The Museum of Ice Cream’s TikTok-popular “sprinkle pool” was sorely lacking in filling that one visitor was injured trying to grab a sweet sprinkle, a new lawsuit claims.
Jeremy Shore, who visited the SoHo attraction with his daughter last March, suffered a severe ankle fracture that required surgery and the installation of an internal brace due to the pool’s poor design and “inappropriate and inadequate” rainbow topping, according to court documents.
But the biggest issue may be how the museum is presenting the pool on social media, with multiple posts encouraging visitors to “jump in” or “dive,” according to the lawsuit filed Wednesday in Manhattan Supreme Court.
“We believe this sprinkler pool poses a risk of serious personal injury to members of the public who are encouraged to jump in and dive into it, despite the injuries that have been inflicted on those who have become victims of this epidemic,” said Schorr’s attorney, Daniel Perrone.
The attraction’s popularity — evidenced by social media posts and the number of visitors who lined up for half a block on a rainy Wednesday night — is one reason Perrone thinks the venue isn’t trying more to stop people from harming themselves.
And Scholl isn’t alone: There appears to be a surge in sprinkler pool injuries on social media, with people sharing their own Museum of Ice Cream accidents.
in TikTok views surpass 3 millionCarly Noel jumped off the pool’s mini diving board but landed painfully on her tailbone in the rain.
“I never thought it would hurt this much,” Noel wrote in the post’s caption.
“You’re the fourth sprinkle pit victim I’ve seen,” wrote one commenter, who received more than 34,000 likes.
Another TikTok user, who goes by the name Linkorix, shared his own terrifying experience, saying he sprained his ankle after jumping into a fake pool of sprinkles, forcing him to use crutches.
“The ice cream factory gave us free tickets and gift bags to come back if we wanted.” A TikTok user wrote on the video:It was cited in Scholl’s lawsuit.
Another TikTok post, which has been viewed 11.3 million times, shows three young girls falling into a sprinkle pool, one of them After landing on his feet, he grimaces and holds his ankle..
“I can tell that really hurt,” one commenter said.
According to the lawsuit, doctors told Scholl that injuries sustained from diving into a sprinkler pool on March 31, 2023, could result in future surgeries, osteoarthritis and arthritis.
According to the lawsuit, Scholl suffered “severe and permanent injuries” when he jumped into the pool in a manner “advertised, encouraged, promoted and facilitated” by the museum.
“Blocking that activity would remove a key attraction,” Perrone said.
He added that unless the museum is willing to “properly calculate and determine the amount and dimensions of sprinkles necessary to make the sprinkle pool suitable and safe for jumping and diving,” the pool area should have ample warnings posted.
The Museum of Ice Cream declined to comment, but a source close to the museum said ample warnings had already been given and visitors must sign a waiver before entering.
The release violates New York state local law, the lawsuit alleges.
Visitors to the popular museum told The Post they saw no warning signs at the pool.
“There were no signs,” said one guest who stepped out into the rain on Wednesday, declining to give her name, but jumped in anyway.
“It’s soft, so I jumped in,” she says. “It’s mainly for kids.”
