Astoria Pool To Remain Closed Over The Summer, Reopen In 2024

ASTORIA, QUEENS — The pool at Astoria Park will stay closed during the summer, with residents expected to endure a yearlong closure.

Astoria Pool located at 19th Street and 23rd Drive will close until the summer of 2024 amid repairs to the pool tub and mechanical systems, according to the city’s Department of Parks and Recreation.

“At nearly 100 years old, many of the pool’s features have reached the end of their service life,” a spokesman for the department said.

The spray showers adjacent to the public pool will remain open during construction.

Renovations to the pool include the reconstruction of the pool shell, gutter and deck replacements, installations of filtration, backwash, chemical treatment, and other repairs.

The city’s outdoor pools were already closed since the fall of 2022 amid the colder months, and are expected to reopen in the summer.

Astoria Pool faced a slight setback in its 2021 reopening, delaying its services for two days as the city fixed filter issues in the pool.

Astoria Pool originally opened in 1936, at the height of the Great Depression, and was one of eleven immense outdoor public pools the Parks Department opened that summer. Astoria Pool is one of seven outdoor public pools in Queens.