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Sewers

A collection of 12 issues

New Sewers Bring Much Needed Drainage To Coney Island

Courtesy of NYC Department of Design and ConstructionA project to expand storm sewers and increase drainage capacity in Coney Island — a neighborhood hard hit by Superstorm Sandy — is on track to be completed by March, two months ahead schedule. The $27.7 million project on parts of West 21st Street

Cymbrowitz, Golden Push Insurance Reforms Through Albany To Protect Sandy-Affected Homeowners

Photo by Leon LipkovichGovernor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill into law [https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-signs-legislation-support-homeowners-impacted-superstorm-sandy] Thursday, the third anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, designed to regulate insurance claims related to sewer backups that occur during storms. The law requires the Department of Financial Services to examine and make

Councilman Mathieu Eugene & Neighbors Urge DEP To Address Flooding In Our Community

Councilman Eugene, representatives from the city DEP and neighbors met Wednesday to discuss problems with flooding. Photo courtesy of Councilman Mathieu Eugene’s office.Following years of problems with flooding in our area, Councilman Mathieu Eugene [http://council.nyc.gov/d40/html/members/home.shtml] and neighbors told the city

Neighbors Join Forces To Voice Concerns About $126 Million, Nine-Story Development On Caton Place

72 Caton Place. Photo via Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/place/72+Caton+Pl,+Brooklyn,+NY+11218/@40.649834,-73.972482,3a,90y,163h,90t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sU200pjXe7VnqyV709AHMaw!2e0!4m2!3m1!1s0x89c25b24a1285753:0x6c7eea3d4063a374!6m1!1e1] After area residents received the news in February that a nine-story

Tell The City About Your Sewer Backups In The “City Speaks” Survey

This is one survey every homeowner, business owner, and resident in the neighborhood should fill out, if only for a chance to fix all those corners you might have in your area that back up and flood every time it rains. The survey’s results will help inform the upcoming

Sewer Work Continues On Westminster Road Until Friday

Remember that sewer work last week [/blog/transportation/no-parking-on-westminster-during-sewer-repair-this-week] that kept you from parking on Westminster Road between Cortelyou and Dorchester? Turns out it’s still going on. We noticed signs posted on Westminster this morning extending from Cortelyou halfway down to Ditmas Avenue–but a lot of cars were

Sewer Work Tears Up 5th Avenue

Fifth Avenue between 7th and 8th Streets is going to be tough to navigate for drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians for a bit, as crews work on a sewer installation project. Workers taking a break in the shade this afternoon weren’t sure how long the project will take, but according

Part of Ditmas Ave Undergoing Sewer Work

Ditmas Avenue between Coney Island Ave and Westminster will be closed for at least another couple of days for sewer repair, according to workers we spoke with this afternoon. Drivers can’t access that portion of the street during the work, but neighbors who live on the affected blocks will

Fixing Flooding on Argyle Road

If you’ve ever been on Argyle Road after a bad storm, you’ve witnessed the twin lakes that consistently form on Avenue H and Glenwood Road. As pictured above, the flooding extends further to Foster Avenue and beyond. Alfred and Alison from Midwood Martial Arts [http://www.midwoodmartialarts.com]

Flooding Sewage on Cortelyou?

Really gross situation on Cortelyou between Rugby and Marlborough this evening, reports neighbor Michael McWatters [http://asddad.com/], who sent these photos. “Flooded sidewalk with what smells like sewage!” he said. “People were gagging when walking by.” Does this mean that whatever work they were doing on the sewers recently