Lyons Pool

Murray Julbert Ave. bet. Victory Blvd. and Hannah St.

Staten Island, 10301

Lyons Pool Recreation Center hours and programming

This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park.

This property was originally known as Tompkinsville Playground in tribute to the surrounding community and its founder, the remarkable Daniel D. Tompkins (1774-1825). Tompkins' career included terms as Supreme Court Justice of New York, New York State Governor, and Vice President of the United States. During the War of 1812, he bought arms from private citizens and formed a 40,000-man militia for the defense of New York. In 1815 Tompkins founded Tompkinsville, and he established the first steamboat ferry linking Staten Island and Manhattan two years later.