Pool is one of the best public pools in NYC!

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    On the Lower East Side.

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