The Parks Department was forced to close the center in January 2020 due to emergency netting installation on the interior roof and repair of the pool floor,
Queens residents and membership-paying members are growing frustrated as after nearly three years after closing for repairs, the Flushing Meadows Aquatic enter remains closed.
The impact of swim program cutbacks isn’t just about not having access to water in the summer. It could slow efforts to prevent drowning deaths among children of color. While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports drowning death rates have dropped by 32 percent in the past decade enduring racial disparities in drowning deaths have not.
The impact of swim program cutbacks isn’t just about not having access to water in the summer. It could slow efforts to prevent drowning deaths among children of color. While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports drowning death rates have dropped by 32 percent in the past decade enduring racial disparities in drowning deaths have not.