Will pop-up Dumpster pools return to NYC streets this summer? By FOX 5 NY Staff Published article Dumpsters repurposed as mini-pools on Park Avenue during Summer Streets in August 2010. (Courtesy of NYC Transportation Department) NEW YORK - One candidate for mayor wants to win the hearts and minds of New Yorkers by giving fun, quirky things to do in the streets: like go for a dip inside a Dumpster. City Comptroller Scott Stringer released a plan for what he calls Summer in the City, which would have the city install pop-up pools in neighborhoods disproportionately impacted by heat and lacking in green spaces. The mini pools would be in the form of repurposed Dumpsters, which the city has already done in Manhattan in 2010 and in Brooklyn Bridge Park in 2013.