Over the years, generations of Lower East Side residents have swum in this park's Olympic-sized pool, shot hoops in its basketball courts, and played in its playground. Along with sports and games, the recreation center, a New York City historic landmark, offers an afterschool program for local children and exercise and computer lessons for adults.

A formal neo-classical park opened here in 1900 to serve the densely-packed Lower East Side community. A landmarked Beaux-Arts bathhouse, designed by the renowned architectural firm of Carrere and Hastings and built in 1898, is the only surviving feature of the original park and was inspired by Charles Girault's Petit Palais in Paris.

The Hamilton Fish Park Gymnasium is among the most notable small civic buildings in New York City. Designed in 1898 by Carrère & Hastings, architects of the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue, this exuberant Beaux-Arts style structure is the only survivor of the original park plan.

The outdoor facility at Hamilton Fish Pool, measuring 165 by 100 feet, was designed to accommodate 1,700 bathers at a time. Its spare styling contrasts and complements the more ornate adjacent bathhouse.

Babies or toddlers can put on swim diapers before they head into the water. While we may be able to find a place to park your stroller, we can’t keep an eye on it for you, so bring it at your own risk. Managing our Lines. There is often a line to enter our pools. We promise, it’s worth the wait!

More About Hamilton Fish Park. Zip Code:10002 Community Board: 03 Council Member: Carlina Rivera Park ID: M033 Acreage: 4.30 Property Type: Community Park

In order to invest in the care of our parks, we must regularly redesign and rebuild our city’s parks and facilities. We do this through designing, procuring, and building capital projects. Find out more information about capital projects taking place within this park by choosing a …

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Hamilton Fish Recreation Center Open House Week. 10:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m. Location: Fitness Room (in Hamilton Fish Park) Category: Arts & Crafts, Fitness, Sports, Recreation Center Programming, Exercise Classes, PickleballFree!

The new outdoor court at Hamilton Fish Park is the first of its kind in the world. Funded by the Public Squash Foundation, the goal is to offer free squash play to the public—including those from the Lower East Side to the far reaches of the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island.