Illegal pool discovered on Williamsburg, Brooklyn, rooftop

Plans to cool off in Brooklyn ended with an apartment building getting called out by the city.

[@isaac198428]

Shout out to the company that constructed that strong brick building. Most modern structures would’ve collapsed the second weekend of tenants using that illegal rooftop pool. I bet it was used all summer long. Might have to check the structural rigidity of that building periodically incase of any cracks formed but not yet fully visible.

[@A_piece_of_broccoli]

it literally stated within the first minute of the video that the pool was taken down the same day...

[@RLKRAILTIES]

Hmm you must not know your structural engineering seriously

[@L1feWithEm]

@@A_piece_of_broccoli the same day it was DISCOVERED not put up.

[@nonothing4474]

@@A_piece_of_broccoli bozo

[@XandraEvelyn]

@@A_piece_of_broccoli But they never said when it was put up, so we don't know how long it was up for. Probably a while though

[@jaysonpida5379]

I admire the initiative.....but at 60 tons, that roof was never designed for that. A lot of people could've died. As it is there will have to be an inspection conducted before all the snow starts falling so there isn't a news report over the winter that this roof caved in from all the snow.....

[@1960shakey]

Hey Genius, a LOT of people are DYING!!!! By CRIMINALS being freed with NO BAIL, and are walking the streets!!!!!!!!

[@voidremoved]

@Jaroslaw Psikutas That's a relief. Finally I will get some sleep tonight

[@pmwyy]

There are probably electrical issues too. Very unsafe.

[@gluttonykills]

That roof could have weaken a cracked a bit & may not be able to handle snow this winter.

[@apj8474]

You’d drain it before winter

[@VictorVictor-oq6dh]

Structures have weight limits… Chairs, elevators, decks, and even rooftops. Think what happens when that roof collapses.

[@thomasholt63]

Tell me about what you think 🤔will happen 🤔😏

[@JezusC]

It falls up?

[@ImGearsBeast]

@@JezusC sideways dummie

[@spacecat7247]

The term like Domino Theory comes to mind

[@loucifer9618]

No more roof

[@Duran762]

Company who built that roof should use this as their ad.

[@captainobvious5349]

This could have potentially been a nightmare on epic proportions. As a structural engineer, the ONLY reason that rooftop did not collapse was because the 60T of water was equally distributed over a large portion of the roof. This was VERY stupid..

[@teachatami45]

Stick to the equal distribution part.

[@WeFreestyleForever]

If a little pool would seriously collapse a huge brick building then human intelligence hasn't advanced.

[@nonamebrand1633]

@@WeFreestyleForever u can't just casually put 60 tons on a rooftop and blame "human intelligence" if it collapses. It's not abt intelligence it's abt the laws of physics. Also obv it wouldn't collapse the whole building

[@blqr3138]

Thoughts on September 11 Mr structural engineer?

[@Kluberus]

@@WeFreestyleForever you’re missing the point. That “little” pool weighed over 120,000 lbs and was a dynamic load. The roof is not rated for that kind of weight.

[@mentality1204]

Wow!!! Someone was willing to put mass amounts of people lives at risk. Damn , that’s crazy.

[@RUTHLESSambition5]

Murder charge WAITING to happen. They should be lucky the cops shut this down before it collapsed

[@voidremoved]

@@RUTHLESSambition5 Would have made for better TV tho

[@smorris281]

That’s not crazy, that’s Brooklyn!

[@imnotmephisto]

that's just existence in NYC. You think that's bad? You should see the way people drive. I saw 4 people go into oncoming traffic to cut people off in the span of about 10 minutes in bumper to bumper traffic. I won't drive here at all. We dump millions of gallons water into the gutters of this city every day. Because people run hydrants all day for no reason. While some parts of the country have droughts. Putting other people at risk is our way of life.

[@homeimprovement8119]

Sadly they didn’t even know that was a possible outcome

[@DynamicDuo795]

60 TONS???? HOLY MOLY! That's roughly what an M1 Abrams tank weighs. Imagine that being placed on the rooftop of an old NYC apartment building.

[@ALLCAPS]

-.- that's not really a relatable reference. Most people don't even know what a car weighs... I'd say, any given car weighs about 1.5 to 2.5 tons, this means that pool was about 24-40 cars of assorted sizes lol FUCK.

[@icomment7715]

that would be dope tbh

[@SuperFinGuy]

Sure but don't forget to divide all that by the area.

[@GewelReal]

@@SuperFinGuy is water denser than an Abrams?

[@wystrix439]

@@SuperFinGuy Not a big math guy but definitely a curious one-what would dividing by the area accomplish? Is it because weight spread across the surface vs weight in a single point isn’t as difficult for a building to carry?

[@C.P.C3719]

Who the hell would build a pool on the roof of a building in NY. Pigeons would be using that as a toilet.

[@beastmode63]

😂😂😂

[@heilzelynsky9746]

People too

[@LovedbyYah]

Lol

[@unkwnvizuals4008]

😭😭😭😭😭

[@sanjuanpapi]

not really there is nothing were the pigeons can sit on. I bet you live in the projects

[@gaminggladiator06]

I was coming into this expecting at least one person be like “what was so wrong about that, it’s just a pool.” And all that, but thankfully, everyone in the comments that i’ve seen were understanding the situation well. Nowadays, it seems you can’t watch any sort of news and not have someone advocate for the person causing the problem.

[@charlesfoster575]

Yeah Gamer, because the govt is so good at controlling everything, this MUST be a dangerous building project…for sure! Right? Pfft! Public school did their job on you, boy. More perceptive people will move to the country where you can still wipe your own @ss without a permit…

[@gaminggladiator06]

@@charlesfoster575 the fuck did this come from?! All i said was that i’m glad people realized the risks this could have. What part of me was talking about the fucking govs?! Edit: So, you deleted your post, did you? Fuckin coward, backin outta the fight before the first strike was thrown.

[@charlesfoster575]

@@gaminggladiator06 Nope. Das da chickensh!t KZbin bs deleting inconvenient reality. So, you don’t think we are being regulated out of business? You never built a bldg, didja! That’s all. People enable these govt tyrants (who prefer us to all be unarmed peasants) by their naïveté, so I dropped a comment on ya…you’ll live. Stand up to big govt before they stand on your grave…Gameboy.

[@farshot2713]

I used to think the same thing, I remember going on a cruise and the swimming pool was tiny. I was hanging out on deck at like 3 am with an off duty crew member who explained to me the weight of the water in the pool (as well as the rest of the water on the ship for toilets/showers/drinking) not only add up to a ton of weight, but if the pool is too wide/long/deep, it could actually affect the balance of the entire ship. Its just one of those things that don't seem like an issue, but once someone informs you of it, you kinda feel dumb about how understandable it is.

[@udalix]

But its just a pool.

[@rickershomesteadahobbyfarm3291]

My parents put a swimming pool on a deck once. The deck collapsed one night while we were watching tv. It scared the crap out of everyone.

[@rockymtnsteeze1815]

my mom and step dad did that too. The deck did not collapse. It was an inflatable one, but it was large. never thought of that happening.

[@nikkimcdonald4562]

My brother told me he was planning on putting his new hot tub on his 2nd story deck. He laughed at me when I told him his deck wasn't built to withstand that .

[@nikkimcdonald4562]

My brother told me he was planning on putting his new hot tub on his 2nd story deck. He laughed at me when I told him his deck wasn't built to withstand that .

[@nikkimcdonald4562]

My brother told me he was planning on putting his new hot tub on his 2nd story deck. He laughed at me when I told him his deck wasn't built to withstand that .

[@eyesup9542]

Wow….what a way to endanger your tenants and their guests 😔

[@annhans3535]

I am sure it was the tenants who did it without the permission of the landlord. No landlord with any sense would allow a pool of that size on their roof. Especially one that was not build to code.

[@eyesup9542]

@@annhans3535 I disagree. Usually a super lives on site so the landlord would not be ignorant to an installation like this. Also, what tenant in this building would invest the money, especially with what rents are….and eviction is too big of a risk, in my opinion.

[@9and12wholepizzas]

let's find out who's wrong on the Next Episode of Dragon Ball Z! Tomorrow at 8!

[@vasilia9373]

It’s an intex pool you can purchase them at target they are great for backyards … I think the tenants put it up maybe the super was away for a day because that’s all it takes to put one of these up and a good KZbin tutorial

[@dameondunlap7015]

Wow... what a weigh to endanger. (I mean a way to endanger...). Yeah, that's weigh too much.

[@geigertec5921]

Take note the city only discovered it after it was already full and not before, meaning the roof could have easily collapsed LONG before anyone in authority knew what was going on, these building's tenants were just really lucky it didn't collapse the moment all 60 tons was filled for the first time.

[@mboyer68]

It's not the city's responsibility to prevent such things. It's their responsibility to enforce building codes. What you wrote would be like if the responsibility of the police was to prevent crime. They can't do that unfortunately.

[@geigertec5921]

@@mboyer68 Good point, but I disagree.

[@curlydeuce]

Theres not enough detail in this story that tell us how it was discovered and it is doubtful that building inspectors and code enforcement are flying around in helicopters on a daily, weekly, or even monthly basis checking out the rooftops. They don't even do that on foot. Most of them just scour google earth or wait for a complaint. That being said a pool like that can be assembled and ready for water in about 30 minutes or less by 2 or 3 people. It would have taken 2 or 3 days to fill that with a garden hose. So essentially it's pretty easy to put that pool up under the nose of inspectors, code enforcement, and the landlord.

[@onlyh8720]

@@curlydeuce exactly! Everyone is saying this and that but they never mentioned how long the pool was up there. It easily could have just been “installed” recently and caught the next day

[@geigertec5921]

@@onlyh8720 Interesting theory, but it's likely it was there for quite awhile simply based on the fact that it takes a LONG time to just fill a pool that size - it takes many days. Considering how low the water pressure at the top floor of most buildings are a low pressure hose would take upwards of a week at minimum to fill a pool that big. And the fact the pool was already full means it was even longer than that.

[@brianlopez7228]

Someone must have looked a the water bill and started looking for leaks and discovered the pool. Lucky it was found, potential for collapse with dynamic load on the slab. Should probably be inspected for damages.

[@informationoverload2487]

Honestly just let it happen. The only way someone built that was if some of the tenants helped. Let em drown in their own mistakes.

[@j4genius961]

@@informationoverload2487 What about the tenants that knew nothing about the plot? Should they drown in somebody else's mistakes as well?

[@ballsackfart]

I highly doubt that would have collapsed, it looked partially suspended, and less than half full it’s probably around 15,000 pounds. Those air conditioner units that stand on legs, each leg is putting a force equal to something like 100,000 pounds per square inch. Someone is just mad they didn’t get their payment for a public pool being built.

[@informationoverload2487]

@@j4genius961 Yep. Because there’s no way they didn’t notice with that amount of water. Most of them were in on it. Most of them probably used it.

[@AllForWhat247]

@@informationoverload2487 You know everything and everyone in that building? Lmaooo

[@619STREETCA]

I'm glad the roof and structure held the pool up!! That would of been A tragic situation for every one.💯

[@BryanNeer]

Where on the market can I even find an above ground pool that big? Was it made illegally?

[@MB-ue2ww]

We saw what happened in Surfside. We don't need to play around with tall buildings and water damage. Inspections are so important for public safety.

[@GVoodoo]

That wasn't as simple as this

[@johnblackbasel393]

A different animal.

[@zariballard]

Surfside collapsed like a deck of cards from the all the structures giving out. They were built like shit. Last time we saw buildings fall like that, it was a New York City controlled demolition in 2001.

[@GewelReal]

@@zariballard based

[@thishandleisnotavailable]

Surfside was erosion.

[@Reese640]

People are so stupid sometimes. You must always think through what you are doing and the issues it may cause. This situation could have turned deadly. I am glad they found it and acted to correct it.

[@auntemmyd1604]

Didn’t you know people can do whatever they want these days!!! (Sarcasm) And if you say anything you are a “Karen” or someone is offended and their feelings got hurt so now you are committing a “Hate Crime” by telling them they are wrong! 🤦🏻‍♀️. I fear for our future🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

[@cornpop8570]

@@auntemmyd1604 all you gotta say is your Antifa or BLM get a out of jail Scott Free. 👍🏻

[@donttrickimtricky.8567]

Or it was safe and we ruined a nice pool.

[@auntemmyd1604]

@@donttrickimtricky.8567 thats not a safe pool🤦🏻‍♀️

[@Bobo-uh1bx]

@@donttrickimtricky.8567 it’s not safe. That’s enough weight to collapse the the roof and all layers of ceiling. Very stupid and very lucky.

[@Incognito-vc9wj]

This is the most dangerous thing to do on a rooftop. I design heavy equipment installations on rooftops, we have to run structural calculations to determine if the load is safe. I can guarantee you that was faaaaaar too heavy just at first sight.

[@mindingmybusiness6309]

Wow

[@keisi1574]

@@mindingmybusiness6309 But yet he didn't do any actual calculations on this one. It's simple math. Water per gallon weight-volume of the pool-pounds per square foot on the roof...AND‐ OBVIOUSLY the roof did not collapse...This is a bunch of hysterical hype with very little FACTS.

[@damien1781]

@@keisi1574 lol tell them

[@somerandomguy4240]

@@keisi1574 We have all the facts needed to know that it's an extremely risky thing to do. We also know there's no permit. That's enough.

[@windowsvistasuxalot]

Same weight as the NYC 1000 Year snow storm :)

[@paulraymond139]

There's a ferry for about $3 leaving brooklyn almost every hour to 10 miles of beaches at Far Rockaway. Its air conditioned and has a bar. Then you have miles of good beaches. Maybe consider that instead.....

[@joelgermany1236]

Lovely to know these are the problems that people need to be aware of. Exceptional journalism.

[@jimmylight4866]

While two people died from gun shots in front of the building. I hear ya

[@torchbearer2175]

...this is local news and it did pose a serious threat to the tenants

[@Norrsky]

Dude's never heard of local news before. I agree though they should've waited to drain the pool until the roof collapsed under 60 tons of stupidity and killed a bunch of people. Now that's news!

[@xlnuniex]

Everyone assumes it was the landlord. Tenants have been known to do crap like this without permission. How often do landlords check the roof. Maybe it the landlord who discovered it. As a landlord, I find it hard to believe the property owner would do such a thing. Then again, there are dumb people out there. I think there’s a greater percentage that the landlord wasn’t involved in this. My advice to all landlords is to put up outdoor cameras surrounding property and common areas like laundry room, storage room, roof, etc. it’s to protect yourself and your tenants. This illegal pool could’ve ended badly. Thank God it was discovered

[@jaxmax1309]

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[@Gdogw22]

Gawk gawk 3000

[@Kelseymiller0]

Facts

[@scootersonlyrepair6773]

#thereisnogod stupid

[@ceasewatercolorarts]

My ex husband got our old house after the divorce. He remarried, they moved out and he rented the house out a few years. He was told by the neighbors after one of the tenants moved, that they'd set up a pool in the living room. The house is about 175 years old. Probably should be on a historic register. Tenants are a-holes.

[@lancegreene3185]

Small pool with a few friends would be perfect .

[@msyemisi7930]

Exactly!! they're overdoing it. I can imagine all of the people in there drinking and all kind of stuff. A real tragedy waiting to happen. So glad that was caught it could have been a real tragedy for the summer.

[@nikolnolastname4473]

@@msyemisi7930 yup, people were having rooftop parties once quarantine lifted and some people ended up falling off and dying.

[@msyemisi7930]

@@nikolnolastname4473 I could only imagine. Youth + alcohol =😳

[@jt8251]

Holy crap that roof was never built to hold that much weight. Do people not realize how much water weighs? 8.2lbs per gallon. What complete morons. They're lucky that roof didn't cave in.

[@spikefivefivefive]

When I bought my house the tenants left a filled waterbed on the first floor. The house was built in 1926. Eventually I found two split floor joists in the basement, ... right where the waterbed sat.

[@thomasmalatesta7331]

@TOPgamesTV Back in the 80's I had a 100-gallon ( approx 820 lbs + gravel ) aquarium in my apartment. I was on the ground floor with concrete slab flooring so I never had any problems. However, there were plenty of stories of people whose 2cnd floor fishtank would crash into the first floor below, especially in the older houses. 60 tons of water seems a bit risky to me.

[@thomasholt63]

Well it didn't and it want happen again and try to help get the criminals off the street and out of this world permanent ,NOW THAT'S THE MAIN CONCERN LOL

[@RegentDeMarquis005]

Right

[@RegentDeMarquis005]

@@thomasholt63 shut up. What whomever did was not only criminal but negligent and they knew it.

[@crankypipo]

Can anyone give me the dimensions of that pool and the company who made it?

[@ItsMe-yv9jd]

...nobody mentioned what the water bill was??

[@MannyCAE]

“how’d they get all that equipment up there?…”…. She does realize the pool comes in a box right…..🤨

[@spookrockcity]

That liner would be pretty huge though.

[@lamborgini86]

People who havent worked outside of an office wouldnt survive in the real world

[@drinkwatereatmelons7048]

A helicopter 🚁 placed the pool on the roof OR The pool was placed on the roof by a 🚁

[@lulastylewithjuliep6932]

Exactly! We have the same pool. It comes in a box. The frame is metal that snaps together and the liner is rolled up. It can be easily carried up by a couple of people.

[@andrewDaMack]

Comes in a box but it's still pretty cumbersome to get it to the roof. Most of these types of NYC buildings don't have an elevator that goes to the roof but only narrow stairs.

[@hobonickel]

Years ago I rented places that did not allow waterbeds. This rooftop pool was like having 75 waterbeds on the roof. Add a bunch of swimmers and you have a severely overloaded roof.

[@musicowned]

Your math ain’t mathing bro

[@YahYou813]

You sure not 76 water beds?

[@DieselRamcharger]

yet oddly enough. the building didnt fall over!

[@goulamadejam]

More than that 😂

[@Ambrose25]

& if ½ of those swimmers each took a piss in the pool during the month of June & 25% of those swimmers were females who also discharged in that same cesspool of urine & twat residue than that rooftop is 97.9% at risk to collapse & cause an indefinite amount of STD’s…..simple math really.

[@eury5405]

"How did they get all that equipment up there?!" What "equipment"??? 😂😂😂😂 ..... it's an above ground pool that you can order from Walmart. 47 year old woman here who has assembled one almost identical on her own.

[@josuesers_mercs873]

You are the first person I’ve seen comment that has a brain lmao

[@rustyshackleford9507]

Right. All that “equipment” comes tightly packed in a box no bigger than couch.

[@f12pushthekeys]

@@rustyshackleford9507 this comment is ridiculous. There is no way that pool came in the box you described.

[@f12pushthekeys]

No you didn't. I just checked and Walmart doesn't sell pools even a third that size. This came from a place that sells primarily pools.

[@eury5405]

@@f12pushthekeys Nice try troll....Yes, it does come EXACTLY as Rusty describes.

[@GorgieClarissa]

The math is a bit off in this newspiece.... 60 tons = 44k gallons of water. A standard 12x24x4 pool is 8,600 gallons or 11 tons. YES that is heavy. BUT it's about 6 times lighter than what is being reported. Water is heavy AF, but for a pool to be 60 freaking tons, this pool would need to be 30x50x4 and... that makeshift pool is NOT that big. It's not difficult to use a converter and standard pool sizes online to make sure the math checks out. Idk why they just didn't say it was 1,000,000 tons if they are just throwing out random numbers

[@gageoliver2186]

Buzz killers everywhere. Who still thinks you're free in America??

[@nicolehall2177]

It’s a pop up pool🤣 what do you mean equipment?!! Comes in a box from Amazon

[@Myraisins1]

Some tenants did that and someone who may not have been invited, got upset and snitched!

[@JUGGERNAUT____]

EXACTLY

[@rickson50]

A police helicopter flying nearby saw it and reported it to people in the ground...

[@Cam-zv1jq]

Exactly,

[@lynsilva6565]

Someone tweeted it. Blew it for everyone. Dang!! 😁 It was there for awhile.

[@David-jh8mp]

That snitch would have been a hero, but it was spotted by the police while flying in a helicopter.

[@wintertill]

Of course this happened in Williamsburg.

[@Good-dz4hk]

Williamsburg is popping I see 🔥🔥🔥

[@DynamicDuo795]

✡️✡️✡️✡️ that explains it.

[@212days]

It's crazy that someone would do that. Water is heavy stuff. It weighs 8 lbs per gallon. The roof collapsing from the weight of the water? " Actually that thought never occurred to me until I was ordered to take the pool down." --said the person responsible for the pool being on the roof.

[@antongonist8294]

Lol when you have to explain how much water weighs. 1 liter of water weighs 1 kilogram.

[@Qui-9]

@@antongonist8294 I was just going to say this 😄. Use the system that is based on water.

[@dleblanc]

@@antongonist8294 did you just explain how much water weighs after mocking the person above for explaining how much water weighs?

[@antongonist8294]

@@dleblanc No I simply told him that 1L = 1Kg. It doesn't require explanations. Convenient huh.

[@TehReasoning]

60 tons?!? Give the roof a shout out for holding that down so long. Any other normal building would collapsed when filled.

[@marvinfrederick7368]

True The building back in the 1900 they built them good to

[@Qui-9]

I think it held it up actually, props! 👌

[@JuanMoreno-oc5bx]

The apartments owner better be glad they caught it before there was a lawsuit . Trying to save money could have cost them their whole company .

[@sunnydelight5255]

@J Ygb It’s an above ground pool. That looks like a $600 one. They’re cheap compared to real pools.

[@rse4379]

Landlord: "so you all dont want to pay rent" Also Landlord: "I got something for you"

[@Good-dz4hk]

🤣🤣

[@joem.5946]

Dam, imagine!

[@dero2209]

😂😂😂

[@mikeclemets863]

Another 1 thousand of rent for the pool

[@rse4379]

@@mikeclemets863 😂😂😂

[@Cain-x]

Why did it need to be so damn large - they would've gotten away with it if someone wasn't so "go big or go home". Now you go home.

[@obi-wankedogi]

I mean really, that thing is huge.

[@kathydelarosa1286]

😂😂

[@drinkwatereatmelons7048]

When u steal a tv.....U go for the big one

[@Gizziiusa]

My dad and I guesstimated the pool was 5' x 12' x 30'. which is 1800 cubic ft of water. water is approx. 62.43 lbs per cubic foot, which gave a total of 112,374 lbs of water. divide by 2000 to give the tonnage of around 56 tons. we were close on the dimensions of the pool...

[@The213pr0ductions]

Thank you, I was skeptical about the 60 tons

[@Gizziiusa]

@@The213pr0ductions kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXvJiXmBo6d_qtU

[@RaffaelloLorenzusSayde]

If you want to build a pool on a roof top, you need wise knowledge first. The building needs to be built or improved upon to hold such a heavy object to prevent a deadly collapse. I like and support the idea of a rooftop pool, but just make sure you are building several collumns from the roof top to all levels down to the basement floors to support all the stress and tension these floors will have. By the way, I personally believe that nobody needs a permit only wise knowledge, nothing more.

[@jesusisking117]

I just put my chair in the open hydrant on my block and have a nice mixed drink. Cool, refreshing and no water bill.

[@dannybx78]

There's more of them out there somewhere, i'm sure.

[@jsadamsnyc]

imagine being so stupid, you came up with the idea, and executed it. Then, little do you know which is a lot, that the building was never designed to hold such a massive amount of weight, and it collapses and kills multiple neighbors. All in the pursuit of what?

[@jhenelle8605]

Exactly !

[@rse4379]

Well it is both brilliant and stupid at the same time.

[@Jatmundar]

A little relief from the oppressive heat.

[@msyemisi7930]

This was purely for validation from social media. I can see them now with drinks in the pool portraying that live in the life. So glad it was caught in time it could have been a real tragedy for the summer

[@jhenelle8605]

@@rse4379 true.. Thank God they stop it before anyone got hurt/killed

[@mboyer68]

I can't believe that building didn't collapse. That's a testament to American building codes and quality there! I also can't believe how stupid it was to fill that thing up. They couldn't have been happy with a smaller pool? One that didn't have a 75% chance of taking down the building and killing innocent people?

[@jaytaylor2090]

So I have a question🤔🤔?? If you get in the pool and you're floating, does that add to the weight of the pool?

[@yayarea2415]

Damn ! I think even a little kid would question if that’s too heavy to be on a roof.

[@meredithcrofootmiddleton]

Doubt it. I know plenty of intelligent adults who would not have thought about this without outside advice. It's okay to be ignorant

[@myronsmith2114]

If one of the walls came down people could have been washed over the roof . That’s a lot of water pressure

[@AllenHanPR]

You'll be surprised how big of a pool you can make with that amount of materials. It took me 3 weekends to lug the materials up 12 flights of stairs and connect it to the city water supply. I mean I saw it happen, forget what I said.

[@machinegunangel]

Imagine living there, and knowing it was a bad idea from the start… Ugh the anxiety!

[@F44zz]

Most likely the people who put it up and were using it were too dumb to even realize that they were in danger

[@mariaperez-cuatzilo7864]

That is a intek portable pool that pool is designed to be on the ground not on a roof is not designed to be there that roof could of collapsed

[@mightymystery9204]

I'm amazed that so many comments related to structural strength. Rarely do that many people mention the technical dangers of a situation. It is likely the roof got designed for a sustained load of ice and snow, with the safety multiple. Depending on age, the structure may have been designed to allow for a rooftop fire tank, something sometimes done before the 1920's. It is possible that the pool installer did think all of that through. I remain a bit surprised that the heavy water bill, during the first filling, caught no attention.

[@yodasmomisondrugs7959]

Yes, many experts as usual in a YT video comment section. Don't you know this is where all the smart people hang out?

[@meredithcrofootmiddleton]

​​@@yodasmomisondrugs7959hey said 'it's likely' They're not trying to sound like a know-it-all

[@ajaxava1200]

Whoever designed that roof deserves a raise

[@sicsemperevellomortemtyran3193]

I'd trust swimming in that pool, and living under it, before driving on a Chinese Bridge.

[@cjjohnson3636]

Lmao!

[@sicsemperevellomortemtyran3193]

@@cjjohnson3636 they've had 37 bridges collapse in 5 years!

[@petemavus2948]

@@sicsemperevellomortemtyran3193 Well you can only do so much with chop sticks.

[@preztjuswoman]

Thank God it was discovered before anyone was hurt or killed.

[@programmer437]

Without government who will keep you from unauthorized swimming lol

[@missbusiness1216]

When will the real estate board start holding its members accountable for these death traps?

[@ScottParisi]

While this is clearly irresponsible and wreckless, wouldn't the roof be designed to hold that kind of weight for winter snowfall?

[@dick8997]

There would never be 60 tons of snow in the foot print of that pool

[@GewelReal]

@Caraway few feet definitely

[@lovepeaceunique3905]

I’m from Williamsburg but this was ridiculous

[@goduson8742]

Then you and I know who DID IT

[@queenjatta2434]

@@goduson8742 sure do!

[@andrewDaMack]

@J Ygb LOL!

[@janiea997]

@@goduson8742 I'm from Williamsburg too and I had the same thought!🤦🏽‍♀️

[@sadiecali7522]

Nobody saw them carrying it in??or running the hose to fill it??....

[@stephaniel1981]

Did they fill it with rain water? A hose? And who or were did the water go when drained?

[@amma2x310]

Tragedy averted. Imagine if that roof would have collapsed! I wonder how many people knew it was there. It's huge.

[@savvy1856]

Wonder when we'll find out who the mastermind of this idea was. You'd think it's already common knowledge considering there aren't that many people living in the building.

[@JAYBODDY]

At no point no one thought , “ this could get someone killed, probably someone I like” . Idiots should be made an example of what not to do

[@searchanddiscover]

The sampoong mall collapse really needs be taught to people as it’s a good example of what happens when u add heavy things to a roof without proper calculations.

[@kalvinsampson2043]

Reporters: How the get that pool up there…? Residents: don’t worry bout it, “Brooklyn son”

[@SC-pe9ir]

Those pools come in a box, that's how it got up there

[@johnmichaelkarma]

That's one dedicated Amazon driver. Hope they tipped him.

[@HatianHurricane]

Williamsburg did not only get gentrified, it got Manhattanified. Those people out there think that they're in Manhattan and can do whatever they want because they are entitled! They even came up with a name for the original people who are still there, they call them leftovers. That's how entitled and disrespectful they are! Mannnnnnnnn, people just don't know!!!!

[@Signingman]

If you've ever had even a small 20 gallon fish tank, you'd know how insanely heavy water is.

[@Westbird1]

isn't water 8lbs a gallon? (I know I know look it up)

[@petemavus2948]

But 30 people can't fit in a 20 gallon tank.

[@JimsEquipmentShed]

A fifteen-foot-round filled above-ground pool weighs around 43,000 lbs, (21 tons) so they are saying this one weighs in at 120,000 lbs (60 tons) ?????

[@vaughnalexander32]

that shit look lit, whoever snitched must've not been let in

[@rain0069]

I think it's a nice add on

[@djanthony9974]

Or just concerned about the safety of other people and did it want anyone to get hurt or worse lol.

[@wakkosick6525]

Every thing is illegal. EVERYTHING!! So whats the point in following all these rules. There are no rules, only consequences.

[@michaelmiyagi1348]

In this case the roof can cave in and people can die. There’s restrictions. You can have a pool on the rooftop but it would need to be approved but the city.

[@wakkosick6525]

@@michaelmiyagi1348 in this case a bunch of people decideed to take a risk. Someone else decied that they didn't like that risk. Now people will be kidnapped and robbed of money. But its ok because Freedumb.

[@Usrnamntfund]

@@wakkosick6525 take the risk of the roof possibly collapsing and killing everyone below it… yea it’s cool to take risk when ppl lives will be in danger right?

[@wakkosick6525]

@FN-1701AgentGodzillaRangerPrime Ω You don't get to write on paper and decide the consequence. And you never really know the full extent of your actions.

[@justbeyondthemath4559]

wow. That is dangerous. The snow load in that area is probably about 20 pounds per square foot. One foot of water exceeds that by 3 times the safe limit. 3 feet of water exceeds the safe load by 10 times. Lucky nobody was killed.

[@smokeldogg]

What kind of jail cell do they have that can hold an illegal pool?

[@stover954rr]

This is why every one of my students gets taught that a gallon of water weighs 8.3333 lbs. It's good life knowledge.

[@seangrowsthings7396]

That was crazy dangerous! The roof was still damaged even though it didn’t collapse.

[@SundownFarms2024]

These news casters, notice I didn’t say journalist, could not be dumber. These literally come in a box.

[@aestheticallyy]

is that a roddy ricch reference?

[@juggaknot171]

that's what happens when they want to gentrify the neighborhood... privilege goes overboard and luckily it didn't go through the roofs too!

[@cynthiagildea-dixon314]

I don't remember if it was China ....I think... but somebody spent years building a literal Mini mountain mansion with a pool on the roof of his penthouse....it's on here if you look up "illegal mountain on roof " ...ppl are crazy

[@napalmsf]

No one noticed it being built? Did anyone get to swim in it? So many questions

[@petemavus2948]

It made me so nervous I wet my trunks but I swear I didn't go in 😃

[@heylinspongesprite]

As illegal as it was, I’m genuinely impressed that someone managed to haul all that equipment up there and successfully build a pool at all without professional help.

[@tonybarracuda3505]

So simple to install a moron could do it, ,,,,,,,,, so if YOU want to do it you should definitely call a professional

[@joenathan8059]

You literally can't have shit in the city bro

[@heilzelynsky9746]

Mayor Adam's has a pool, jaccuzi, movie theater, and balcony.

[@Usrnamntfund]

@@heilzelynsky9746 does he have his pool illegally on a rooftop of a building ?

[@heilzelynsky9746]

@@Usrnamntfund No, it's on stolen Native American land

[@Davett53]

I think back to the 1970s, when many young people had water beds in their apartments. They were king sized sacks of water, and the must have weighed a shit load. Certainly most apartment bedrooms weren't designed to have 800 pound vinyl bags of water in them. But most people rented suites in old apartments built in the 1920s. I always wondered if that was stressful to floors & construction.

[@alwaysyouramanda]

My gym wasn’t built to be a gym and there are holes in the second story floor where people slammed the weights. From the first floor looking up, you can see stress fractures along every horizontal beam. Just hoping I’m not up there when it comes down. Excited for the class action lawsuit coming

[@JMosUndefeated]

60 tones before people are added to the pool and surrounding rooftop. Someone saved lives by stopping that.

[@erich6860]

That is a lot of weight for the roof of a building.

[@michaelroe8547]

Hey a pool was worth the risk…….i admire this effort.

[@sunnydelight5255]

Killing people and going to prison 50 years + over a pool is really worth the risk?

[@michaelroe8547]

@@sunnydelight5255 only the top floor people…and most buildings aren’t set right to the roof…most of that water would dissipate through large openings etc…sure tons of damage but lose of life very minimal….

[@rain0069]

I don't understand the issue.... check it out and upgrade, keep.it

[@oliverjabroni9912]

Thank you for reporting on the real issues in America. I find myself wondering, will the pool be filled back up with water? Is it saltwater or chlorinated? I don’t want to pick sides, I will wait for the real-time chopper updates to form an opinion.

[@savidwatkins9014]

All apartments, condos, buildings, dwellings all should have pools. That was amazing but could have been a disaster imagine the tenant(s) living below that pool if it collapsed or hole in the pool.

[@purselmer5931]

You're kidding, right? All dwellings should have a pool? Buildings built well before personal pools were invented or readily available in an area that literally has no room for them? And the insurance on a pool is sky high. You think lifeguards should be required too? Or is it "swim at your own risk" type of thing? Drowning is one of, if not the highest cause of death for toddlers. Think about what a nightmare this would be.

[@GewelReal]

@@purselmer5931 yeet da baby

[@xxskitsxx15]

All that equipment... Dude that's a diy Coleman pool with side poles... 🤦‍♂️

[@kurtg3891]

the roof did not collapse with 60 additional tons of water , i would give the builder an engineering degree alot faster than i would most others working who are legally licensed in the city !

[@noahempcannabis8312]

The things people do on their own. Imagine if the roof caved in and drowned everyone including the rats that built it.

[@almaestrada3595]

The rats 😁😂😄

[@tanyap203]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 THEY DID A GREAT JOB MOVING SMOOTH WITH ALL THAT EQUIPMENT, AND NO EYES DETECTED. THEY STARTED FROM THE FIRST FLOOR, TOO THE 22ND FLOOR ROOF TOP😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Freight elevator 😭😭😭😭

[@audraarndt1824]

Freight

[@davidswanson5669]

Leave it to a chick to ask how they “got all that equipment up there”, because any guy (you know, the humans who build the world) knows that it comes in manageably sized pieces that you put together.

[@christaylor4477]

I'm a roofer. 22 years. Imagine you call me because 2 feet of snow is heavy and you need it shoveled off. Now this is just crazy 😂

[@b-bopeddie1290]

Not REALLY

[@cjlarson4553]

Roofs aren’t designed for any weight but a roof! Look at the Brazil pool collapse. So water is unimaginably heavy. Major support beams would have to be installed at least……still no

[@alicekat11]

Stupid for that be illegal without a contractor. That’s why I can’t stand nyc. It’s like a big zoo full of regulations with filth and the criminally insane everywhere. Smh. Let them live

[@writtenhousesecurity6499]

Stupid people are why there are regulations. And NYC leads the nation in stupid . So it makes sense they have the most regulations.

[@alicekat11]

@@carymarshallfelton9188 I’ve been to legal roof top parties off of union square with no gate around the perimeter lol. I mean you pay a mile high rent value & live in one of the most dangerous cities in the world. A pool should be the least of their worries but w.e

[@jamescaliendo1030]

@@alicekat11 I bet you just park your car where ever you feel like it too.

[@antmck99]

@@alicekat11 Hey Kat? If you dont know about building structures, dont comment please

[@sct4040]

You are an i …..

[@pcdrumz187]

Imagine if the city was this quick to arrest actual criminals or human shit on the ground. No. They go after pool parties.

[@bluedesks6629]

Can't have no fun no more

[@johnsmith-bk4ps]

Those fools risked everyone inthat building

[@jsteganius6969]

Let then fill it halfway. Let people get in there and be cool and 😊 be happy 😊

[@albertoasia7251]

I’m not even worried about the pool being on the roof. My question is why do they make it sound like the roof should’ve Collapse are the construction workers not doing their job right on making the building strong enough?

[@joemansfield6352]

I say keep the pool