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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A plan for a floating swimming pool in New York City’s waterways moved one step closer to reality Friday after Gov. Kathy Hochul announced her support — and $12 million in public funding — for the ...

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 ...

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, ...