Our man with cam has been out and about, surveying the damage in our neighborhood. Video after the jump.
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The Montague Street BID shares sanitation collection info with Brooklyn Heights’ residents & businesses: “DSNY will be on 12-hour split shifts, 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Tuesday. We will be picking up refuse and recycling, but encourage citizens to put waste out Tuesday morning to prevent cans blowing in the wind. Crews will also be deployed for debris cleanup.”
In addition, BID cautions: “Be mindful that downed wires can be hidden by tree limbs, leaves and water. Report all downed wires to Con Edison, 311 and local police.” Report an Electric Service Problem/Check Status here. For information about Hurricane Sandy, the City of New York’s Office of Emergency Management’s website is here.
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As the Sandy leaves Brooklyn, we look to the one, the only Barry Manilow for our post-storm anthem. So crank it up!
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Jane’s Carousel surrounded by water and many other Tweets and observations of Sandy’s wrath upon Brooklyn are part of the Brooklyn Bugle’s Tale of the Tweets. Updated all day, check it out here. Also check out Homer’s Tour Video diary of the storm which will be updated regularly today, too. (Photo via @dumbonyc)
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A walk along Montague Street from end to end around 7 a.m. Tuesday morning revealed no broken windows or fallen limbs. The worst damage is a busted lighted sign at TD Bank at the corner of Court Street. All along the corridor, newspaper boxes were tossed about like cardboard, including a couple that were outright smashed. Otherwise, Montague Street checks out a-okay. More pics below. (CT)
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A formidable tree limb is down along the Promenade at the Remsen Street entrance. Around Montague Street and Montague Terrace early Tuesday, other tree damage appears minimal. CBS 2 is reporting that winds reached 65 mph Monday night. Please share any information about downed trees you’re seeing in the neighborhood… (CT)
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An explosion at a Con Edison substation before 9 p.m. Monday has left much of lower Manhattan in the dark and knocked out power to about 310,000 customers. Here’s the eerie scene at 6 a.m. Tuesday, where among the only lights surrounding the Wall Street horizon beckon the WTC site. (CT)
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Flooded Subway Tunnels Could Disrupt Service For Long Period
October 30, 2012Salt water inundation of subway tunnels between Brooklyn and Manhattan, which could include the 2/3, 4/5, A/C, F, and N/R lines serving Borough Hall, Clark Street, High Street, Jay Street-Metro Tech, York Street, and Court Street, could suspend service on those lines for an as yet undetermined period of time, according to this CBS News article. We’ll keep you posted on developments.
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FDNY is arriving on scene at 360 Furman St., reporting what sounds to be an electrical fire in the basement. More info to follow.
UPDATE: FD monitoring an “electrical condition” as well as an oil leak in the boiler room, caused by “rising water.” More to follow.
UPDATE, 11:58 P.M.: The chief has requested an engine company equipped with a dry chemical agent known as Purple-K, used when water is not appropriate to control a fire (as it would not be in this case.)
FINAL, 12:07 A.M.: FD is holding with five units and placing the situation under-control. No evacuations were necessary. Busy night all around Brooklyn, with a 2nd alarm in Red Hook occupying many of our resources. Engine 205 has been sent to southern Brooklyn to assist with the operations out there.
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We’ve received reports of downed trees all along Poplar Street from C.F.:
Basically every tree behind 55 poplar lining the garden and behind the parking lot is down, one has fallen on a VW, smashed windshield in one corner. Tree from behind 55 poplar fence fell over onto hicks street partially obstructing the street. Also on far corner – hicks and service road of bqe – partially fallen tree. It’s like the end of the world. The ground is completely covered with leaves and debris. Things flying all over. Sirens blaring in the distance. It’s crazy.
Photos of the downed trees:
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