Heres the story behind the mysterious balloons floating in Grand Central Station

Grand Central is poppin’. A series of mysterious giant balloons have been floating above the daily frenzy of rushing commuters and wide-eyed tourists in the station’s iconic Main Concourse for months – spurring many passersby to do a double take. The inflatables have included a bright red heart-shaped balloon; a star emblazoned with “USA” and another in the shape of the No.3, as some visitors are left wondering if they were released intentionally in a social media stunt or for some other unknown reason.

The puzzling installation 125 feet up has sparked plenty of hot air among travelers, whose reactions have ranged from amused to annoyed to simply blown away. “Whatever is going around, someone needs to look up there – and it gives you a lot of hope,” said a Queens resident who stopped to take a photo of the heart-shaped balloon. “I love it.I think we all need a lot of love right now,” said the woman, who only gave the name Bhumika. Eve Shafer, a 16-year-old tourist from Westport, Connecticut, noted that the balloons “change the aesthetic but don’t ruin it.” “I think it’s really pretty and I feel like it’s kind of like accidental art in Grand Central,” Shafer told The Post. Additionally, “I think it’s really cool that it’s been here for so long,” she continued, referring to the heart-shaped balloon, which has been a mainstay inside the terminal for months. Jessica Van Der Hoorn, a Netherlands native, said she’d seen the heart-shaped balloon featured in social media videos before coming to the station – and guessed that it ended up on the picturesque ceiling as an accident. “I think it’s more of a little child with a balloon, it slipped out of her hands and it’s now stuck on the ceiling.

That’s what I pictured,” she said. Van Der Hoorn was correct: all of the balloons seen in the terminal so far this year, including the popular heart-shaped one, have been the result of “accidents,” according to a G...