Summer Fest 2024: Residents enjoy dive-in movie magic at Valley Stream pool complex
What do you get when you take two summer activities children can’t get enough of — splashing in the pool and watching movies — and put them together? The answer— poolside movie nights. Hosted at the Valley Stream Hendrickson Park pool complex this summer, kids and families bring their floaters and pool noodles as they splash, relax, and enjoy a poolside screening of the biggest kid films in recent time.
It’s one of the many recreational offerings at the village pool. Fitzano and his team began the poolside movie nights roughly three years ago and watched as it’s taken off ever since.
“It’s amazing,” said Valley Stream Recreation Director Jimmy Fitanzo. “We section off a large part of the Olympic pool and set up the movie screen. Kids swim during the movie. We give out giveaways. And the community loves it.”
On the last screening of the summer earlier this month, residents went on a thrilling journey under the sea with mermaid princess Ariel in Disney’s live-action remake of The Little Mermaid.
