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Swim with the Best: Join a Parks Swim Team
July 5 – August 6, 2011
Parks & Recreation offers young New Yorkers an opportunity to join a Parks swim team. Practice sessions are held Tuesdays and Thursdays and emphasize stroke technique, endurance and speed training, starts and turns, rules and sportsmanship.
How to Join
Team tryouts are held on an ongoing basis. Swimmers train for the Five Borough Championship meet on August 6, 2011. Youths between the ages of 6 and 14 who can swim 25 meters and youths between 15 and 18 who can swim 50 meters in reasonably good form may try out for the team. All participants are required to submit a completed application and a copy of their birth certificate before trying out. You can pick up applications and your child can try out for the Parks Swim Team between July 5 and July 19 during scheduled swim team practice hours only. Training times vary by pool, please check days and times of practice for each individual pool below. For more information, please call Citywide Aquatics at (718) 760-6969.
| Bronx | |
|---|---|
| Claremont Claremont Park 170th Street and Clay Avenue Tuesdays & Thursdays 8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. |
Crotona Crotona Park 173rd Street and Fulton Avenue Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. |
| Floating Pool Barretto Point Park Tiffany Street & Viele Avenue Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. |
Haffen Haffen Park Ely and Burke Avenues Tuesdays & Thursdays 8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. |
| Mapes Mapes Ballfield E. 180th Street between Mapes & Prospect Avenues Tuesdays & Thursdays 8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. |
Mullaly Mullaly Park 164th St. bet. Jerome & River Avenues Tuesdays & Thursdays 8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. |
| Van Cortlandt Van Cortlandt Park W. 242nd St. and Broadway Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. |
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| Brooklyn | |
| Betsy Head Betsy Head Park Boyland, Livonia and Dumont Avenues Tuesdays & Thursdays 8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. |
Bushwick Bushwick Playground Humboldt Street, Flushing & Bushwick Avenues Tuesdays & Thursdays 8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. |
| Commodore Barry Commodore Barry Park Flushing and Park Avenues, Navy and North Elliot Streets Tuesdays & Thursdays 8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. |
Douglas and DeGraw Thomas Greene Playground Third Avenue and Nevins Street Tuesdays & Thursdays 8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. |
| Howard Howard Playground Glenmore and Mother Gaston Blvd., East New York Avenue Tuesdays & Thursdays 8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. |
Kosciuszko Kosciuszko Street Garden Kosciusko between Marcy and Dekalb Avenues Tuesdays & Thursdays 8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. |
| Red Hook Red Hook Recreation Area Bay and Henry Streets Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. |
Sunset Sunset Park Seventh Avenue between 41st and 44th Streets Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. |
| Manhattan | |
| Asser Levy Asser Levy Playground Asser Levy Place and E. 23rd Street Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. |
Hamilton Fish Hamilton Fish Park Pitt Street and Houston Street Tuesdays & Thursdays 10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. |
| Highbridge Highbridge Park Amsterdam Ave. and W. 173rd Street Tuesdays & Thursdays 8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. |
Jackie Robinson Jackie Robinson Park Bradhurst Avenue and W. 146th Street Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. |
| John Jay John Jay Park East of York Avenue on 77th St. Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. |
Lasker Central Park 110th Street & Lenox Avenue Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. |
| Marcus Garvey Marcus Garvey Park 124th Street and Fifth Avenue Tuesdays & Thursdays 8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. |
Sheltering Arms Sheltering Arms Playground W. 129th Street and Amsterdam Ave. Tuesdays & Thursdays 8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. |
| Szold Dry Dock Playground E. 10th St. between Aves. C and D Tuesdays & Thursdays 8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. |
Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson Park E. 112th Street and First Avenue Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. |
| Tony Dapolito Tony Dapolito Recreation Center Clarkson St. and Seventh Ave. South Tuesdays & Thursdays 10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. |
Wagner Wagner Houses Pool E. 124th Street between First and Second Avenues Tuesdays & Thursdays 8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. |
| Queens | |
| Astoria Astoria Park 19th Street and 23rd Drive Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. |
Fisher Fisher Pool 19th Street and 23rd Drive Tuesdays & Thursdays 8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. |
| Fort Totten Fort Totten Park 338 Story Avenue Mondays & Fridays 8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. |
Liberty Detective Keith L. Williams Park 173rd Street and 106th Avenue Tuesdays & Thursdays 8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. |
| Staten Island | |
| Faber Faber Pool and Park Faber Street and Richmond Terrace Tuesdays & Thursdays 8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. |
Lyons Lyons Pool Pier 6 and Victory Boulevard Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. |
| Tottenville Tottenville Pool Hylan Boulevard and Joline Avenue Tuesdays & Thursdays 8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. |
West Brighton Cpl. Thompson Park Henderson Avenue between Broadway and Chappel Streets Tuesdays & Thursdays 8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. |
