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McCarrren Pool
McCarrren Pool
776, Lorimer Street, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY, United States
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McCarrren Pool
776, Lorimer Street, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY, United States
YEAR
2012
SIZE
25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft
BUDGET
$10M - 50M
McCarren Pool is a bath house and outdoor pool constructed during a WPA
program providing new pool facilities throughout New York City. It was
one of 11 city owned public pools opened in the summer of 1936 and is a
New York City Landmark building. After nearly 50 years of operation, it
was closed and vacated in 1983. In a $50 million investment by the
PlaNYC initiative enabled the renewal and reopening of this beloved
Brooklyn recreational destination in 2012.
The rehabilitation preserved the historic bathhouse building and the
grand entry archway. A year-round indoor recreation and community center
now occupies the historic building, which is flanked by two new
open-air changing pavilions on the pool deck. Inside the 50,843sf
building, the community center contains a basketball court, weight and
cardio areas as well as multipurpose meeting rooms and offices. The
original wire storage baskets for swimmers were discovered and reused on
the ceiling of the two building lobbies. Salvaged wood planks from the
Coney Island boardwalk were refinished and now line many of the walls of
the community rooms and pavilions.
The original rectangular pool was turned into a giant U with a beach
deck at its center. With a capacity for 1500 swimmers, the pool covers
37,571 square feet and holds over a million gallons of water,
circulating at up to 6,000 gallons a minute. In the winter, the
beach-deck can be transformed into an ice-skating rink and in the
off-seasons it can host other large gatherings.
program providing new pool facilities throughout New York City. It was
one of 11 city owned public pools opened in the summer of 1936 and is a
New York City Landmark building. After nearly 50 years of operation, it
was closed and vacated in 1983. In a $50 million investment by the
PlaNYC initiative enabled the renewal and reopening of this beloved
Brooklyn recreational destination in 2012.
The rehabilitation preserved the historic bathhouse building and the
grand entry archway. A year-round indoor recreation and community center
now occupies the historic building, which is flanked by two new
open-air changing pavilions on the pool deck. Inside the 50,843sf
building, the community center contains a basketball court, weight and
cardio areas as well as multipurpose meeting rooms and offices. The
original wire storage baskets for swimmers were discovered and reused on
the ceiling of the two building lobbies. Salvaged wood planks from the
Coney Island boardwalk were refinished and now line many of the walls of
the community rooms and pavilions.
The original rectangular pool was turned into a giant U with a beach
deck at its center. With a capacity for 1500 swimmers, the pool covers
37,571 square feet and holds over a million gallons of water,
circulating at up to 6,000 gallons a minute. In the winter, the
beach-deck can be transformed into an ice-skating rink and in the
off-seasons it can host other large gatherings.
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