Bronx · NYC landmark
Crotona Play Center
173rd Street and Fulton Avenue · Bronx, New York City
See a New Deal public pool with a towered brick gateway and patterned entrance court.
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NYFE Summary
Federal relief funding helped turn part of the park into a large public swimming complex during the Great Depression. The project combined pools, changing rooms, a playground and paths rather than treating swimming as a separate enclosure.
A broad stair rises to a brick arch between two square towers. Curving brick patterns fill the balcony panels and continue around the gallery inside the entrance court. The gateway gives a clear view of how ordinary brick was used to make a ceremonial entrance.
NYFE summary from the official history and visitor sources linked below.
Plan a visit
Check the operator’s current opening, admission and access information before travelling. Historic status does not guarantee public access to every interior.
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