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Youth swimming in Brooklyn, NY

12 youth swimming programs, clubs and community centers are listed in Brooklyn, and 56 public public pools are mapped within 5 miles.

Map programs near BrooklynAll youth sports in Brooklyn

Brooklyn at a glance

Programs listed
12
By type
Club 11 · Training 1
Mapped to a street address
12 of 12
Closest other city guide
New York, 8 mi
Share of New York programs
9%

Clubs & teams 11

Training & academies 1

Places to play near Brooklyn

OpenStreetMap maps 56 public public pools within 5 miles of central Brooklyn and 179 within 10 miles. The closest named ones:

  1. Sunset Park Swimming Pool1.9 mi · OSM ↗
  2. Chelsea Piers Field House1.9 mi · OSM ↗
  3. Sunset Park Swimming Pool1.9 mi · OSM ↗
  4. Goldfish Swim School2.0 mi · OSM ↗
  5. Douglass & Degraw Pool2.2 mi · OSM ↗
  6. Douglass & Degraw Pool2.2 mi · OSM ↗
  7. Sol Goldman Recreation Center and Pool2.4 mi · OSM ↗
  8. Sol Goldman Recreation Center and Pool2.4 mi · OSM ↗

Places are not programs. Check local rules, hours and permits.

Youth swimming: ages and seasons

Typical starting ages
Learn-to-swim lessons start very young. Competitive age-group swimming commonly starts around age 6 to 8 once a child can swim a length.
Seasons
Year-round club teams train in short-course (fall to winter) and long-course (spring to summer) seasons. Summer leagues run at neighborhood pools.
National organizations

General orientation only. Every program sets its own ages, fees and calendar.

How to choose a youth swimming program

  • Clubs and travel teams usually hold tryouts or evaluations. Ask about the total season cost (dues, uniforms, travel and tournament fees), how often they practise and compete, and how playing time is decided.
  • For trainers and academies, ask for a sample session plan, the group size, and how progress is tracked.
  • Check that coaches have passed background checks and current safety training (for example SafeSport and concussion awareness).
  • Confirm the age or grade rules and any birth-year cutoff before paying.
  • Listings here are unverified. Contact the program directly, and if you run it, claim the listing to fix the details.

About these listings. Listings come from public sources. IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File: nonprofits in the recreation and sports group with a recent filing, whose registered name identifies them as swimming programs. Their city is the registered mailing address, and their category is inferred from the name. Every listing is unverified until the program confirms it, and none is an endorsement. Always confirm ages, fees and tryouts with the program.

Data: IRS EO BMF and U.S. Census Bureau (Gazetteer, Geocoder), public domain. Places-to-play data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL). Map tiles OpenFreeMap · © OpenMapTiles. Nonprofit records link to ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.

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