A Brooklyn mom is making sure her son and the other kids in his neighborhood have a great summer.
As part of her pandemic-inspired summer endeavor, Jasmina “Jazz” Jeter set up a small swimming pool on the sidewalk across from her Bed-Stuy apartment.
This year, she added a second, shallower one for her little ones.
“All the parents in the neighborhood are grateful because it gives their kids something to do,” Jeter told the Post, “Some of them have never been to the beach.”
“There aren’t any good pools around here,” complained Rachel Vargas, a neighbor who takes her children to Jeter’s Pool on Macon Street when it’s open.
The block is at least a 25-minute walk from the nearest public pool.
A video of Jeter’s summer setup has been viewed 600,000 times on TikTok. “Only in New York,” the post from the page Stories of a Colorful World was captioned.
“People take pictures of the pool all the time, so it’s no surprise to me that it’s on the Internet,” Jeter said.
Many commenters expressed concerns about how the pool is maintained and how the city permitted it.
“We drain it, we clean it, we put in chlorine and we test the water with test strips,” Jeter said.
She attaches an adapter to a fire hydrant and fills the tank with water. “I make things happen,” she said.
The only problem she experienced was when the fire department told her to move farther away from a fire hydrant.
Commenters praised the “inner city creativity” and shared nostalgia for New York’s scorching summers.
“You’ve got to do what you’ve got to do,” one said.
