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Incompetent Water Main Replacement Is Flooding Their Homes, Park Slope Residents Say

The flooded basement of 104 Berkeley Place. Courtesy of the St. Johns Place Community Association.City’s water main replacement project is flooding their homes, Park Slope homeowners say, and they want the city to stop it. About 50 residents showed up to the St. John’s Place Community Association’

How Businesses Impacted By Monday’s Flooding Can Find Assistance

GOWANUS – After Monday’s downpour [/heavy-rain-floods-4th-avenue-businesses-monday-night/] flooded the basement of Colony [https://www.colony274.com] at 274 4th Avenue, business owner Kitty Hernandez was optimistic about reopening her bar/restaurant after cleaning up the lower level, but a visit from the NYC Department of Health [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/

P-LG Greenlight Bookstore Floods After Pipe Bursts

PROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDENS – Brooklyn’s beloved Greenlight Bookstore [http://www.greenlightbookstore.com] is recovering after a flood soaked nearly 1,000 titles at its 632 Flatbush Avenue outpost. Courtesy of Greenlight BookstoreA pipe burst in the space above the bookshop at approximately 6pm on Wednesday, sending streams of water down through

Flood Watch For South Shore Bays, Get Your Floaties Ready

Photo by Sean Egan/Sheepshead Bites.If you haven’t noticed yet, it is raining. Pretty hard. The U.S. National Weather Service has put out a coastal flood statement [http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/new-york-ny/10007/weather-warnings/349727] that will be in effect from 12pm until 4pm today.

Same Old Answers, No Relief From Sewage Backups And Flooding

Residents lining up to ask questions. By Lenore Fedow / Sheepshead Bites Councilman Chaim Deutsch held an open community forum last night at James Madison High School to address the flooding and sewage backups that tend to follow heavy rainfall [/trees-power-outages-reported-southern-brooklyn-flash-flood-photos/]. “We should not live in fear every time there’s

Three Reasons To Sign Up For A Free Rain Barrel

NYC Department of Environmental Protection rain barrel giveaway in St. Albans, Queens, June, 2015. (Photo: NYC DEP via flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/nycwater/18601245372/in/album-72157654301697551/] )Can a plastic tub save New York City? The humble rain barrel has a lot to offer — helping residents cut their water

Flashback Friday: Here Comes The ’22 Flood

Photo via Brooklyn Public Library [http://catalog.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/search~S64?/Xpark+slope&searchscope=64&SORT=DZ/Xpark+slope&searchscope=64&SORT=DZ&SUBKEY=park+slope/181%2C306%2C306%2CB/frameset&FF=Xpark+slope&searchscope=64&SORT=DZ&182%2C182%2C]

Frustrated Neighbors Find Few Answers About Projects To Protect Waterfronts From Flooding

Manhattan Beach Community Group member Shari Kaplan, left, standing next to officials from the Mayor’s Office of Recovery and Resiliency and the Department of Environmental Protection. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites) Frustrations boiled over at a Manhattan Beach Community Group meeting Tuesday when city officials showed up empty handed

Mayor’s Office Responds To Flooding Danger Of Brooklyn-Queens Streetcar Route

Courtesy of the Friends of the Brooklyn-Queens ConnectorMayor Bill de Blasio and his administration have been engaged in building significant momentum behind the planning and construction of the Brooklyn-Queens Connector streetcar (BQX), which would link Sunset Park’s burgeoning economic hub [/blog/business/swift-massive-renovations-industry-city-now-attracting-general-public/] with northern Brooklyn, terminating at Astoria,

Two Proposed Bridges For Brooklyn-Queens Streetcar Could Be Built In Flood Zone

Rendering of the proposed Brooklyn-Queens Connector streetcar, via Friends of the Brooklyn-Queens ConnectorAs Mayor Bill de Blasio continues to throw his support behind the construction of the Brooklyn-Queens streetcar (BQX), the administration has begun to discuss more details and logistics for the massive undertaking. According to the New York Times