PHILADELPHIA – Mayor Jim Kenney, Managing Director Michael DiBerardinis, Commissioner of Parks & Recreation Kathryn Ott Lovell and other City officials joined children and staff at Max Myers Recreation Center in Northeast Philadelphia to officially open the City’s pools for the 2016 season.
“I am excited to kick off the public pool season today, one of our City’s most cherished traditions,” said Mayor Kenney “Our public pools are great amenities that provide fun, safe, and healthy opportunities for Philadelphians of all ages to stay cool and enjoy in neighborhoods throughout the City.”

The Department of Parks & Recreation operates more than seventy pools every summer in neighborhoods across the City.  Residents can find listings for pools by neighborhood at www.phila.gov/pools.  The department encourages residents contact their neighborhood pools for days and times of open swim, family swim and adult swim, as well as swim lessons and swim team activities.

“The City employs approximately 800 people each summer who work as pool maintenance aides and lifeguards” said managing Director Michael DiBerardinis “These jobs are a great way for some young people and adults to earn some additional income during the summer months while keeping our pools safe, clean and ready to use.”

When I was growing up in Mayfair, Max Myers was my neighborhood pool.  For anyone who remembers being a kid in the Northeast back then, this pool and others like it were vibrant and thriving places we could play during the summer,”  said Commissioner Kathryn Ott Lovell. “There are more than seventy public pools across Philadelphia that are still wonderful resources for communities, but after decades of disinvestment and neglect, they’re a little worse for wear.  But thanks to the leadership of Mayor Kenney and City Council, we will soon be able to invest an unprecedented half a billion dollars into our parks, rec centers and libraries to make them beautiful, safe places for our children once again.”

“I’m thrilled to kick off the swim season at Max Myers pool in my district, and look forward to a great summer!  Our Parks and Rec facilities are so important year round, but especially in the summer, when our playgrounds and pools make it much easier for Philadelphia’s kids and families to have active, safe, and fun summer vacations” said Councilwoman Maria Quiñones-Sanchez.
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Note: Pools will open on a rolling basis from June 22 through July 1.  The schedule of openings is listed below.

OPENING SCHEDULE:

Citywide Pool Hours
Monday-Friday, 11 am – 7 pm
Saturday & Sunday, 12 pm – 5 pm
Public swim is available every day 1pm – 4pm at each pool.
Contact your local pool for family swim and adult swim schedules.

Wednesday, June 22 
(Please note: The pools opening on June 22 will open at 4:00pm)

• Max Myers (1601 Hellerman St., 19149)
• Samuel (3459 Gaul St., 19134)
• Cohox (2901 Cedar St., 19134)
• Feltonville (231-37 E. Wyoming Ave., 19120)
• Awbury (6101 Ardleigh St., 19138)
• Mander (2140 N. 33^rd St., 19121)
• Vare (2600 Morris St, 19145)
• Kelly (4231 Landsdowne Dr., 19131

Thursday, June 23

• Fox Chase (7901 Ridgeway St., 19111)
• Lawncrest (6000 Rising Sun Ave., 19111)
• Hillside (201 Fountain St., 19128)
• Pleasant (6720 Boyer St., 19119)
• Francisville (1737 Francis St., 19130)
• O’Connor (2601 South St., 19146)
• Lee (4328 Haverford Ave., 19104)
• Christy (728 S. 55^th St., 19143)
• J. Finnegan (6900 Grovers Ave., 19142)

Friday, June 24

• Jardel (1400 Cottman Ave., 19111)
• Vogt (4131 Unruh Ave., 19135)
• N. Liberties (321 Fairmount Ave., 19123)
• McVeigh (400-64 E. Ontario St., 19134)
• Lonnie Young (1100 E. Chelten Ave., 19138)
• Kendrick (5822 Ridge Ave., 19128)
• East Poplar (820 N. 8^th St., 19123)
• Ridgway (1301 Carpenter St., 19147)

Saturday, June 25

• Lackman (1101 Bartlett St., 19115)
• Waterloo (2501 Waterloo St., 19133)
• Anderson (740 S. 17^th St., 19146)
• Cobbs Creek (280 Cobbs Creek Pkwy., 19139)

Monday, June 27 (Indoor pools are indicated with an asterisk)

• Mitchell (3700 Whitehall Ln., 19114)
• Bridesburg (4601 Richmond St., 19137)
• Ziehler (200-64 E. Olney Ave., 19120)
• Hunting Park (900 W. Hunting Park Ave., 19140)
• Morris Estate (1610 W. Chelten Ave., 19126)
• Gathers (2501 Diamond St., 19121)
• Penrose (1101 W. Susquehanna Rd., 19122)
• Myers (5803 Kingsessing Ave., 19143)
• * Carousel (4300 Avenue of the Republic, 19131)
• * Lincoln (3201 Rowland Ave., 19136)
• * Pickett (5700 Wayne Ave, 19144)
• * Sayre (5835 Spruce St., 19139)

Tuesday, June 28

• Jacobs (4500 Linden Ave., 19114)
• Heitzman (2136 Castor Ave., 19134)
• Schmidt (113 W. Ontario St., 19140)
• Scanlon (1099 E. Tioga St., 19134)
• Dendy (1501-39 N. 10^th St., 19122)

• Barry (1800 Johnston St., 19145)

• Murphy (300 W. Shunk St., 19148)
• Kingsessing (4901 Kingsessing Ave., 19143)
• 39th and Olive (700 N. 39^th St., 19104)

Wednesday, June 29

• Hancock (1401 N. Hancock St., 19122)
• Cruz (1431 6^th St., 19122)
• Houseman (5091 Summerdale Ave., 19124)
• Simpson (1010 Arrott St., 19124)
• Amos (1817 N. 16^th St., 19121)
• Athletic (1400 N. 26^th St., 19121)
• Chew (1800 Washington Ave., 19146)
• Sacks (400 Washington Ave., 19147)
• Tustin (5901 W. Columbia Ave., 19151)
• Shepard (5700 Haverford Ave., 19131)

Thursday, June 30

• American Legion (6201 Torresdale Ave, 19135)
• Cione (2600 E. Aramingo Ave., 19125)
• Piccoli (1501 E. Bristol Ave., 19124)
• Shuler (3000 N. 27^th St., 19132)
• ML King (2101 Cecil B. Moore Ave., 19121)
• Ford (609 Snyder Ave., 19148)
• Baker (5433 Landsdowne Ave., 19131)
• Mill Creek (5100 Parrish St., 19139)

Friday, July 1

• Lederer (1219-25 E. Montgomery Ave., 19125)
• 12th and Cambria (2901 N. 12^th St., 19133)
• Cherashore (851 W. Olney Ave., 19120)
• Belfield (2100 W. Chew Ave., 19138)
• CB Moore (2551 N. 22^nd St., 19132)
• Stinger Square (3200 Dickinson St. , 19146)