Pics: Endlessly Spinning Whirlpool Arrives In Brooklyn Bridge Park

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — An infinite spiral of water and art arrived in Brooklyn Bridge Park this week and will be available for contemplation all summer long.

The whirlpool, aptly entitled Descension, comes courtesy of the renowned and prolific sculptor Anish Kapoor and the Public Art Fund. It’s located next to the ferry dock on Pier 1 and accessible from the park's Old Fulton Street entrance.

The waters in the 26-foot-wide whirlpool have been treated with black dye to create the illusion of a hole with infinite depths. It is surrounded by a railing to discourage viewers from diving into those depths, which are not actually infinite.

Kapoor’s art has appeared across the globe, but his last exhibit to grace New York City was in 2006 when the Public Art Fund presented Sky Mirror — a 35-foot-wide concave mirror installation outside Rockefeller Center.

Descension will remain in Brooklyn Bridge Park through the summer until September 10.

Photos courtesy of James Ewing/Public Art Fund, NY