Apologies: Until November 7, I will be away in Ohio in a long- scheduled trip planned before anyone heard of Sandy. I will try to keep the info below up to date, but apologies if it lags fast-changing events. -EF .
LIMITED SUBWAYS FROM BROOKLYN TO MANHATTAN RESUME SERVICE
SUNDAY NOV. 4 Some subway service has returned linking Manhattan and Brooklyn. However, post Sandy, nothing is yet normal, so check the MTA service advisories to see what trains and subways are running, where they terminate, and how to plan to get to work and back on Monday. Leave extra time for your commute. FRIDAY, NOV 2.News Flash: NY Daily News leaks the possibility that we may get "limited" subway service between Manhattan and Brooklyn on all bridges. Expect "significant sections" to remain disabled, notably below 34th St. Buses are running. It remains to be seen if the free shuttles from Barclays Center, Jay St. Metrotech and Hewes will resume. Fares have been waived through tonight, but over the weekend you will have to pay fares again.
Emergency food and water distribution, though inadequate to the need, has been set up in Red Hook and Coney Island. 36,000 brooklyn customers remain without electrical power. (Please see other posts on this blog for details )
Many people are cycling for transportation. Please drive safely.
School finally resumes on Monday, Nov 5, but there is no school on Election Day, Tues. Nov 6. Kids in submerged or hurricane battered schools will be temporarily reassigned. Kids in schools that are sharing space with folks in hurricane shelters, well, thats tricky but the Dept. of. Ed, in its infinite wisdom, will work something out.
There are Herculean efforts underway to resolve the gas crisis. NYS, Homeland Security and others have gotten involved.
Also continue to stay out of the parks until further notice,possibly this weekend. Unbelievably, the race will go on; thousands of Marathoners to run thru the 5 boros on Marathon Sunday. For earlier posts, starting Monday October 29, see 2012 Hurricane Sandy Log.
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Thanks for the heads up. Might I also add that people should stick up on water and batteries. Secure your windows. Charge your cellphones, make sure u have a landline phone, and flashlights. Prepare, but don’t be scared. However, don’t go places you don’t have to
Yes, what is with the no Brooklyn coverage?! We’ve evacuated, but seeing the flooding and the news and wondering how Brooklyn is doing is nerve-shredding- especially with the occasional youtube video I can dig up!
Hi. I think everyone was just staying indoors. More will come out for sure. Red Hook had waist high water. Lots of flooding issues. 2 Ditmas Park residents killed by a falling tree when out for a walk.The only good new s is that is over and most of Bklyn didn’t lose power. But getting to work will be another issue.
A warehouse in Sunset Park burst into flames? Is there more information on this? My business is in a warehouse in Sunset Park!
Hi. I was offline (long night, had to take a nap) but can try to find out. Or have you?
Correction: I just called the press office of the NY Fire Department and it was a commercial fire at a recycling plant at 11 PM but located at 6th Street and 2nd Ave not 60th St. Apologies.
2 families members live 2816 West 36th St., no word from either of them since 10 PM. we are in SC. how can we find out if they are okay. last word we got was they lost everything, including their wallet
Go to this address: http://gis.nyc.gov/oem/he/index.html and plug in your family members address. You can see it is in a Flood Zone A, which was manditorily evacuated. Suggest you cal 311, give them this address and find out what the evacuation center hub would be. I imagine their belongings and home might be impacted by flooding, but for sure they were urged to leave. 311 is your first step. Open 24/7 but be patient, they will be swamped with callers.
okay, we just heard from our family. they are safe other then losing everything
Any more info on Warehouse fire? Where is this information coming from? can someone please post more significant sources. A lot of us stuck who can’t get down there and have business there in a warehouse! THANKS!
i can’t believe you called 9/11 an environmental event!?!
My apologies for stating it poorly. I’ve written a lot about 9/11 (see Memorials for instance). But in addition to being a terrorist attack, 9/11 was also an environmental assault, evidenced by months and years of clean up. It was that latter aspect of 9/11 which I was comparing to the hurricane. EF
Checking on family in Brooklyn around the area of Neptune Ave. in Brighton Beach Brooklyn right outside of Coney Island. Hope they are all ok! Does anyone have any info about that area?
Go to this address: http://gis.nyc.gov/oem/he/index.html and plug in your family members address. I believe it is in a Flood Zone A, which was evacuated. Suggest you call 311, give them this address and find out what the evacuation center hub would be.
Can someone tell me if power has been restored to all of Brooklyn? Also is sprint
service down in the Brooklyn area
Power may be back by weekend
How safe is the tap water in Greenpoint to drink?
New York City’s drinking water comes from reservoirs upstate so although Newtown Creek near Greenpoint is polluted (and I wouldn’t go swimming there, for instance) I don’t believe there is a problem with the drinking water. You can always purify the water if you are worried, but these questions might be best addressed to the NY Health Dept. But I think it’s probably fine bec of the source.
I just found through this site tht my mother is in flood zone A, she lives on the 5th floor of the apartment complex which is attached to a small grocery store on neptune, across from a school and close to the entrance of Sea Gate. Shes wheel chair bound and a diabetic. Im in Texas and have no clue how to get thru to anyone to see if shes there or needs help rrom being stranded. I dont think the 311 number works from Texas. God bless you all.
I wasn’t sure what the answer was here so I researched it and wrote an article about how to find someone in an evacuation shelter. It won’t be easy from a distance. Here’s how you access 311 from afar. http://brooklyn.about.com/od/government/a/New-York-City-S-311-Line-An-Information-Butler-To-Help-You-Navigate-Nyc.htm
Also:
Click here: http://brooklyn.about.com/od/Hurricanes-Storms-Earthquakes/a/4-Steps-To-Finding-Someone-In-A-Brooklyn-Emergency-Evacuation-Shelter.htm
Why all that amount of redundant and unnecessary informtion on a site that is supposed to GET TO THE BOTTOM LINE on matters pertinent to trains/transportation etc?
Hi there, this is Max in Kortrijk, Belgium
I cannot contact my partner, no answer on land line or mobile. I am getting very worried now. Could someone next to her could pay a visit, and revert to me by email or phone (011 32 494 76 66 56). She is Mrs Patricia McDonald, 2030 E 89St, 11229.
By advance thank you
I don’t think that’s the correct address. If you go here to the New York City agency that identifies high risk zones for floods, it doesn’t accept this address. http://gis.nyc.gov/oem/he/index.htm
In any event if she is in the flood zone, she probably is not at her home, and there are electrical power outages. If she is young and healthy she’s probably ok but unable to communicate easily. Hold on for a day or two. If you are concerned, I wrote an article about how to find someone in an evacuation shelter, but you need the correct address to begin with.
Click here: http://brooklyn.about.com/od/Hurricanes-Storms-Earthquakes/a/4-Steps-To-Finding-Someone-In-A-Brooklyn-Emergency-Evacuation-Shelter.htm
Has anyone heard about the federal prison right by gowanus bay? The address is 80 29th street in sunset park. I know it was in zone A however I haven’t heard from my fiancé who is there and I doubt they would have evacuated the inmates.
Is the area of Brooklyn around Verranzoo Briday (88th Street and 20th Avenue and along Shore Drive/Parkway flooded?
Red Hook, like Staten Island, has been virtually abandoned by Bloomberg. Guess he had too many meetings to take with the NYRRC. The marathon, apparently, was his #1 priority this past week. No power likely until Nov. 11th now, no reliable, efficient transportation, no heat, no hot water, limited food resources available. Bloomberg too busy pandering to Obama, the “climate change” nimrods, and the Upper West Side (unscathed by Hurricane Sandy) to bother with actual New Yorkers.