A rendering of the Plus Pool in the East River — the actual test pool slated to open in 2025 will be smaller. Photo: + Pool I was doing water-quality measurements in New York and the founders came to ...

LOWER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (PIX11) — New Yorkers may see a “floating” pool in the East River soon. Mayor Eric Adams and Gov.Kathy Hochul announced on Wednesday that the floating pool, originally ...

This plan is finally making a splash. The long-promised and futuristic “+ POOL” will embark on a “dry” run in the East River this summer as the project makes glacial progress toward a launch — but don ...

A floating pool is coming to the East River — but New Yorkers won’t be able to swim in it anytime soon. The idea has been pitched for more than a decade by the group +POOL and gained traction earlier ...

Next summer, say Gov. Hochul and Mayor Adams, the long-discussed floating swimming pool in the East River, called “+ POOL” will be tested out off of the Lower East Side’s Pier 35 (which is just south ...

After a decade of efforts to bring a floating pool to the East River, a statewide investment in swimming is helping make +Pool a reality. In the 1970s, tight restrictions on beaches in New York Harbor ...

A 9,000-square-foot floating swimming pool will be making its debut in the East River this summer, but it won’t be open to public access until 2025. The X-shaped pool – a first of it’s kind – will ...

During the fall, heaps of seaweed repeatedly clogged a filter system designed for a future floating pool in the East River. Despite the setback, the project's backers, who have been working on the ...

The state and city will provide financing for the project, known as + POOL, as part of a broader initiative meant to encourage New Yorkers to swim. By Hurubie Meko A plan for a floating, ...