1920s -1976
When I was growing up, I visited Boulevard Pools quite frequently.
It stood on the Roosevelt Blvd., between Tyson, Princeton, and Brous Aves. The entrance was on Princeton Ave.
lt was a 10-acre complex, consisting of three pools, lots of lawn on which to sunbathe, and sand for a beach and for the kids to play in.
The main pool was huge. It went from 2.5 to 5 feet deep. And it had a fountain in the middle to play under and to stay cool on the hottest days.
Another pool was 7 feet deep, and the third was used just for diving and was 9 feet deep. The diving pool had 3 diving boards; low, medium height, and the high dive.
The entrance building housed the changing rooms and showers.
The record attendance for the pools was 8200 people.
Also, on Friday and Saturday nights, teen dances would be held on the second floor of the building. And in the winter it was open for skating.
Just across the street from the pools stood Playland Amusement Park.
Sadly, Boulevard Pools closed at the end of the summer of 1976. Owner Harry Blatstein cited rising maintenance costs as the reason. The site was demolished in April 1978.
Nothing is left of Boulevard Pools now. Along the Roosevelt Blvd is now a car dealership and a skating rink. Behind that is housing and a small strip mall.
4 comments:
Yea the floor of the pool hurt my feet...
You forgot the Baby pool ... Also there were 5 diving boards 2 low - 2 med - 1 high dive
Hello There none of you don't know me because I wasn't born when this large swimming pool was in service during the 20' until the closing of it back in 76' but one of my co-workers found pictures of it on the internet 15 years ago & it was a cool place to swim in back then especially if you were then young and living in the city then plus with these old photographs they really bring back memories .
A friend, Beverly Blood, frequented the 'Pools circa 1961 but I never went.
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