Visitor Reviews Roosevelt Island Manhattan Park Pool - Is $50 Daily Fee Worth It, Watch Video And Find Out

More info on the Manhattan Park Pool Club here.

Behind The Scenes Making Of Colorful Roosevelt Island Manhattan Park Pop Up Pool Installation- Watch How It's Done

Watch how the colorful Roosevelt Island Manhattan Park building complex Pop Up Pool is made.

This years #MP_PoolParty video follows artist @TECHNODROME1 through the installation of the 2018 mural at the #K_CO and #pa_nyc designed pool on Roosevelt Island / video by by @PatMandeville and @DividedLineFilm https://t.co/Kt3eUSXsQz

— Pliskin Architecture (@_panyc) August 1, 2018

MP Pool Party 2018 from Pliskin Architecture on Vimeo.

Now jump in and cool off.

Waves Off Roosevelt Island Painting Cover Colorful Manhattan Park Pool This Summer - Inspired By Goldfinger Pool Scene

The colorful Roosevelt Island Manhattan Park pool is back again this summer.

Check out the scene at Manhattan Park's Pool Party on #RooseveltIsland: Art project meets summer destination! https://t.co/GmutG8uThY

— Citi Habitats (@CitiHabitats) July 27, 2017

Here's how it's done.

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Roosevelt Island Residents Are Invited To Join The Manhattan Park Pool And Swim Club - Opens Saturday May 28, Fees Are Same For Roosevelt Island Residents

It sure feels like summer today and with the upcoming Memorial Day weekend temperatures expected to be in the high 80's, it's good to know that the Manhattan Park Pool, Swim Club and Sun Deck opens for the season on Saturday May 28.

The Manhattan Park Pool Membership Fee Schedule is below. Fees are the same for Roosevelt Island residents. Non-Roosevelt Island residents pay more.

Contact Manhattan Park for more information and to join the Swim club at 212.759.8660 or info@manhattanpark.com

As reported last week, the Manhattan Park Swim Club initially listed higher fees for non-Manhattan Park Roosevelt Island residents to join than for Manhattan Park residents.

Frank Farance did some research and discovered a provision in the Manhattan Park ground lease with the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) which appears to require Manhattan Park Pool membership fees not to be based upon which Roosevelt Island building a resident lives in.  The revised Manhattan Park Pool fee schedule shown above was issued shortly thereafter.

Good job by Mr. Farance digging into this issue and good job by Manhattan Park revising it's Pool Fee policy.

Enjoy the Manhattan Park pool


12ozProphet Presents Hot Tea's "Asylum" from 12ozprophet on Vimeo.

and Special Events.



The Manhattan Park pool is one of two outdoor pools on Roosevelt Island. The Octagon building has a pool but is only open to it's residents.

SPONSORED POST - Summer Is Almost Here, Roosevelt Island Residents Are Invited To Join The Manhattan Park Swim Club With 60 Foot Pool And Sun Deck Opening May 28, Sign Up Now

All Roosevelt Island residents are invited to join the Manhattan Park Swim Club.

Hot Summer Cool Pool

Manhattan Park’s amazing 60’ pool, swim club and sun deck opens on May 28th and any Roosevelt Island resident can join the island’s most talked-about summer scene.

Sign Up Now.

Where: Manhattan Park Management

Office, 30 River Road, Roosevelt Island

Questions: 212.759.8660 info@manhattanpark.com

The street artist Hot Tea has created a colorful Public Art project with the Manhattan Park pool. 


12ozProphet Presents Hot Tea's "Asylum" from 12ozprophet on Vimeo.

You can enjoy Special Events like this 2014 Miami Vice Pool Party.



"Residents" fees listed below are for those who live at Manhattan Park. "Non Resident" fees are for everyone else.

Please contact Manhattan Park for more information 212.759.8660 info@manhattanpark.com

UPDATE 5/26 - The Manhattan Park Pool Membership Fee Schedule is revised below. Fees are the same for Roosevelt Island residents. Non-Roosevelt Island residents pay more.

Remembering Roosevelt Island Summer With Hot Tea At The Manhattan Park Multi-Colored Asylum Pool Project

On a chilly, rainy, miserable day outside, let look back at a sunny, warm Roosevelt Island summer public art project at the Manhattan Park pool by the artist Hot Tea.

12ozProphet Presents Hot Tea's "Asylum" from 12ozprophet on Vimeo.

Click full screen icon for a better view.

On days like this, I can't wait for summer to return.

More on Hot Tea's Manhattan Park pool project from previous post.

Are You Missing Yellow Pet Parakeet? It Was Spotted Today Flying Above Roosevelt Island Manhattan Park Pool

The Roosevelt Island Twitterverse reports:

@Rooseveltisland yellow pet parakeet flying above Manhattan park pool. Thinking someone is missing it

— Amanda Sadlier (@amandasadlier) August 14, 2015

@Rooseveltisland it's a pretty standard yellow parakeet

— Amanda Sadlier (@amandasadlier) August 14, 2015

Artist Hot Tea Creates Swimming Asylum Public Art Project At Roosevelt Island's Manhattan Park Pool - See It From Above

On a typical summer day, the Roosevelt Island Manhattan Park outdoor pool looks like this.

On occasion, it is transformed to resemble a Miami Vice party.

 Image From Mike Temple You Tube Video

Currently, the street artist Hot Tea has created a colorful Public Art project using the Manhattan Park pool.

Hot Tea Creates a Swimming “Asylum” on Roosevelt Island http://t.co/zYknPgMmVp photo ©Jaime Rojo #publicart pic.twitter.com/zvHOnJbPmG

— Brooklyn Street Art (@BKStreetArt) May 19, 2015

Hot Tea Creates a Swimming “Asylum” on Roosevelt Island in NYC. Head over to BrooklynStreetArt.com for more photos and details about the project. @hotxtea #hottea #nyc #rooseveltisland

A photo posted by Brooklyn Street Art (@bkstreetart) on May 19, 2015 at 5:04am PDT

According to Brooklyn Street Art, Hot Tea says of the Roosevelt Island Manhattan Park Pool project:

... “This piece is inspired by my color field installations that take up both private and public spaces. I love introducing color to spaces that seem neglected or forgotten.”

Once the home of an asylum, the island is still a quasi secret getaway that just happens to lie in the plain view of Manhattan and Queens. Because of its location and its history, the artist says he has felt that the pool project has summoned both associations of a place to escape to and a place where mental states are out of balance....

Hot Tea (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Click here for the full Brooklyn Street Art story on Manhattan Park Pool project by Hot Tea and more photos.

Here's more on the street artist Hot Tea.


Meet Minneapolis Street Artist HoTTea from Threadless.com on Vimeo.

UPDATE 2;25 PM - More pictures courtesy of the Manhattan Park Facebook Page.

More pictures here.

Miami Vice Pool Party Comes To Roosevelt Island Last Night At Manhattan Park - Where's Crockett & Tubbs?

 Image From Mike Temple You Tube Video

Mike Temple shares these video snippets of Manhattan Park Miami Vice Pool Party last night.



Mike says that the party was "Brilliant" and hopes they have another. He also wants to thank the Party organizers on behalf of the guests.

Next time, please invite me.

UPDATE 7/20 - Apparently, Crockett & Tubbs were at at the Manhattan Park Miami Vice Pool Party.

@Rooseveltisland @mickeypg They were there... pic.twitter.com/58W1bVIqFD

— Martin Schott (@martin_schott) July 21, 2014

Roosevelt Island Outdoor Swimming At Manhattan Park and Octagon Buildings - Indoor Swimming Pools Available Too

The NY Times reported today on outdoor swimming pools in Manhattan residential buildings:

LIKE iced tea, perhaps, or casual Fridays, outdoor pools are in many minds forever linked with summer. After all, the sensation of sun on wet skin after a few dips in the deep end just about sums up the season.

But that pleasure is denied to most apartment-dwellers in New York City. If their building has a pool at all, it is probably of the enclosed kind.

Of the approximately 150 pools in residential buildings in Manhattan, only about 15 are outside, according to the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; some of those 15 are in private town houses....

Roosevelt Island's two outdoor swimming pools were not mentioned in the article. At Manhattan Park

Image of Manhattan Park Swimming Pool

and the Octagon.

Image From Octagon NYC

The Manhattan Park pool is open to anyone who joins the Pool Club. The Octagon Pool is only for those who live in the building and their guests.

Roosevelt Island indoor swimming pools are also available at the Rivercross and Westview buildings as well as in Sportspark.

More on Roosevelt Island swimming from the RI Marlins and these previous posts.

UPDATE 8/9 - According to the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC), the Westview Pool is open to all Roosevelt Island residents with pool memberships but the Rivercross pool is only open to building residents.

Hogging the Beach Chair at Manhattan Park Pool

Who would have thought that a post about a new Roosevelt Island swimming blog would have struck such a chord. A reader unhappy with the Manhattan Park Pool comments:

... I would just like to comment on the Manhattan Park Pool. I live in Manhattan Park and I was a member of the pool Summer of 2006. My husband and I considered the price to be outrageous but since it was our first summer on the island we decided to give it a try. We both work and do not arrive home until 7pm or later so we only used it on the weekends. Our experience was beyond disappointment. If you did not arrive at the moment it opened you could not find a lounger. Many people would claim a chair with their towel, swim for an hour and then go home and expect to come back to that same chair. This summer we considered joining again but due to the insane cost (no pool club in Manhattan costs as much) we decided to forgo the membership and go out of town for the weekends. I understand that the management has added more lounge chairs which is great but if the fee for a couple is more than $500USD for essentially which may amount to 24 days a season we will not be taking a membership again next summer. Manhattan Park has turned out to be much much more expensive than what we were told when we first moved here. That topic is probably better for a new blog topic completely.

It is unfortunate that this issue has arisen at the end of the summer. Perhaps by highlighting this issue now changes can be made in time for the pool season next summer. Link to the image is here.