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RED HOOK – Despite the driving rain on Sunday, hundreds of locals turned out for Red Hook’s fourth annual Barnacle Parade [https://www.facebook.com/barnacleparade/], a fun community event that commemorates the anniversary of Hurricane Sandy hitting the waterfront neighborhood and celebrates its resilient, tenacious residents. Barnacle Parade 2017,
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In the 5 years since Sandy [/?s=sandy], Southern Brooklyn has steadily built back from the damage that was wrought. While not everything [/5-years-since-sandy-coney-island-community-center-still-not-repaired/] is all the way back, much progress has been made. Here are just some of the promising developments and deals to be had in the heart
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The haphazard construction site at the Surfside Gardens Community Center in Coney Island (Kyle Kucharski / BKLYNER)CONEY ISLAND – This October marks the five-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy’s destructive landfall here in New York, yet some areas of the city seem to have been more neglected in recovery efforts. The
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NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island. (Photo/Zainab Iqbal)CONEY ISLAND – When disasters strike, community hospitals become more important than ever – it’s where neighbors know to go for help, where the pharmacy has life-saving medications when all the others are closed, and, where we hope the lights will not go
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RED HOOK – Few neighborhoods in Brooklyn were hit as hard by Superstorm Sandy as Red Hook. Below we talked to residents and businesses about then and now, and whether they feel ready should another storm strike. A street in Red Hook after Hurricane Sandy (Photo courtesy of Scott Pfaffman and
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October 29 marks the five year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy. BKLYNER interviewed local business owners who were affected by the historic storm about their experiences and lessons learned. Jane’s Carousel flooded by Hurricane Sandy (Photo Credit: Ana Andjelic, courtesy of Jane Walentas)DUMBO – After more than 25 years of
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Council Member Mark Treyger of the 47th District (Photo via Council Member Treyger’s Office)Five years on from Hurricane Sandy, a new task force will prepare New York City for future natural disasters. Yesteday, on Tuesday, October 16, the City Council voted unanimously on Councilmember Mark Treyger’s (47th
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October 29 marks the five year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy. BKLYNER interviewed local business owners who were affected by the historic storm about their experiences and lessons learned. Photo courtesy of PowerHouseDUMBO – The PowerHouse Arena [https://www.powerhousearena.com/] was one of the pioneering businesses in DUMBO—the picturesque, waterfront
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Council Member Mark Treyger of the 47th District (Photo via Council Member Treyger’s Office)With the 5-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy approaching, City Council Member Mark Treyger has called for the creation of a new Hurricane Sandy Recovery Task Force. Council Member Treyger, of the 47th District, is chair
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CITY HALL – Seeking answers to the ongoing disenrollment of participants from the Build It Back program for Hurricane Sandy relief, the Committee for Recovery and Resiliency held an oversight meeting yesterday, September 26. “The program claims to have served 98% of the remaining 8,300 families, [and] we are gravely
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A home in Seagate after Sandy. (Photo by Erica Sherman)Brooklyn knows the devastation of a major storm. Many neighborhoods are still being rebuilt, 5 years on from Sandy, and our hearts go out to the residents affected by Hurricane Harvey that tore though Texas this weekend. “Currently, the relief
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A rendering of proposed improvements to Six Diamonds Park, to benefit residents in times of storm and peace. (Photo via Arcadis/Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects)In anticipation of future climate change events, the New York City Economic Development Corporation and the Mayor’s Office of Recovery and Resiliency commissioned design