bungalow colonies
Flooding on Lake Avenue (Photo by Missy Haggerty)While a rainy day for most of us is just a pain in the neck, it’s an absolute hazard in the Sheepshead Bay courts – the bungalow colonies lining the eastern end of Emmons Avenue. The below-street-level communities, which date back about
Floods
We received the above photo from Missy Haggerty, the Lake Avenue resident who helped lead dozens of neighbors to safety [/quick-thinking-bungalow-residents-and-landlord-with-heart-of-gold-rescue-neighbors-during-flooding/] out of the flooded corridor during Superstorm Sandy. Missy tells us the bungalow courts remain underwater even as most of the water from this morning’s flash floods [/photos-flash-floods-strike-southern-brooklyn-coastal-communities/
arthur nazarov
The only entrance to Lake Avenue became impassable once water started tumbling down from Emmons Avenue, and debris littered the alleyway.There is no shortage of heroes that came out of the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, but it seems everyone on Lake Avenue agrees that two quick thinking residents of