Chinquapin Park Recreation Center & Aquatics Facility

Address:	3210 King St, Alexandria, VA 22302, USA
Phone:	+1 703-746-5553
Site:	alexandriava.gov
Rating:	3.9
Working:	6AM–9PM 6AM–9PM 6AM–9PM 6AM–9PM 6AM–6PM 8AM–6PM 8AM–6PM

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asfaw antsokiya

Me and my family always come here for swimming class and excercise. The place is amazing and the swimming teachers are very good. But since these few months like I can say the last 3 months the people who sit in the front desk are impolite and disrespectful. Especially when you ask questions there not happy. Today Sunday 10/30 the guy whos on the desk even ask me if I can understand English and turns to my child for confirmation. I tried to be polite and told him I perfectly understand English and ask why He asked me to pay extra 1 dollar to watch my kids swimming. They are under 12 and I cannot leave them an attended. And I heard this rule for the first time. So, now days they have different rules with different receptionist. And they treat people differently. I really sort about it. But Ill never stop coming here.

AppleCrave

The pool is great. The showers, lockers great. But when it gets to the staff, they are the WORST staff Ive ever seen. Heres the true story, a staff member walked in the mens locker room, my friend turned ALL the showers on after he was done and left it on. The staff member BLAMED it on 2 other kids in that locker room. He said that he would not let us shower again if we dont turn it off. Wow what is this kind of service?? They call this good?? He made my pants wet. He blamed it on 2 INNOCENT children. Thats NOT acceptable. I would like him SUSPENDED and go back to training, he needs help on his judgement. He thinks that he is a staff member and part of Alexandria, he can boss people around and blame people. Nope. I will not accept that. The staff again is BAD.

S Royster

Great athletic center for Alexandria residents. Workable gym, active aquatic center with broad array of lessons offered, rec classes, one of the few racquetball courts left. Watch for planned renovations that will probably close this for a year, then reopen to be spectacular, if the plans on display in the lobby ring true. Plus: theres a nice community of regulars to welcome you after a few weeks.

divinewryte

Its a great space! Staff is very friendly as always. We went to go swimming and I would have given our visit 5 stars but the water in the pool was very cold. Uncomfortably cold for it to be an indoor pool. The sitting area where people could watch on the deck was very comfortable which surprised us that the water was chilling. Otherwise our visit was good.

Eric Davis

Pretty great community center, convenient and fairly priced. They have some weird, antiquated rules that took me by surprise and they are sometimes asking/pressuring for donations for their "Advisory Board," whatever that is. Other than that, the facility is good. Clean with friendly and helpful staff.

Lauren Gleason

Theres always parking. Great for small kids: outdoor playground, indoor soft playroom ($5), and a field for flying kites or playing ball. My toddler and I love to have snack inside at the tables that overlook the swimming pool. Expect a 20-30 minute wait for the soft playroom on rainy days.

Derek Kemmerer

Our 2 year old had a blast here playing in their foam/bouncey area. I would highly recommend it to other people. The only downside is it is a little pricey, and they put a time limit on you, but that is to be expected since places like these are hard to come by!

Amy Gastright

I love it. There is a give viewing deck serperate from the pool so its air conditioned with a glass screen between. There are 8 lanes and a diving well and ramp in the pool. A couple water aerobics groups up the volume, but they do play some good playlists.

Trent Prange

Chinquapin has a nice 25 meter pool but make sure you check lane availability before your go. They have a ton of classes that make use of the pool that can make it fairly problematic for the average lap swimmer to get any quality swimming in.

Justin Hodgins

Went there for a kids birthday party and it was great. They have a whole room thats just a padded play area with a small ball pit. Theres a pool that was pretty big and looked nice but we didnt use it. I also saw racquetball courts.

April Mittlefehldt

Great soft play room, just wish they extended the time a little longer. 30 minutes is too short. By the time we get down and get shoes off and my nervous son warms up a 1/3 of the time has already gone by.

Waqar Hussain

Website showed that it is open today on Sunday 09/11/16, but when I visited their with my family it was closed for maintenance. Very surprising that the website is not updated with this information.

Buddy McLaughlin

Its a very nice recreation center with a helpful staff, pool, and activities for children, including a squash court turned into a padded play room.

Heather Davis

Staff is very friendly. The pool has a walk-in ramp that makes it easy for early swimmers. I highly recommend their private swim lessons.

Franklin Baires

Bonito lugar de recreación para los niños

Aaron Hutchinson

OK rec center. However they do not have enough open swim times. Need to be more available to public.

David Washington

Was trying to find a good gym to go to I think I found it its fair and right of my price range

Phil Thabet

Needs an upgrade, but good service and great place to hold younger kids birthdays