No Parking for Phony Fire Hydrant

Residents of a Park Avenue building, apparently tired of cars stopping outside their canopied front door, allegedly took matters into their own hands and planted a phony fire hydrant when the sidewalk was repaved.

“Our understanding is that the 925 (Park Ave.) people put it in to reserve space in front of their building,” said Bill Andrews, a spokesman for the Bureau of Water Supply.

But by Thursday, the fire hydrant that was stuck into the wet concrete last Friday was gone.

When an inspector with the bureau, acting on a tip, went to the luxury co-op apartment building Wednesday night to investigate, the doorman assured him it would be removed within two hours, Andrews said.