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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Two inch thick “slick” or scum?
Jerry curl pomade.
Yes, all true. Reminds of something W.C. Fields once said: “I don’t drink water because fish f*** in it.”
These NYC pools kept closing last summer after people pooped in them
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