Artist behind Bed-Stuy fire hydrant fish pond sentenced in shooting case

Founder of Brooklyn street aquarium sentenced to 12 years for 2023 shooting

A Brooklyn man known for creating a makeshift aquarium under a leaking fire hydrant on a Bedford-Stuyvesant sidewalk was sentenced Friday for a 2023 shooting that took place just steps from where visitors would later delight in the school of goldfish. Hajj Malik Lovick was given 12 years in prison for wounding Andre McNeil on June 15, 2023 outside a bar on Tompkins Ave. near Hancock St., around the corner from where Lovick and others would later…

Bed-Stuy aquarium cofounder sentenced for attempted murder

The fate of the viral aquarium is unclear.

Bed-Stuy aquarium co-founder built viral NYC fish pond while out on bail for attempted murder — and is now headed to prison

One of the founders of the Bed-Stuy "aquarium" built the beloved sidewalk fish pond while out on bail in an attempted murder case -- for which he was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Friday.

Artist behind Bed-Stuy fire hydrant fish pond sentenced in shooting case

Editor's Note: This video was originally published on Nov. 1, 2024. NEW YORK (PIX11) -- Hajj-Malik Lovick, an artist known for creating the viral fire hydrant fish pond in Bedford-Stuyvesant last year, was sentenced Friday to several years in prison for attempted murder and illegal possession of a firearm. The sentence stems from a shooting that occurred in the neighborhood on June 15, 2023. More Local News Lovick was involved in a dispu…

Founder of Brooklyn street aquarium sentenced to 12 years for 2023 shooting - New York Times Post

A Brooklyn man known for creating a makeshift aquarium under a leaking fire hydrant on a Bedford-Stuyvesant sidewalk was sentenced Friday for a 2023 shooting that took place just steps from where visitors would later delight in the school of goldfish. Hajj Malik Lovick was given 12 years in prison for wounding Andre McNeil on June 15, 2023 outside a bar on Tompkins Ave. near Hancock St., around the corner from where Lovick and others would later…

Co-creator of Bed-Stuy Aquarium sentenced to prison for attempted murder • Brooklyn Paper

The co-creator of the infamous Bed-Stuy Aquarium was sentenced to prison for attempted murder on Friday.  Bed-Stuy resident Hajj Lovick, 48, was convicted after trial last month for shooting a man in the leg outside a Bed-Stuy bar in the summer of 2023. On Jan. 3, he was sentenced in Brooklyn Supreme Court to 12 years in prison and five years of probation for attempted murder, attempted assault, assault, reckless endangerment, criminal possessio…