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Swimming Pool

St. Mary's Recreation Center

450 St Ann's Ave, Bronx, NY 10455, USA

165 Reviews

About

Recreation venue with community features such as a swimming pool, a gym, and basketball.

The indoor pool at St. Mary's Recreation Center is generally heated to a comfortable temperature, typically maintained between 80-82°F (26-28°C) for public use, though exact temperatures can vary.

What are people saying (AI review summary)? The recreation center and park generally receive positive feedback for being well-maintained and offering a variety of facilities, including an indoor pool that is popular across generations. Many praise it as a good place for fitness and note the availability of various programs like cooking and martial arts. Lockers are available, but visitors need to bring their own locks. However, one significant negative experience was reported concerning a staff member, Patricia, who allegedly made inappropriate personal inquiries about children's paternity and insensitive remarks about a child's weight, causing discomfort and leading to the cessation of visits for that family. Despite this isolated incident, other staff members are generally described as 'really nice,' and long-time patrons appreciate the center's longevity since the 90s.

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  • Accessible Entrance

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Otoniel Suarez Jr. August 13th, 2018
Otoniel Suarez Jr.

I was more than glad to see that the center and the park has been keeped up beautifully. I would recommend this park to a place to go for all your fitness needs. And they also have a great indoor pool!

William Garner February 11th, 2022
William Garner

Has facilities. Slim locker with top shelf. Bring your own lock aprx. 6 ft tall.

Ira Da Exotic Diva May 3rd, 2022
Ira Da Exotic Diva

Overall it was cool accept the lady Patricia seemed very interested in if my children had the same dad or not. She didn't blatantly come out and ask but it was very apparent. My children look different although they both have the same mom and dad, it's (genetics) but ignorance just gets under my skin especially from an adult and woman of color. She also on more than one occasion made a snide remark about my child's weight. I couldn't understand what any of this had to do with her doing her job. No matter your position or education you cannot teach people coife, I stopped bringing my children because it made them uncomfortable and it made me want to cuss her out. The recreation center is supposed to be a place to interact and have fun not be picked apart or scrutinized.

Donna H (MAMA D) May 24th, 2022
Donna H (MAMA D)

I'm giving a five-star because when my children were growing up we stayed at St Mary's we went to family swim night through the winter the summer whenever there was family night we were there and now I'm taking my grandsons and as soon as I can I'm going to be taking my great grand daughter to the pool that's what we got our most enjoyment , also they have other things going on they had a cooking group one time which was excellent and have martial arts program I don't know if they still have it but that was a good one plus all the other things they have I love this place and the workers are really nice

Edward Valderrama March 7th, 2025
Edward Valderrama

Used to go here in the 90's glad to see it's still there

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Monday Closed
Tuesday Closed
Wednesday Closed
Thursday Closed
Friday Closed
Saturday Closed
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