Great Kills Swim Club Inc

What Great Kills Swim Club Inc does

Great Kills Swim Club Inc is a private, membership-based community recreational swim club located at 27 Nahant Street in the Great Kills neighborhood of Staten Island, New York. Founded in 1962, the club serves approximately 500 member families and operates seasonally from Memorial Day through Labor Day. The facility comprises a main pool with a slide and water fountain, two one-meter and one three-meter diving boards, a wading pool for young children, tennis courts, volleyball courts, basketball courts, and two large picnic areas. The club sits adjacent to the Great Kills Little League, reinforcing its role as a family-anchored community institution.

The club offers a competitive Swim & Dive Team program with seasonal registration, practice and meet schedules, and a Jim Cooney Swim-a-thon. Members are categorized via a badge system — Pink, Green (born 2014-2018), Yellow (born 2009-2013), and Blue — each with tier-specific events and facility access. A structured seasonal events calendar runs throughout the summer, including movie nights, bingo, live music, themed parties such as Christmas in July and Irish Night, and watch parties. The club uses a layered digital communications stack — main Instagram (@thegreatkillsswimclub), dedicated Swim & Dive and Volleyball Instagram accounts, GroupMe for member text updates, and the Remind App for swim team parent communications — alongside a Squarespace website hosting membership applications and event calendars.

Name

Great Kills Swim Club Inc

Legal name

Great Kills Swim Club Inc

Website

https://greatkillsswimclub.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1962

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Private membership swim club in Staten Island serving roughly 500 families since 1962, operating seasonally from Memorial Day through Labor Day with pools, diving boards, sports courts, picnic areas, and a competitive Swim & Dive Team program.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Recreational Swim Club

NAICS

Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers (713940), Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers (71394)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997), Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Aquatic Family Entertainment Centers (Splash Pads, Aquatic Playgrounds, Swim Parks) (THAJAEAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Aquatic Centers & Swimming Facilities (MPAKAEAF)

Keywords

• Private swim club
• Membership recreation
• Swim and dive
• Community aquatic
• Summer recreation

Headquarters

HQ city

Staten Island

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: The club operates as a membership-based private swim club. Interested members must download a GKSC Membership Application and submit it with recommendation letters from two current members. The club has an estimated current wait list of approximately three to four years.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Great Kills Swim Club Inc operates a private, membership-based community recreational swim club in Staten Island, New York, serving approximately 500 families. The club provides seasonal access (Memorial Day through Labor Day) to aquatic facilities including a main pool with slide and water fountain, diving boards, and a wading pool, along with tennis, volleyball, and basketball courts, picnic areas, a Swim & Dive Team program, and a calendar of themed social events.

Product overview

Great Kills Swim Club Inc is a community recreational swim club operating as a single unified facility rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The club provides access to aquatic facilities including a main pool with slide and water features, diving boards at varying heights, and a wading pool for young children. Beyond aquatic amenities, the club offers land-based sports facilities (tennis, volleyball, basketball) and picnic areas. The Swim & Dive Team operates as an athletic program component with competitive activities. The club uses a membership badge system to categorize members by age (Pink, Green, Yellow, Blue) with tier-specific events and access. A seasonal events program runs throughout the operating season (Memorial Day through Labor Day) featuring entertainment, social gatherings, and themed parties.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Club Membership
• Swim & Dive Team Seasonal competitive swim and dive program offering registration, scheduled practices, meets, and an annual swim-a-thon (Jim Cooney Swim-a-thon). Members register in-person or via an online Google Form and receive team communications through the Remind App.
• Seasonal Events Program Calendar of summer social and entertainment events for members including movie nights, live music performances, bingo nights, holiday celebrations such as Christmas in July, themed parties, Irish Night, and watch parties, organized throughout the operating season.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Emerging players

• Town Pool (Staten Island Borough-operated pools): Public NYC pools run by NYC Parks offering low-cost family swim access on Staten Island. Represents the accessible public alternative to GKSC's private membership model, competing for the same local families but without the gated amenities, swim team, or community programming.

Regional players

• Jewish Community Center of Staten Island: Local community center on Staten Island offering pool access, swim lessons, youth sports, and family programming. Closest in-region community-recreation competitor to GKSC, serving overlapping family audiences with a similar multi-amenity, membership-driven structure.
• Shore Oaks Club: Long-standing private family swim and recreation club on Long Island/NJ border with pools, dive team, tennis, and social events. Comparable in offering mix and member-funded operating model, though serving a different (suburban) catchment than Staten Island.
• Mid-Island Y JCC: Long Island community center with aquatic facilities, swim teams, summer camps, and family memberships. Comparable in combining pools, competitive aquatics, and broad family programming under a membership model, though serving a different geography from Staten Island.

Others

• City Parks Foundation — Swim Programs: Nonprofit that runs free learn-to-swim and competitive aquatics programming across NYC public pools. Indirectly comparable as an aquatic-enabling ecosystem participant that competes for local families' swim-related attention and discretionary time.

Direct peers

• Riverdale Yacht Club: Private, family-oriented waterfront club serving the Riverdale/Bronx area with pools, swim team, and seasonal programming. Closely mirrors GKSC's model of a neighborhood-anchored, membership-gated aquatic and recreation club with a competitive swim component.

Broad incumbents

• New York Athletic Club: Historic NYC membership-based sports and recreation club offering pools, courts, and family programming. Comparable as a dues-driven private athletic club serving families, though far larger, multi-sport, and citywide rather than a single neighborhood swim facility.
• West Side YMCA (NYC): Large NYC YMCA branch operating pools, swim teams, family memberships, and recreational programming. Overlaps with GKSC on the family aquatic recreation and swim-team value proposition, but operates as a broader fitness and community center rather than a single-amenity swim club.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/thegreatkillsswimclub
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/great-kills-swim-club-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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