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McCarren Park Pool Evacuated After Kid Uses It As A Toilet
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John Del Signore
Published Jul 9, 2012
Modified Jul 10, 2012
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Brooklyn's newly renovated McCarren Park pool was closed down yet again today, but this time it wasn't for fighting. No, this time it appears that poop played a part. The Parks Department has yet to elaborate on the nature of the incident, but one spokesperson tells DNAinfo "a child had a toilet accident." We don't have any hard proof yet, but there's speculation the "accident" was fecal in nature. (Alternate lazy headline: Hipsters Aren't The Only Things Floating In McCarren Pool.)
King & Grove pool closed for cleaning, McCarren pool closed bc someone apparently shit in it. What's a girl to do?
— Nisia Wasilewicz (@nisianista) July 9, 2012
Considering children routinely "put the p in ool" with impunity, we're assuming it took some solid waste to close the pool down. Of course, it's also possible this was just a harmless Baby Ruth.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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