tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post4833964811722404654..comments2024-03-26T04:26:04.911-07:00Comments on Lost City: Red Hook Pool: New Summer, New RulesBrooks of Sheffieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-18103759522624812032012-08-19T19:49:46.913-07:002012-08-19T19:49:46.913-07:00Getting from the front door into the pool (both Mc...Getting from the front door into the pool (both McCarren and Red Hook) is like going through some kind of prison routine. I hate it. It does kind of take a lot of the fun out of swimming. <br /><br />Where do they get these employees? I think I heard they are actually in some kind of transition-to-work program. Maybe they're in some kind of system themselves, so they're used to being yelled at all the time, and herded like cattle, so they pass on the treatment. but maybe i'm jumping to conclusions. <br /><br />And to Steve Kennedy, plenty of cities have awesome facilities that are run by the government, without power-mad security guards running everything. It's not because it's government run, it's because of the culture these agencies have here in NYC. <br /><br />And yeah, the library can be pretty bad here too. Libraries should feel peaceful...the security guards make you feel like an inmate. Ugh.CMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-2301311100329852582012-08-04T12:06:32.601-07:002012-08-04T12:06:32.601-07:00The rules at RedHook and McCarren are the same. Th...The rules at RedHook and McCarren are the same. They are NYC Park pool rules, applied at all locations. The staff had been rude and irritated at every pool I have been to. Must come from being an underpaid parks employee?<br />- Jennie in park slopeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-85137915056742077122012-07-04T10:30:29.743-07:002012-07-04T10:30:29.743-07:00You can also look at the umpteen Gothamist threads...You can also look at the umpteen Gothamist threads on the subject (the comments are surprisingly restrained; maybe they are filtering out the racist comments). Anyway this is a real problem, civic amenities being overrun by gangs of hoods -and this dates back to when the gangs were Irish- is one reason why the city has been short of civic amenities.Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-69775271962554648492012-07-03T13:24:50.060-07:002012-07-03T13:24:50.060-07:00mesh in the bathing suit is to keep pubic hair out...mesh in the bathing suit is to keep pubic hair out of the pool,<br />bigger locks cannot be easily ripped off without tools like the luggage locks (this has already happened in McCarren park pool where kids ripped off tsa style locks and took the contents of the lockers) <br />All the rules sound good to me - <br />The rules are for all patrons benefit, not to torture you<br />but i haven't been to the red hook pool so maybe i'm missing something? <br />I've already been to the McCarren park pool and am thankful for the rules and the way the staff stuck to themWilliamsburg ernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-4187445552263198312012-07-03T10:00:39.300-07:002012-07-03T10:00:39.300-07:00Dash: Just read the McCarren reports. Attacking a ...Dash: Just read the McCarren reports. Attacking a lifeguard is unacceptable. What a shame. Perhaps it is better to be annoyed, but safe, as is the case at Red Hook. I don't know. But it seems there must be some better middle ground.Brooks of Sheffieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-38277647177032444452012-07-03T09:54:01.835-07:002012-07-03T09:54:01.835-07:00Ed: No. I don't think so. The kids in the near...Ed: No. I don't think so. The kids in the nearby projects use the pool a lot.Brooks of Sheffieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-27209860007284074552012-07-03T09:52:53.626-07:002012-07-03T09:52:53.626-07:00I gave you a pass sneaking in that absurd anti-hea...I gave you a pass sneaking in that absurd anti-healthcare dogma, Steve Kennedy. That's the only one you'll get. Stick to the pool.Brooks of Sheffieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-84482429399163660182012-07-03T09:07:56.519-07:002012-07-03T09:07:56.519-07:00Interesting post, considering what twice happened ...Interesting post, considering what twice happened this week at McCarren. People all around the web are calling for stricter enforcement there, a la Red Hook.dashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03827355538613240652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-89705518899307891172012-07-03T09:07:33.794-07:002012-07-03T09:07:33.794-07:00Is the real purpose of these rules to keep kids wh...Is the real purpose of these rules to keep kids who live in the housing projects in Red Hook out of the pool?Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-21568872663518562362012-07-03T05:33:23.246-07:002012-07-03T05:33:23.246-07:00Long time first time.
Few years back I had the ...Long time first time. <br /><br />Few years back I had the misfortune of taking my son to Wilson Woods Wave Pool in Mt. Vernon.<br /><br />http://parks.westchestergov.com/willsons-woods-park/willsons-waves<br /><br />Cops in the parking lot. Cops at the entrance. A professionally grumpy staff. lines. rules rules rules. There is an imposing black metal fence 10 feet high. Order! Then once inside whistles from the guards every 2 to 3 seconds for hours. I was laughing to myself at the spectacle of it all as soon as I got there. Then I heard this loud buzzer alarm. Bramp Bramp Bramp. It was to alert the swimmers that the waves were beginning. Then it all came together. RULES, COs, a wall, another wall, lines, guard towers, uniforms, and the exact same alarm sound as the one at Sing Sing. Welcome to Willsons Woods prison pool.<br /><br />I keep seeing this security overkill everywhere. I was recently in the Library at 31st and 3rd ave. Why are there security guards there? What goes down in that spot with the library system as broke as it is that it warrants having a security guard?Mike!https://www.blogger.com/profile/09741238916402670644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-18338352708173580742012-07-03T03:53:29.605-07:002012-07-03T03:53:29.605-07:00This is the perfect example of when the government...This is the perfect example of when the government runs something you give up liberty. Just as in healthcare, in order to insure the estimated 20-30 million uninsured the Congress changed the rules for the other 300 million.Steve Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10767883931598251304noreply@blogger.com