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Penguin City Swim offers swimming lessons, personalized swim lessons, aqua-tot classes, swim team clinics, and an adult swim program. The program includes water safety skills and can also host birthday parties or events at the pool. Instructors tailor unique lesson plans to fit each student's learning style, and class recommendations are personalized through a questionnaire based on experience level, age, goals, ability, and schedule preferences.
• Ages: 0–18 years old
• Schedule: Lessons offered 7 days a week in semesters that range from 10–14 weeks, with Summer broken into two 4-week semesters
• Price: Water Babies 30 minutes – $57. Small Group Lessons (1:4 ratio): 30 minutes – $52; 45 minutes – $77. Semi-Private Lessons: 30 minutes – $72; 45 minutes – $98. Private Lessons: 30 minutes – $93; 45 minutes – $134; 60 minutes – $165. Adult Lessons: 45 minutes (Small Group) – $77; 45 minutes (Private) – $134; 60 minutes (Private) – $165.
Penguin City Swim accepts students of all ages and abilities from 6 months up to adults and offers 30- and 45-minute private, semi-private, and group lessons 7 days a week. The program includes aqua-tot classes up to swim team clinics at each location, and also offers an adult swim program for all skill levels from beginner to advanced. Swim Team Clinics are taught by a team of Division 1 scholarship winners, university-level swim team coaches, and award-winning swim instructors. Each semester ranges from 10–14 weeks, and each Summer semester consists of 4 weeks, with office hours from Sunday to Saturday, 10 AM to 6 PM. Families are asked to bring a bathing suit, goggles, towel, and a lock for the lockers, and students who are 2 years and younger or not yet potty trained must wear a Happy Nappy Swim Diaper.
Penguin City Swim states that its mission is to positively impact students' self-esteem, physical development, and overall confidence both in and out of the water by providing life-saving water safety skills and swim instruction in a fun, relaxed environment. The program describes itself as New York City's premiere swim program at 45th/Lex and Riverdale and notes that it offers longer class times and personalized lessons tailored to each swimmer's particular needs. Penguin City Swim reports that it has taught over 1,000 students how to swim and has over 175 5-star reviews.
The owner of Penguin City Swim is Craig Weingard, who is a Certified Pool Operator and Aquatics Director. The leadership and staff team includes Sophia (Aquatic Lead and Swim Instructor), Kim (Supervisor), Autumn (Swim Instructor), Omara (Swim Instructor), Rachel (Supervisor and Instructor), Edith (Swim Instructor), Finn (Swim Instructor), Jimmy (Swim Instructor Supervisor), Jodie (Greeter and Swim Instructor), Julianne (Greeter and Swim Instructor), Hailey (Supervisor), and Gigi (Greeter). Penguin City Swim reports that Craig Weingard has provided aquatics operations in New York City for OASIS Day Camp at NYSC, Camp Keshet at Park Avenue Synagogue, Lyceum Kennedy French American School, Camp Gan Israel at the Moise Safra Center, Vacation Village, and the Camp in the Catskills in upstate New York. He has also provided physical education programming for Lycée Français de New York, The École – French American Bilingual School in New York, and Ramaz Middle School, as well as swim team programming for Ramaz Upper School and after-school programming for Ramaz Lower School.
Last updated April 17, 2026.
• Ages: 0–18 years old
• Schedule: Lessons offered 7 days a week in semesters that range from 10–14 weeks, with Summer broken into two 4-week semesters
• Price: Water Babies 30 minutes – $57. Small Group Lessons (1:4 ratio): 30 minutes – $52; 45 minutes – $77. Semi-Private Lessons: 30 minutes – $72; 45 minutes – $98. Private Lessons: 30 minutes – $93; 45 minutes – $134; 60 minutes – $165. Adult Lessons: 45 minutes (Small Group) – $77; 45 minutes (Private) – $134; 60 minutes (Private) – $165.
Penguin City Swim accepts students of all ages and abilities from 6 months up to adults and offers 30- and 45-minute private, semi-private, and group lessons 7 days a week. The program includes aqua-tot classes up to swim team clinics at each location, and also offers an adult swim program for all skill levels from beginner to advanced. Swim Team Clinics are taught by a team of Division 1 scholarship winners, university-level swim team coaches, and award-winning swim instructors. Each semester ranges from 10–14 weeks, and each Summer semester consists of 4 weeks, with office hours from Sunday to Saturday, 10 AM to 6 PM. Families are asked to bring a bathing suit, goggles, towel, and a lock for the lockers, and students who are 2 years and younger or not yet potty trained must wear a Happy Nappy Swim Diaper.
Penguin City Swim states that its mission is to positively impact students' self-esteem, physical development, and overall confidence both in and out of the water by providing life-saving water safety skills and swim instruction in a fun, relaxed environment. The program describes itself as New York City's premiere swim program at 45th/Lex and Riverdale and notes that it offers longer class times and personalized lessons tailored to each swimmer's particular needs. Penguin City Swim reports that it has taught over 1,000 students how to swim and has over 175 5-star reviews.
The owner of Penguin City Swim is Craig Weingard, who is a Certified Pool Operator and Aquatics Director. The leadership and staff team includes Sophia (Aquatic Lead and Swim Instructor), Kim (Supervisor), Autumn (Swim Instructor), Omara (Swim Instructor), Rachel (Supervisor and Instructor), Edith (Swim Instructor), Finn (Swim Instructor), Jimmy (Swim Instructor Supervisor), Jodie (Greeter and Swim Instructor), Julianne (Greeter and Swim Instructor), Hailey (Supervisor), and Gigi (Greeter). Penguin City Swim reports that Craig Weingard has provided aquatics operations in New York City for OASIS Day Camp at NYSC, Camp Keshet at Park Avenue Synagogue, Lyceum Kennedy French American School, Camp Gan Israel at the Moise Safra Center, Vacation Village, and the Camp in the Catskills in upstate New York. He has also provided physical education programming for Lycée Français de New York, The École – French American Bilingual School in New York, and Ramaz Middle School, as well as swim team programming for Ramaz Upper School and after-school programming for Ramaz Lower School.
Last updated April 17, 2026.
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