Weehawken Pool — Local services in Weehawken

This pool would get 5 stars from me if it weren’t such a poor experience for lap swimmers. Not only do they only give you 6-8 am hours for lap swimming, but half the time when I’ve come at 6/6:15 am to swim, no staff is there to have opened the pool! Also, they didn’t even offer this 6-8 am lap swim option until END OF JUNE when every other outdoor pool follows the typical Memorial Day - Labor Day opening season. They claimed it was because they rely on students as staff and they were still in school till then which I can understand, but come on guys you can hire some non-students and fix this problem. I pay a full summers membership (the price of which increases every summer) yet I have a full month LESS of use because of this.

Also, they claim to have the pool blocked off for private lessons after 8 am, but I can actually see the pool from my apartment and can see that no lessons are even going on (attached a picture of the pool on a Wednesday morning at 8:45 am). Why can’t lap swimmers at least use the lanes that aren’t being used for lessons alongside?

Lastly, their website and many emails from are full of highlighted / bolded / underlined / all of the above stuff that it’s hard to follow what their hours even are to try to follow them myself, and I’ve tried!!

Look - I don’t mean to be a Karen here, but I just want to find a place to be able to swim (especially outside in the summer!) and it’s hard/expensive to be able to do this. I was a swimmer my whole life, I love getting to do it, and it really shouldn’t be this difficult. Thanks for coming to...

For a public city pool, this is about as good as it gets. The pool is brand new. It has a big slide. Swimming lanes for adults. In area for children under eight. And of course a great view of New York City. They just added two huge tents for shade and umbrellas for people to sit in. One suggestion I have is to add a snack bar And I am a huge fan of diving boards. And to have music playing throughout the facility. There's lots of great family friendly playlists on the internet. I'm sure the volume of the music and the playlist could be switched out in such a way to make everyone happy. Music is often the spirit of a pool facility. It gives everyone energy. Without it people have a little less energy. Despite this the pool allows people to bring their own JBL speakers to play the music they want in their area. When it comes to city run public swimming pools this is about as...

Weehawken got their money's worth when building this outdoor facility The pool facility includes two pools. One pool has an unorthodox shape and a waterslide which kids will love. The second pool is ideally set up to function both as a lap pool and general pool. There are plenty of lifeguards on hand. Additionally, there is also a splash pad area for little kids. There is ample room on the deck to sunbathe and hang out. There is also a shower outside to rinse off after exiting the pool. The facility has a locker room with curtained changing areas. If you intend to use a locker, be sure to bring your own lock. There is a spot at the facility for a snack bar, although there isn't one setup. I've heard that in future there will be...