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Brooklyn's Outdoor Swimming Pools — Shallow Pools for Babies,Tots,Small Children

With Depths of Only One or Three Feet, Pools Perfect for Families

By , About.com Guide

Taking the kids for a swim in an outdoor pool? Here are some child-friendly pools that are not very deep, and are far smaller than some of Brooklyn's enormous outdoor pools. Note that "wading pools" are shallower than "mini pools."

Outdoor Wading Pools for Babies and Tots in Brooklyn

Wading pools are for the smallest children, and are no more than one foot in depth. All of the following are outdoors.

Find out about all outdoor public pools in Brooklyn here.

    Bushwick Playground
    Humboldt Street, Flushing & Bushwick Avenues
    (718) 452-2116
    Dimensions: 30' x 20' x 1’
    Commodore Barry
    Commodore Barry Park
    Flushing and Park Avenues, Navy and North Elliot Streets
    (718) 243-2593
    Dimensions: 24' x 24' x 1’
    Douglas and DeGraw
    Thomas Greene Playground

    Third Avenue and Nevins Street (718) 625-3268
    Dimensions: 24' x 24' x 1’
    Glenwood Houses (mini)
    Glenwood Playground
    Farragut Road & Ralph Avenue
    (718) 531-2480
    Dimensions: 40' x 20' x 3’
    Howard
    Howard Playground
    Glenmore and Mother Gaston Blvd., East New York Avenue
    (718) 385-1023
    Dimensions: 30' x 20' x 1’
Red Hook
Red Hook Recreation Area
Bay and Henry Streets
(718) 722-3211 Sunset Park
Sunset Park
Seventh Avenue between 41st and 44th Streets
(718) 965-6578 \

Outdoor Mini Pools for Babies and Tots in Brooklyn

\ Mini Pools are bigger — and deeper — than wading pools. At three feet deep, they offer swimming experience for young children.
    JHS 57/HS 26 (mini)
    Jesse Owens Playground
    117 Stuyvesant Avenue
    (718) 452-0519
    Dimensions: 40' x 20' x 3’
    David Fox/PS 251 (mini)
    Fox Playground
    E. 54th Street & Avenue H
    (718) 531-2437
    Dimensions: 40' x 20' x 3’
    Kosciuszko
    Kosciuszko Pool
    Marcy Avenue between DeKalb Avenue & Kosciuszko Street
    (718) 622-5271
    Dimensions: 42' x 52' x 1.5'
    Lindower Park (mini)
    Lindower Park
    E. 60th St, Mill Rd. & Strickland Avenue
    (718) 531-4852
    Dimensions: 40' x 20' x 3’
    PS 20 Playground (mini)
    Albert J. Parham Playground
    Between Clermont Ave. & Adelphi St.
    (718) 625-6101
    Dimensions: 40' x 20' x 3’

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