Martin Luther King Jr Pool — Local services in San Francisco

Pretty good compared to all other city pools: it wasn't as crowded, parking was easy, and the staff were super chill and friendly!

Several opportunities for improvement, though:

1. there are no big lockers; all are half-size
2. the water pressure in some of the showers is low
3. the hand and hair driers on the walls don't work
4. the only electrical outlet to connect your own drier is by the alley leading to the pool
5. the pool is closed two days per week (wtf? Severely underutilized). Excuses as to why this is are lame and cheap as clearly virtually all pools in the suburbs down the peninsula open 7 days per week and with much better hours
6. the schedule is as variable and chaotic as for the other city pools, so it's hard for anyone to develop a consistent lap swimming routine let alone people who work or have kids and can only exercise super early in the morning or in...

Full disclosure this is a pre-covid-19 review on MLK pool this pool is very community oriented the locker rooms are huge however be prepared there are no shower curtains on any of the six showers available for women or men there are many family swim programs as well as child swim programs available and there is also free swim times available to the general public you can get a free pass via your library card if you log into your libraries events or San Francisco library events and bring to children with you for your first visit otherwise prices are very affordable around $7 for adults and $4 for children the pool is very large and very clean however it isn't indoor pool so the smell of chlorine is...

Saturday adult swimming lessons are terrible. Nathaniel Warren who’s the teacher just walks by the pool heads down looking at his shoes and every now and then smiles at us 3 students. When I shared I‘m trying to improve front free-style and synchronize my breathing, he said nah, you are just fine. Disclaimer, I don’t know when to breath!!! So in the past 3 sessions I ended up sticking with breast strokes which I‘ve been swimming for the past 10 years! I raised the issue to the supervisors, Danny, Stev, Mishell and Dan but was told they already know about this and there has been complaints from the staff as well but not enough to react upon!!! Very...