Bizarre swimming pool on NYC street dismantled leaving local hearts drained
A rogue streetside swimming pool in the Bronx was apparently dismantled by its makers Monday after drawing attention from the NYPD, angry neighbors said.
A TikTok video shows a group of men dismantling the makeshift pool outside a Mount Hope Place building.
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'I don't know why they took it down, but I think it was the cops who told them,' a puzzled woman who lives in the building said Tuesday.
'I mean it was fun for the kids.'
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4 Locals dismantled the pool Monday.
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The massive street pool was erected by longtime block resident Kenny Perez, an ex-city lifeguard, for his son's birthday, The Post first reported Monday.
His creation — which he made from $2,000 worth of materials scrounged from Facebook Marketplace — was an instant hit in the summer heat.
Videos showing the surreal sight of a giant swimming pool just off a New York City street — with smiling children frolicking and daredevils plunging into it from a building's scaffolding — drew millions of views online.
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4 The pool drew happy kids and millions of online video hits during its short life.
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4 NYPD cops received numerous complaints about the pool since July 4, officials said.
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4 Little remained of the pool Tuesday after locals took it down.
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But the NYPD fielded numerous complaints since July 4, police said.
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Cops asked residents to drain the 'illegal swimming pool' during the holiday, but it was quickly refilled, NYPD officials said.
After repeated warnings, NYPD officials requested Monday that the city's sanitation workers remove the pool once and for all.
Locals, however, seem to have beaten the city to the punch — and some blamed The Post's exclusive report on the pool for its demise, despite the days of complaints to the NYPD.
'The f—king New York Post got it shut down,' one irate man ranted.
Additional reporting by Nicole Rosenthal
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