5-year-old boy hospitalized after nearly drowning at Brooklyn public pool

WILLIAMSBURG, Brooklyn (WABC) -- A young boy is in the hospital after he nearly drowned at a public pool in Brooklyn.

The five-year-old was pulled from the McCarren Park Pool in Williamsburg around 7 p.m. Sunday.

He was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive.

The Parks Department shut down the pool for the night.

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