Inflatable Summer Shark in Brooklyn

There is a certain home at the junction of the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, and Columbia Street Waterfront District that likes to place seasonal and holiday-themed inflatable decorations outside for the enjoyment of passers-by. This home has provided many articles to this humble online writing magazine, which I listed and linked to in my post on their 2025 inflatable Mother’s Day bouquet (which reappeared in 2026). But for today’s article, I want to take readers back to July 31, 2025, when I published an article on the home’s inflatable bikini-clad gnome, which I took as a peculiar summer-themed decoration. Would the bikini gnome return this year? I will note that I have seen repeats over the years, most notably an Easter Egg creature which has become an annual fixture. The bikini gnome did not reappear. But something which rivals it in oddness has stepped in for summer 2026. I will pretend that I saw the reflection when I was taking the photo. That, my fair…