Bizarre NYC swimming pool operating in the street goes viral, as NYPD stalls shutdown: ‘Having the time of their lives’

Source: New York Post

This Big Apple block is making a splash — for now. A massive streetside swimming pool set up in the Bronx is heating up on social media, just as daredevils began testing the patience of the NYPD by dangerously plunging into the water off nearby building scaffolding Monday, shocking video shows. The bizarre makeshift oasis in the middle of Mount Hope Place Friday, in the eponymous neighborhood, was erected by longtime block resident Kenny Perez — an ex-city lifeguard and swim instructor — for his son’s birthday, Perez told The Post.