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Lyons Pool

Murray Julbert Ave. bet. Victory Blvd. and Hannah St.

Staten Island

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This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park.

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What was here before?

The property was part of the Staten Island working waterfront and transferred from the Department of Docks to the Parks Department for recreational usage in 1934.  

How did this site become a pool?

The summer of 1936, deep in the Great Depression, broke local heat records. Joseph H. Lyons Pool was one of eleven immense outdoor public pools the Parks Department opened that summer. The heroically-scaled pools project was financed by the Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA), as part of a massive effort to alleviate adverse health conditions and provide safe recreation in predominantly working-class communities.

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