Public Pools and Libraries Extend Hours

-The Department of Parks and Recreation has announced that all DPR outdoor pools will open two hours early (11 a.m.) and close one hour later (9 p.m.) The following pools are included in the announcement:

• Anacostia, 1800 Anacostia Drive, SE, (202) 724-1441
• Banneker, 2500 Georgia Avenue, NW, (202) 673-2121
• Benning Park, Southern Avenue and Fable Street, SE, (202) 645- 5044
• Douglass, Frederick Douglass Court and Stanton Terrace, SE, (202) 645- 5045
• Fort Dupont, Ridge Road and Burns Street, SE, (202) 645-5046
• Fort Stanton, 1800 Erie Street, SE, (202) 645- 5047
• Harry Thomas Sr., 1743 Lincoln Road, NE, (202) 541-7499
• Oxon Run, 4th Street and Mississippi Avenue, SE, (202) 645-5042
• Theodore R. Hagans Jr., 3201 Fort Lincoln Drive, NE, (202) 576-6389
• Volta Park (formerly Georgetown), 3400 Volta Place, NW, (202) 282-0381

Mayor Fenty’s office has also announced that 11 public libraries will stay open until 9 p.m. throughout the summer, including Georgetown Interim Library.

• Anacostia Library, 1800 Good Hope Road, SE, (202) 715-7707
• Benning Library, 3935 Benning Road, NE, (202) 281-2583
• Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Avenue, NW, (202) 282-3080
• Georgetown Interim Library, 3307 M Street, NW, (202) 724-8783
• Lamond-Riggs Neighborhood Library, 5401 South Dakota Avenue, NE, (202) 541-6255
• Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G Street, NW, (202) 727-0321
• Northwest One Neighborhood Library, 155 L Street, NW, (202) 939-5946
• Palisades Neighborhood Library, 4901 V Street, NW, (202) 282-3139
• Southeast Neighborhood Library, 403 7th Street, SE, (202) 698-3377
• Takoma Park Neighborhood Library, 416 Cedar Street, NW, (202) 576-7252
• Washington Highlands Interim Library, 4037 South Capitol Street, SW, (202) 243-1184