Posted on 07/11/2025 11:27:51 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
The new Gottesman Pool opened in Central Park just over two weeks ago, and some New Yorkers have already called it a “disaster.”
The massive outdoor pool opened on June 27, but swimmers are already reporting three-hour waits, excessive crowds, and fighting. Some New Yorkers on social media have expressed concern about swimming in the oval-shaped, 285-by-120-foot pool.
“I saw this pool after hours. No joke, there was like a two-inch slick over the top of the entire pool,” one pool-goer said. “I literally wretched looking at it.”
There is a bevy of videos on social media showing the pool on various days, including one by Mark Beshae posted on Instagram. In the video, officers are seen escorting swimmers off the premises while others are in what appears to be a long line of people waiting to get in and cool off.
“A bunch of fights have already broken out, on top of the fact that anyone is allowed in without any ID or age requirement,” Beshae reports in the video. “The line just to get in, since it’s completely free, has been at least two to three hours any time it’s open."
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The Rollman Rink was saved by Trump. You had to rent skates or have your own. Helps keep out the riff raff.
Looks like it’s about 90% “diverse”.
Is it them Yogi ?
Like a Carnival Cruise without having to leave New York.
More info here:
Sorry to say that, given the location, anyone who goes swimming here ought to know what they might encounter...
They pee in the pool.
Suntan oil, right? Right?
The line just to get in, since it’s completely free
Line 1: Free stuff until it runs out.
Line 2: stuff you have to pay for but it doesn’t run out.
“… there was like a two-inch slick over the top of the entire pool,” one pool-goer said. “I literally wretched looking at it.”
I’m ready to barf thinking about it. There’s people inadvertently drinking that slime.
I won't go to the pool unless they're charging $50 for admission.
It’s difficult to keep a pool’s Ph balanced and bacteria levels controlled. Can’t imagine the condition of a pool that size and that overcrowded. Would be easy for the health dept. to shut down. And that’s saying nothing about the restrooms or locker rooms, which usually are even worse. — former lifeguard
RE: slime on the pool overnight....
From one of my favorite movies, The Magic Christian (Peter Sellers, Ringo Starr, Racquel Welch).
The point is the businessmen and investors in their suits will dive into a vat of slime to get money.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xg2v_T2XH8
The morons who conceived of this operation need to be treated with tar and feathers....
Not to mention tossing a Baby Ruth bar into it.
Everyody on the pee pool water warm.
Just one of the many advantages of living on an anthill.
Now we know why Carnival doesn’t particularly want the ghetto on their ships anymore.
Go to a pool in NY City. Beware of what you bring home with you.
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