"The fire department came over here and they turned the hydrant off, and then they drained it and left the fish in there with no water. The fish died. Mind you, before they did this, the pond was only like 3 inches deep, but now it's a foot deep, so there is plenty of room for the new fish to swim around in," Vance Brooks, a Bed-Stuy local and pond visionary, said. "Everything is coming along good."
"It all started back in August, when three men added $15 worth of goldfish to a puddle next to a leaking fire hydrant at the corner of Tompkins Avenue and Hancock Street in Bed-Stuy. The pond quickly accumulated a large fanbase, international media attention, and, with it, a website, a newsletter, a Google Maps listing, a GoFundMe page that has raised more than $3,500, an Instagram and a TikTok account with 24,000 followers."
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