1 / 2Hamilton Fish Recreation Center
📍 Manhattan, NY
A well-maintained community pool offering free swimming for all ages. Parents appreciate the cleanliness and safety, though recent management changes are addressing past service issues.
Much better in 2025. New management is friendly & good stuff for teenagers and adults
🏆 Family Action Verdict
Best for families with young children who want a local, clean pool option despite some service challenges. The facility itself is well-maintained and safe, but be prepared for potential staff attitude issues and occasional pool closures due to disruptive older kids. Recent management changes show promise for improvement.
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💬 What Families Are Saying
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LeBron
2 months ago
“Much better in 2025. New management is friendly & good stuff for teenagers and adults”
T Ada
7 years ago
“Been coming here as a kid and now I bring my own babies here. Clean and safe only thing is they kick everyone out when big pool teenagers act up...wish they would do a hard core ban and just kick the trouble making kids out of the pool for the summer🙄... other than that beautiful and I love it! My kids call it their pool!”
Farrah b
8 months ago
“Still a decent pool and rec center, but too many weird dudes in the park”
Ricardo Ramos
8 years ago
“The bathroom helpers need some training on how to talk or communicate with people and nit to be sarcastic when giving or saying something to someone and then marking the person so it could get to a aggressive situation. Im here now and just happend to me with my son been there with me. P. S”
Reviews from Google
Overview
Hamilton Fish Recreation Center is a community swimming facility in Manhattan providing outdoor pool access with toddler-friendly areas and pram accessibility. The center offers free entry and maintains clean, safe swimming conditions, though families should be aware of occasional closures due to disruptive incidents and varying staff service quality.
