flooding Archives – amNewYork

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Brooklyn Paper

City to build ‘nature-based’ flash flood protections in Prospect Park

OMNY machines where a select group of Fair Fares users will be able to tap payment

Ask the MTA | OMNY payments, subway flooding, Grand Central Holiday Fair

Posted on November 8, 2025

Luna the puppy was rescued from a flooded basement after her owner passed away at 564 Kingston Avenue.

New York

Two die in basement flooding amid torrential NYC rainstorm, including man who tried to save his dogs

Posted on October 31, 2025

Scene from a past Columbus Day Parade

Holidays

Coastal storm washes out Columbus Day Parade in Midtown

Posted on October 13, 2025

Tony Fabiano surveys the damage caused to his store by flooding at the end of July. Photo: Shane O'Brien.

QNS

Little Neck drum school suffers extensive damage during July floods

QNS

FDNY, NYPD rescue drivers from flooding on Clearview Expressway in northeast Queens

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Brooklyn Paper

Locals split over proposed mixed-use development, Monitor Point, near Bushwick Inlet Park

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Weather

New York faces heat advisory, flood risk as city supports Texas flood recovery

Posted on July 8, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

City launches ‘Adopt-A-Catch-Basin’ pilot in Brooklyn, asking locals to help keep storm drains clear

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Brooklyn Paper

Construction of long-delayed Gowanus Canal CSO tank moves forward as city completes excavation

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Brooklyn Paper

City invests $390 million to overhaul Bushwick’s sewer system, tackle chronic flooding

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Brooklyn Paper

More than a decade after superstorm, Brooklyn Navy Yard receives $28M in FEMA funding for Sandy-related repairs

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Brooklyn Paper

As Gowanus rezoning takes shape, locals move to form BID to protect biz, longtime residents

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QNS

Completion of $139M infrastructure project in College Point brings 14 miles of upgraded water mains and sewers

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QNS

Lawmakers Meng, AOC, Meeks and Schumer secure $190 million to address destructive flooding in Queens

Animals welcomed back the crowds to Prospect Park Zoo after eight months

Brooklyn Paper

Prospect Park Zoo reopens to the public with new animals born during storm-related shutdown

Water cascading into the basement of Prospect Park Zoo on Sept. 29 - submerging the zoo's heat and electrical infrastructure in as much as 25 feet of water

Brooklyn Paper

Prospect Park Zoo will reopen Memorial Day weekend, but future flood risks remain

Con Ed crew deals with flooded street in Manhattan amid climate change

What does NYC’s future look like? Extremely hot and wet, a city climate report finds

Posted on April 29, 2024

Bronx Times

Morrisania tenants sue landlords of South Bronx residence, citing several open violations

Flooded street during storm in Brooklyn

WEATHER ALERT: Big coastal storm set to dump lots of rain and heavy wind around NYC

Posted on December 17, 2023

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Opinion

Op-Ed | Climate investments are storm-proofing New York’s future, we must stay the course on meeting climate goals

Posted on November 19, 2023

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Brooklyn

Prospect Park Zoo closed indefinitely due to flood damage

Posted on October 16, 2023

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Brooklyn Paper

Brannan locks in millions for Dyker Heights sewer reconstruction

A vehicle travels through the flooded stretch of West Broadway and Grand Street in Soho.

amNY x What Is New York

NYC FLOODING | Check out these wild videos of the storm that drenched the Big Apple

Posted on October 3, 2023

Weather

NYC FLOODING | New York begins drying out after being stunned and soaked by record-breaking rainfall

Posted on October 1, 2023

Heavy rain and flooding in Brooklyn

NYC FLOODING | Astonishing rainfall totals reported across city amid record-setting deluge

Posted on September 30, 2023

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Politics

NYC FLOODING | Mayor Adams defends speed of admin’s response to torrential rain, flash floods across city

Posted on September 29, 2023

Worker deals with flooding conditions in Manhattan during storm

NYC FLOODING | Recent history of major rainstorms that wrought damage across the Five Boroughs

Posted on September 29, 2023

NYC flooding impacts Brooklyn subway station as commuters wait

NYC FLOODING | Subways on ‘extremely limited service’ amid heavy rain, MTA reports

Posted on September 29, 2023

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QNS

Heavy rain drenches Queens neighborhoods, causing extreme flash flooding throughout the borough

Nation

Flooding strands thousands at Burning Man festival as storms hit Nevada desert

Posted on September 3, 2023

Politics

Governor warns New Yorkers to stay off the roads as torrential rain pounds Big Apple

Posted on July 16, 2023

Janno Lieber and Governor Kathy Hochul

Op-ed | MTA looking to stay ahead of summer storms

Posted on July 16, 2023

New York

New York roadways overwhelmed by flooding, 1 person dead

Posted on July 10, 2023

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QNS

‘We need swift action’: Heavy rain causes major flooding in Queens yet again

A massive tree came down at Washington Square Park Sunday afternoon.

Weather

Seemingly never-ending storm brings torrential rain, flooding to parts of Big Apple

Posted on May 1, 2023

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Brooklyn Paper

‘We must get it right’: Northern Brooklyn examines the Army Corps plan for post-Sandy resiliency

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QNS

Meng invites Forest Hills flooding victim to President Biden’s State of the Union address

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Bronx Times

With $11.2M land acquisition, Adams announces major step in Tibbetts Brook watershed improvement project

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Bronx

Four flood-prone NYC neighborhoods to receive new anti-flooding infrastructure

Posted on January 10, 2023

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QNS

‘Stay home if you can’: Southern Queens residents told to move to higher ground amid tidal flooding

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Brooklyn Paper

Superstorm Sandy, 10 years later: A look back on the storm, its devastating effects, and the city’s progress

Nation

Dozens dead from Ian, one of strongest, costliest US storms

Posted on October 1, 2022

Nation

Floods trap many in Florida as Ian heads to South Carolina

Posted on September 29, 2022

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Brooklyn Paper

A decade after Sandy, $52 billion climate vulnerability plan would bring flood gates, sea walls to Brooklyn’s coastal nabes

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QNS

Queens residents clean up after overnight storm brings heavy rain, flash flooding

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PoliticsNY

NY Lawmakers on the Move, Aug. 30, 2022

Politics

Biden surveys flood damage in Kentucky, pledges more US help

Posted on August 8, 2022

More from around NYC

building

Upcoming 8-story mixed-use building in Crotona Park East nearing topping out

Cops are looking for the four suspects who allegedly stole around $30,000 of merchandise from the Sunglass Hut at the Queens Center Mall.

Four suspects steal $30K worth of merch from Sunglass Hut at Queens Center Mall: NYPD

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The leaders who shape Brooklyn: 2026 Power List nominations open

Demonstrators carry signs condemning Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) near the site where a man identified as Alex Pretti was fatally shot by federal agents trying to detain him, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 24, 2026. REUTERS/Tim Evans

Hetrick-Martin Institute publishes know-your-rights guide amid nationwide ICE crackdown