Metropolitan Swimming Pool — Attraction in New York

The locker room is just so hard to deal with- huge hair clumps, showers smell like pee, blackness everywhere but there are lockers- BYOlock. The pool itself is OK- the bottom is awfully stained with brown who knows what but the water is relatively clean; like I've never seen anything floating in it and it's not cloudy. But man this pool gets crowded- three lanes and anywhere from 5-9 people in a 25 yard lane. Everybody seems to think their breast stroke is a great workout and it's really hard to pass- so don't come here for speed work or plan on smooth...

I've been pretty much going here my whole life. This place has gotten better since I was a child. You get what you pay for, the gym is not the most elite and the showers/lockers can be dirty after certain times, but honestly for the price you are getting a big pool throughout the year. I believe if you are under 21 it's free, which is amazing. Still reasonable after that age and you pay up front for the whole year, so no need to track any monthly payments. It's fine for when you just want to swim and...

The pool is great, (cleanliness being most important), respectful swimmers, beautiful skylight, and well kept. Temperature is a problem, must often temperate to cook, sometimes simply hilariously freezing. The rest of the facility is prison-like and depressing. Beyond desperately needing a rehab, the rest of the facility needs a consultation on use of space, programs, cleanliness and efficiency. The locker rooms are functional, the showers... a travesty, shocking, punitive? All kinds of...