Union Pool hookup homages now trending on Twitter

Union Pool, AKA an expanded Terminal 5 bathroom, known by tourists and locals alike as “where the boys are”, is trending on Twitter thanks to a New York Magazine hot take-memoir, the first eight words of which are, “In 2011, I moved to Brooklyn from Oakland”. The bar-incarnation of Tinder and “Utopia of 2000s Williamsburg,” is – surprise (like you didn’t already know) – filled with horny gentrifiers eager for hookups. There might as well be Lena Dunham masks at the door, which is a horrifying concept, but so is Union Pool.

As commenter kafkast accurately notes, “Union Pool was a great place to play russian roulette with your genitals.”

The article has inspired lots of somewhat backhanded but mostly nostalgic Union Pool reminiscing on media’s favorite social network. Some gems:

My last Union Pool hookup was Dec 14 2009, age 24, night before my GREs. He was a dashing and successful painter 13+ years my senior. The affair was on-off for 8 years. I missed a whole section of the GRE but still got into Yale. Blessings, Union Pool. https://t.co/47hWA5e8lx

— Alana Massey (@AlanaMassey) January 31, 2018

I love that Union Pool is trending because it just goes to show you twitter is made up of like 50 people of the exact same super specific demographic who think their lives are more interesting and important than everyone else

— Kath Barbadoro (@kathbarbadoro) January 31, 2018

UNION POOL A PLACE FOR THE MOST AVERAGE OF WHITE PEOPLE TO HOOK UP WITH OTHER AVERAGE WHITES!!!
I CAN BARELY FIND A COLOR IN THE SECOND PICTURE pic.twitter.com/AbDUiUjWbo

— Union Fools (@dances) January 31, 2018

I Never Fucked At Union Pool: One Brave Loser’s Story

— Chase Mitchell (@ChaseMit) January 31, 2018

i love this official dragging of my 22nd year https://t.co/XrmZgftreA

— #BrittanySpanos (@ohheybrittany) January 31, 2018

For those confused, Union HALL was where you went for like, UCB level 301 improv boys in Converse, and Union Pool was more Ariel-Pink-soundtech-drinking-a-Tecate-in-a-Hawaiian-shirt

— Anna Hezel (@HezelAnna) January 31, 2018

Tired: Hooking up at Union Pool
Wired: Unionizing your workplace

— Kim Kelly (@GrimKim) January 31, 2018

I nvr made out w/anyone at union pool when I lived in nyc I went to strangers’ homes & had sex w/them like a fuckin grownup

— gay inch rest (@missunitedface) January 31, 2018

I cannot read an article about Union Pool. I just can’t.

— Chris Black (@donetodeath) January 31, 2018

I will say even a couple years ago I was just passing by Union Pool with a guy and we stopped to make out on the sidewalk because it’s a force stronger than can be explained

— Danielle Sepulveres (@ellesep) January 31, 2018