New York's sidewalk fish pond is still going strong. Never heard of it? What to know.

NEW YORK − As the late-summer sun set over central Brooklyn one recent evening, neighbors quietly gathered on a street corner, looking with wonder at goldfish and glittering trinkets. The object of their gaze, the Bed-Stuy fish pond , is the size of a single sidewalk square, but has captured the hearts of more than a million social media users. "I'd say we are breaking scientific ground and putting new things in the almanac by doing this," Floyd Washington, one of the creators of the pond, told USA TODAY.

The pond, known as the Bed-Stuy Aquarium , feels like a never-before-seen hybrid of urban street architecture and, well, a fish tank or aquarium. The pond's water is replenished by a small, steady stream from a fire hydrant at its center. As of mid-September, the Bed-Stuy Aquarium had been going for about six weeks, surrounded by blocks of brownstones , bodegas , schools, restaurants and the rest of New York City's bustle.

"It's not where you'd think it ought to be," said Washington, 43, who works as a repairman at a grocery store directly across from the pond. Fans of the pond and naysayers want to know what will happen to the fish when fall progresses and winter arrives. Washington said he and the other creators have a plan, including a goal of re-opening the pond seasonally every spring and summer.

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