Hansborough Recreation Center - NYC Parks Dept.

Any place that opens its doors to volunteer work, is minimally OK in my book. A few minutes before volunteering at the computer center, I took a tour of the facilities and was impressed. I just...

Half the place continues to be under construction, including the pool, for going on 5 years.

The NYC Parks Department maintains a bunch of recreation centers in the city that are often refered to as City Gyms. These include Community Centers, Field Houses, and Nature Centers and offer...

I like this rec center because the locker rooms are renovated with tall lockers and the cardio room with machines and free weights room are separate. They are rooms vs. large open spaces so it...

I was 11-years old when I learned to swim here and ended up setting two varsity swimming records at the State University of New York at Albany. In those days, we children called it this place "the...