Nassau County Aquatic Center

East Meadow, NY, UNITED STATES

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Updated April 14, 2020.

Facility Overview

Facility Name
Nassau County Aquatic Center
Address
Eisenhower Park
East Meadow, NY 11554
UNITED STATES
Telephone
(516) 572-0501

Adult Admission Price & Policy

Drop-in/Casual
Pool only $22.00; pool and gym $25.00. [November, 2021]
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Full-Size, Year-Round Pools & Boards

Pool 1
68m x 25m, with bulkheads to create a 50m, 10 lane x 25m, 20 lane swimming tank, plus a 25m x 18m, 17f deep diving tank, indoors, 80ºF (27ºC).
Pool 2
50m x 25m, 10 lanes, indoor/outdoor, water temperature not reported.
Diving
Two 1m diving boards, two 3m diving boards, and 3m, 5m, 7.5m, and 10m diving platforms.

Location

County/Region
Nassau County
GPS
40.728287, -73.576509

Teams That Use This Facility

Masters Swim
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Youth Swim
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Facility Notes

The main facility, including Pool 1, opened in the Spring of 1998 and was the host site for the 1998 Goodwill Games and the 1999 Phillips 66 National Swimming Championships.
Pool 2, called the Freedom Pool, was built in 2017 and is used exclusively by swim teams from 4 to 10 PM. Before 4 PM, it is available for overflow and is used by members of the aquatic center, especially in the summer. There is a page devoted to it HERE.

Facility Reviews

Absolutely one of the best pools on the East coast! The temperature is right, the chemicals are right, great gutter system, and over 6 feet deep for most of the lanes. If you were a golfer you'd compare this to Pebble Beach.
The pool lane arrangement varies according to the season. When it is set up with 50 meter, long course lanes, there is also section separated by a bulkhead with 25 meters lanes going width-wise. Sometimes it is set up with two 25 yard sections separated by a bulkhead and another section of 25 meter lanes with a second bulkhead. It has the option of multiple sections of 25 meters also. Masters and youth teams take up many of the lanes from 6 to 8 AM and from 4 to 8 PM. At other times, the pool is not at all crowded. There are many meets on the weekends and there may not be any lanes available or the pool may be closed to the public when meets are in progress.
[June, 2014]
The pool closes for maintenance for one month every year and is unavailable to swimmers for another 30 to 45 days due to swim meets; so purchasing a membership really doesn't make any sense; this pool should be visited on a per diem basis only.
[April, 2019]