Some NYC public pools extend swimming hours due to heat advisory

NEW YORK (PIX11) – A heat advisory and air quality alert are in effect for New York City on Tuesday amid severe weather.

Temperatures could reach the low-90s, but heat index values of up to 100 degrees are expected, according to the National Weather Service.

City officials are encouraging residents to stay cool with pools, spray showers and drinking fountains. Public outdoor Olympic and intermediate-size pools will remain open for an extra hour of swimming from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

These are the pools with extended hours:

The Bronx

• Claremont Pool: 170^th Street and Clay Avenue
• Crotona Pool: 173^rd Street and Fulton Avenue
• Floating Pool: Tiffany Street and Viele Avenue
• Foster Pool: East 164^th Street between Jerome and River avenues
• Haffen Pool: Ely and Burke avenues
• Mapes Pool: East 180th Street between Mapes and Prospect avenues

Brooklyn

• Betsy Head Pool: Boyland, Livonia and Dumont avenues
• Bushwick Pool: Humboldt Street, Flushing and Bushwick avenues
• Commodore Barry Pool: Flushing and Park avenues, Navy and North Elliot streets
• Douglass and DeGraw Pool: 3^rd Avenue and Nevins Street
• Howard Pool: Glenmore and Mother Gaston Boulevard, East New York Avenue
• Kosciuszko Pool: Marcy Avenue between DeKalb Avenue and Kosciuszko Street
• McCarren Park Pool: McCarren Park
• Sunset Park Pool: 7^th Avenue between 41st and 44th streets

Manhattan

• Asser Levy Pool: Asser Levy Place and East 23^rd Street
• Dry Dock Pool: East 10^th Street between Avenues C and D
• Gottesman Pool at the Davis Center: 110th Street and Lenox Avenue
• Hamilton Fish Pool: Pitt Street and Houston Street
• Highbridge Pool: Amsterdam Avenue and West 173^rd Street
• Jackie Robinson Pool: Bradhurst Avenue and West 146^th Street
• John Jay Pool: East of York Avenue on 77^th Street
• Marcus Garvey Pool: 124^th Street and 5^th Avenue
• Sheltering Arms Pool: West 129^th Street and Amsterdam Avenue
• Thomas Jefferson Pool: East 112^th Street and 1^st Avenue
• Wagner Pool: East 124^th Street between 1^st and 2^nd avenues

Queens

• Astoria Pool: 19^th Street and 23^rd Drive
• Fisher Pool: 99^th Street and 32^nd Avenue
• Fort Totten Pool: 338 Story Ave.
• Liberty Pool: 173^rd Street and 106^th Avenue

Staten Island

• Faber Pool: Faber Street and Richmond Terrace
• Lyons Pool: Pier 6 and Victory Boulevard
• Tottenville Pool: Hylan Boulevard and Joline Avenue

To find all public pools in New York City, check out the Parks Department's website.

For cooling centers across the five boroughs, click here.