Makeshift Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn aquarium removed after DEP officials pour cement around hydrant [Video]

BEDFORD STUYVESANT, Brooklyn (WABC) — There’s a new development in the ongoing saga surrounding a makeshift aquarium under a leaky fire hydrant in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.

After firefighters shut off the hydrant earlier this week, community members attempted to rebuild the pond just 24 hours later.

However, officials with the Department of Environmental Protection stopped by to check on the hydrant and determined it was unsafe due to its leak.

Officials then fixed the leak by pouring cement around the hydrant, permanently eliminating the pond.

Video captured by neighbor Ted Kamal shows workers laying cement over the pond Friday morning.

“I knew no one else saw the cement being poured, I was like ‘oh wow,'” Kamal said. “It was pretty sad. Like it was pretty sad. I’m sure people are pretty messed up about it.”

Memorial candles now mark where the beloved homemade pond used to be.

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