Ridgway Park

06/12/2025

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💦☀️ Philly’s Pools Are Back! 🏊‍♀️🎉 Get ready to make a splash — Philly just announced the 2025 summer pool openings! 🌊🏖️

07/26/2024

If you’re at the park or the pool this weekend, check out the newest cafe in the neighborhood. It is located at the corner of 12th & Catharine.

06/15/2024

This is the time of year when we get the question: when is Ridgway Pool opening? Please refer to this site for the most up to date schedule and announcements:

Philadelphia Parks & Recreation pools will begin to open on June 17, 2024.

10/03/2023

Hi fans and friends of Ridgway Park. Previous Park volunteer leadership is handing over the reins to others ready to keep the park beautiful through volunteerism.

Please comment if you are interested in supporting the park. Support means joining other volunteers in managing Love Your Park events, clean ups, requesting & managing grant funds to support park improvements, etc.

Photo for the algorithm

06/27/2023

No word on when the pool will open. Still no water in the pool. Hours posted per Parks & Rec.

06/13/2023

Ridgway Pool opens Tuesday June 27th!!

Let’s all celebrate!

05/17/2023

Today (May 15) is the LAST DAY to apply to be a lifeguard and qualify for a $500 end-of-season bonus! Get your application in NOW! The more certified lifeguards the city has the more swimming pools the Recreation Department can open this summer.

Apply here:

Information about becoming a Philadelphia Parks & Recreation lifeguard.

06/21/2022

Unfortunately for the third season in a row Ridgway pool will not be opening.

https://6abc.com/philadelphia-pools-reopening-schedule-summer-2022-philly/11969045/?fbclid=IwAR0xTUOxeX4TwIoCBgE0yTWvuApfhb_q38DD28bCgcrsRZySC35q3uykfmc&fs=e&s=cl

The City of Philadelphia says it will open 50 pools this summer as the nation deals with an ongoing lifeguard shortage.

06/28/2021

It seems our pool will not be opening this summer.

Here’s the opening schedule, which isn't as robust as the past because of a major lifeguard shortage.

07/31/2020

I know everyone is missing our pools this year. Let’s let a local journalist hear about Ridgway Pool and how much we miss our lifeguards.

A local journalist for Green Philly Blog is interested in how the decision to close Philly public pools has affected your lives.

Here are his questions:
- What pool did you frequent?
- What type of activity did you do there?
- What have you done to stay cool and amuse yourself without the pools?
- What do public pools mean to you?

He wants to hear about you and your experience with and without your pool and would love for this to be answered by as many people as possible.

Let him know how you are faring at [email protected]

📷: Nancy Golumbia