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With buses running and the city beginning to clear trees and debris from our streets, it’s getting somewhat easier to get around – but please continue to use caution. A lot of people have been asking about ways to help our neighbors in Brooklyn who were worse off than we
While we wait for the subway system [/blog/transportation/subway-system-may-be-down-a-while-bq-tracks-in-ditmas-park-are-blocked] to get going, is anyone going to try to get out of Ditmas Park by bus? Neighbor Kate, who is hoping to get to Manhattan for work, asked for some advice, seeing that she’s “apprehensive about it given the
Wishing all our neighbors a peaceful night.
One of the many things postponed by Hurricane Sandy is the 78 Precinct Community Council meeting, originally scheduled for tonight, which will instead be held on Tuesday, November 13 at 7:30pm at the 78 Precinct meeting room at 65 6th Avenue. Normally it’s a great chance to meet
The subway system could remain closed for some time, according to the MTA and the Mayor. “There is extensive flooding in all under river subway tunnels. That’s going to be a big problem,” said Mayor Michael Bloomberg at a press conference this morning. “There’s no firm timeline for
We have gotten so many reports of downed trees and tree limbs in the neighborhood that we’ve put together this interactive map to share exactly where they are. This should include all the emails, Tweets [https://twitter.com/DPCornerblog], comments, Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/DitmasParkCorner] mentions, etc., but
As we are currently in the worst part of the storm, which is expected to be at its peak in New York City overnight and into tomorrow morning. In addition to hearing about another [/blog/news/massive-tree-down-on-garfield] tree down on Garfield, and word that the subways may be down all
Cable
Several neighbors (including all of your Ditmas Park Corner bloggers) reported losing their Optimum internet connection as of about 6pm Monday, but it appears to be back now. The area we heard about ranged from Albemarle to the LIRR tracks, Ocean Ave to Coney Island Ave. Some neighbors said they
That big tree that fell across Garfield [/blog/news/massive-tree-down-on-garfield] earlier today was just the beginning. Here are some more photos of Hurricane Sandy’s early damage around the neighborhood. The Fish & Sip sign is down, notes amyzroeder [http://instagram.com/p/RX453WDhnx/]. Nathan Sadeghi-Nejad [https://twitter.com/natesadeghi/
As the worst part of Hurricane Sandy reaches Brooklyn, there’s a chance we might lose power (you can track Con Ed outages at this map [http://apps.coned.com/stormcenter_external/default.html]). If that happens, we should still be able to post neighborhood updates on Twitter [https://twitter.
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A massive tree just fell across Garfield between 6th and 7th Avenues, causing damage to a couple of parked cars, and making the street impassible to traffic. Guys, this is just the edge of the storm – we’re expected wind gusts up to 75 miles per hour [http://www.wunderground.
https://twitter.com/AnandWrites/status/262909064714014720 > Smokers and joggers are the only ones on the streets in Park Slope Brooklyn. — agnes crane (@agnestcrane) October 29, 2012 [https://twitter.com/agnestcrane/status/262886135078977538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] > Back from a stroll in Park Slope. Getting easier to distinguish leftover