The Morning After: Live Blog
Fallen tree at W.11th and Bleecker Street. Photo: Tabitha Peyton Wood.
Hurricane Sandy has officially exited the New York metropolitan area, leaving fallen trees and power outages across the city. The Brooklyn Ink will be reporting on the aftermath throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn – check back here for updates throughout the day.
Do you have a story to share? Tweet us @TheBrooklynInk or using the hashtag #sandynyc with pictures of what’s happening in your neighborhood.
10:54 pm Flooding Forces Gerritsen Beach Residents to Evacuate Locals in the low-lying south Brooklyn neighborhood of Gerritsen Beach, a non-mandatory zone B evacuation area, are angry they didn’t receive a mandatory evacuation order from the city. 9:56 pm Alyce Erdekian lives in a third-floor walkup in Red Hook, Brooklyn. In a phone interview with The Brooklyn Ink, she describes how she got through Hurricane Sandy in her neighborhood as it flooded. This video includes photos that were tweeted by Erdekian herself @aaerdek and Lindsay Meeks @LinzMeeks 8:26 pm Sandy’s Next Day Wrath from 72nd Street to Riverside Boulevard and West End. 8:10 pm Reactions from Around Town Jonah Gollub spent last night Sandy Watching in the Bronx. Hell’s Kitchen local, Glenn Raucher, was one of many cleaning up debris left by the storm. Here he is clearing up a garden by Pier 84. Amanda Gomez is a Battery Park evacuee, staying by 42nd Street and the West Side Highway since Sunday night. 7:58 pm Sandy in the Upper West Side 7:34 pm CLEANING UP AFTER SANDY New York City spent Tuesday after the storm pulling itself back together. Here’s what was happening in the city throughout the day. 2:53 pm SANDY: DEALING WITH THE AFTERMATH As the storm leaves the New York metro area, residents and responders are confronted with the reality of having to clean up what Sandy left behind. Here are the latest tweets from around New York City. 2:48 pm “People huddle with laptops and smartphones outside a closed Starbucks to use wi-fi at 33rd & Fifth” @madelinekbr reports. 1:45 pm BROOKLYN, MEET SANDY: TWEETING THE STORM The twittersphere was ablaze last night with commentary from the storm. Here is a curated feed from our reporters of what was going on in Brooklyn in the midst of the hurricane. 1:12 pm Photos of damage across Manhattan:Red Hook resident describes getting through Hurricane Sandy
Tags: Brooklyn, Hurricane Sandy, Manhattan
Tue, Oct 30, 2012