New lifeguards earn $22 per hour, plus a $908 training payment. The lifeguard qualifying test must be taken by the end of ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — The New York City Parks Department is looking for residents who can rise to the challenge of becoming a lifeguard for the 2026 summer season. Although summer may feel like a ways ...

After a staggeringly low lifeguard count (930) in New York City this past summer, NYC Parks decided to hold citywide lifeguard qualifying tests. The first happened Sunday in Bayside, Brooklyn. "We ...

Mayor Adams announced Friday that his administration is relaxing some test requirements for lifeguards in a bid to address staff shortages in their ranks that are expected to force swaths of city ...