“They need to fix the potholes,” Kenny Smith, a 41-year-old local man who uses a wheelchair, told The Post.

This latest blow to the popular attraction came after the small fish pond had already been cleared of its tiny inhabitants and dozens of goldfish died during an FDNY fire hydrant inspection earlier this week.

On Friday morning, caution tape and orange cones were placed around the still-wet concrete where the fish once swam.

“I don’t think it’s fair,” added 53-year-old construction worker Tyrone Johnson. “I think it’s very rude that they came and cemented it.”

Shonee Strother, 44, who works at a cafe down the road, even went so far as to call the move “domestic terrorism.”

The response came as the NYPD and several environmental protection workers stood nearby all morning waiting for the filled puddle to dry.

At one point, a local man, Roey Rozen, was given a warning by police after the 26-year-old stopped to scribble “fish pond” in the wet cement.

The fish pond was first created in August when a group of locals decided to release about 30 goldfish into the two-inch water that had accumulated in the hole due to the leaking fire hydrant.

The installation served as a community “beautification” project until Tuesday, when the FDNY shut off the hydrant, residents said.

The FDNY said at the time that firefighters were performing routine maintenance on the fire hydrant on Hanock Street.

But the bi-annual inspection resulted in dozens of nickel-sized goldfish falling to the sidewalk and dying, according to outraged locals.

The Post discovered a handful of dead fish scattered across the sidewalk by Wednesday.

Aquarius enthusiasts quickly banded together and spent the next few days redesigning the precious puddle to avoid future debacles.

Local contractor David Jones, who lives near the attraction, lined the base of the fire hydrant with a professional pond liner.

“We’re trying to make it waterproof so we don’t have to worry about it running all the time,” Jones told The Post late Wednesday.

“The fire department complained about the running water. Now we’re going to waterproof it.”

Before the cementing, locals had also planned in advance how they would keep the fish – and the makeshift aquarium – alive through the winter.

“We will install heaters. “Solar panels created heaters,” said Hajj-Malik Lovick, who helped build the fish puddle.

He added that organizers planned to erect a cover to prevent snow and freezing rain from affecting the pond's temperature.

It was not immediately clear when exactly the cement work was done or who ordered the move.

The Post contacted City Hall about the now-defunct pond but did not immediately receive a response.

Additional reporting by Craig McCarthy