Pittsburgh Jewish Community Center - Squirrel Hill

A good, slick, facility, but memberships are costly, and the sales staff is aggressive. Good luck getting out of your membership.

This is one of the few pools in the area that meets minimum lap swimming criteria. The facility is nice, locker rooms recently renovated. It closes at 6 PM on Fridays; opens at 1 PM on Saturdays; is closed for many Jewish holidays; and swim teams occupy the pool from 4 to 8 PM from Labor Day until Memorial Day. Lanes are generally not monitored by lifeguards, so older, slower swimmers enter the fast lanes without a clue. But it’s a decent facility.