Hidden behind the imposing facade of Brooklyn’s Philip Howard Apartments complex is one of the city’s best private pools. It’s now serving the Midwood community with free learn-to-swim programs.

The NY SWIMS initiative represents a tremendous opportunity to bring a high-quality, Olympic-style pool—anchored to an underserved community—and boost he NYC aquatic culture. Meeting with Myrtha Pool representatives is an important step to move this idea forward.

An Eagle Scout project at Brooklyn College provides access to one of the nicest pools in Midwood—and wonderful swim and splash ball opportunities for local families.

The New York City Aquatics Symposium, held August 18 at Brooklyn Law School, drew aquatics advocates and concerned New Yorkers to confront the issues that plague the city and make for dangerous inequity on the New York City swim scene.

A recent round table in the Rockaways of NYC aquatics experts debated why swimming and lifeguarding are flawed in the country’s biggest city—and offered concrete solutions to put the fun back into summer swim.

With an acute shortage of lifeguards threatening to ruin the summer fun of Brooklyn kids, Inclusive Community Wellness (ICW) provided free Red Cross Lifeguard / CPR certification to 16 qualified candidates, 14 of whom passed.

LIU Brooklyn has restarted it’s popular learn-to-swim programs on Saturday mornings. Running through the months of March, April, May and June, there’s ample opportunity for children ages 2 - 12 to get comfortable in the water.

Health and wellness is critical for all New Yorkers. ICW is dedicated to finding ways to provide pathways to to lifelong fitness for all our city’s residents.

When Brooklyn kids needed summer swim lessons, ICW stepped up with a free pop-up swim program that provided hundreds of lessons over a month.

New York City has many learn to swim programs for children but almost none for adults. This ICW initiative will provide many more opportunities for grown-ups to get safely in the water.