ROCKIN THE BURRO!!
Update: 8/1/06
Check below for detailed driving/parking & subway directions to the pool.

Update: 7/12/06
We have a few photos from a recent event at the pool for you to check out. Click on the thumbnails to see a larger version. Photos by John Bahr.

Article About The Pool From The New York Times. Head to the Press section to read it.

We are very pleased to announce what is simply the best rock show hitting New York City this summer. On Saturday, September 9th, Gov't Mule - with Special Guests Wolfmother - will be Rockin' The Burro at McCarren Pool in Brooklyn, NY. Also appearing will be Two Gallants.

Tickets go on sale through Mule Ticketing on Wednesday June 21st at Noon Eastern Time. Tickets go onsale to the public this Saturday, June 24th through Ticketmaster.

Seating: G.A.
Ticket Price: $37.50
Ticket Availability: Pre-Sale Now
On-Sale Saturday @ Noon.

Rockin' The Burro Line-Up (4PM Doors)
Two Gallants: 5 PM
Wolfmother: 6 PM
Gov't Mule: 7 PM

DIRECTIONS BY CAR
From WB BQE:
Take BQE to Metropolitan Ave exit. Park in public lot under highway, or make an immediate right turn off the ramp, onto Union Avenue. Take Union til it dead ends at McCarren Park.

From EB BQE:
Take BQE to Metropolitan Ave exit. Follow the service road, bearing right on Meeker. Park in public lot under highway. or make a left turn on Lorimer Street. Take Lorimer about 4 blocks to McCarren Pool.

From Astoria/LIC (or Midtown):
Take Pulaski Bridge to McGuinness Blvd. Make a right on Driggs. McCarren Park is about 3-4 blocks west of McGuinness.

From Downtown:
Take Williamsburg Bridge, staying on the right side (outer roadway). Take the second exit off the bridge, between the park and the bus depot. Continue on South 5th Street to Lorimer Street, make a left on Lorimer. McCarren Park is about 12 blocks north.

*** Parking in the neighborhood around McCarren Pool is extremely limited. Plentiful, free public parking is provided in the lots under the BQE. The park and pool are only a short 5 minute walk away.

DIRECTIONS BY SUBWAY
For those who take the L train:
Take the L train to the Bedford Avenue stop in Brooklyn.
Walk north on Bedford to Lorimer Street
Take a right on Lorimer
The Main Arch of the pool is on the left on Lorimer St. between Driggs & Bayard Ave.

For those who take the G train:
Take the G train to Metropolitan Avenue.
Walk out of the station and cross Metropolitan on Union.
Walk up Union under BQE overpass until you reach Roebling.
Make a right, walk one block to Lorimer.

The brainchild of Robert Moses, who was responsible one way or another for nearly all of the city's open spaces, the network of pools would supplement the one existing public pool in the city and become an example of civic generosity. Moses and Mayor LaGuardia opened one pool every week that summer. McCarren Park Pool, at a cost of $1 million, boasted a capacity of 6800 simultaneous swimmers and was the size of three Olympic pools combined. It was one of the largest public pools in the world. It, like its 9 counterparts, was an immediate success with the residents.

n 1979, the city approved $100 million to restore the entire network of pools (many of which had fallen into a state of disrepair and neglect due to the fiscal crisis of the 70's that had forced major cutbacks in upkeep and security) so they would all be ready for the 50th anniversary celebration in 1986.

The pool was closed in 1983 to begin repairs that never got off the ground. The pool site has been closed ever since.

There were some dance events at the pool last summer, for some pictures from those events (and a more accurate view of how the pool looks now), click here.