A Little Italy man with a taste for thrills has turned the polluted and Staten Island Ferry-littered waters of the Upper New York Bay into his very own sanctuary.

Sante Scardillo, who declined to give his age but admitted he qualifies for an MTA discount, swims in the choppy waters of the bay from June through November in nothing but his bathing suit and a swim cap.

“Sometimes two,” he told the Post, “if it’s a very cold day.”

A boat full of people recently yelled out to the real-life Cosmo Kramer as they sped by, telling him they almost didn’t see him.

“Well, you did see me!” he yelled back, recalling the exchange ahead of his final swim of the season Saturday.

While swimming in New York waterways is not encouraged , it’s not illegal either.

The Italian native began swimming dai

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