Jul. 17, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
The city is testing out a new form of green infrastructure to help prevent flooding in Brooklyn: porous pavement.
New porous pavement to mitigate flooding on Brooklyn streets
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Prospect Park Zoo reopens to the public with new animals born during storm-related shutdown
May. 28, 2024 By Adam Daly
Families descended on Prospect Park Zoo over Memorial Day weekend for its grand reopening following an eight-month closure for storm-related repairs.
Prospect Park Zoo will reopen Memorial Day weekend, but future flood risks remain
May. 15, 2024 By Adam Daly
Staff at Prospect Park Zoo is busy laying down the last coats of fresh paint and completing necessary repairs to exhibit buildings ahead of the zoo’s reopening on May 25, but the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) says the recovery work behind the scenes to prevent future flooding damage is “far from complete.”
Gowanus locals mix technology and design to cut back on flooding with the GLOwanus Lantern
Jan. 30, 2024 By Ximena Del Cerro Gowanus is glowing, as a group of scientists and designers have come up with a device to warn residents of waterbody advisory alerts when too much rain and contaminated water from households mix in the Gowanus Canal. The lanterns allow neighbors to reduce their own impact by cutting…
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‘Pretty surreal’: Climate change and warmer winters continue to harm Brooklyn
Jan. 12, 2024 By Isabel Song Beer From flooded waterfronts to the hottest summer in documented history, Brooklynites are confronting the unmistakable signs that climate change is no longer a distant threat, but an eminent one. As the borough grapples with newly set climate records seemingly each year, residents are struggling to protect themselves and their communities. Climate change coupled with naturally occurring weather phenomena like El Niño and La Niña result in more dramatic weather events like the intense rain storms Brooklyn experienced this winter. Climate change affects typical weather patterns “Typically, we have these trends in the northern…
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Facing a future shaped by climate change, Brooklyn prepares for hotter summers and more intense storms
Dec. 4, 2023 By Oscar Fock
“It was baking. Blazing hip-hop and R&B, that’s how hot it was.”
Prospect Park Zoo closed indefinitely due to flood damage
Oct. 16, 2023 By Adam Daly
The Prospect Park Zoo will remain closed indefinitely as it works to salvage and restore critical infrastructure that incurred extensive damage during a record-setting rainstorm on Sept. 29, the Wildlife Conservation Society announced Saturday.
Woodhull Hospital reopens after weeklong power outage
Oct. 9, 2023 By Adam Daly
Bedford-Stuyvesant’s Woodhull Hospital resumed operations Saturday, a week after the medical facility was forced to shut down and evacuate its patients due to a massive power failure incurred during a record-setting rainstorm that overtook the city on Sept. 29.
Forging ahead: Arts Gowanus moves forward with Open Studios despite devastating flood damage
Oct. 5, 2023 By Ximena Del Cerro
The show must go on. After losing thousands of dollars worth of art, furniture and art supplies due to the flood water from last week’s storm, artists with Arts Gowanus will carry on with their plans to host their annual Open Studios exhibition on Oct. 21 and 22.
Brannan locks in millions for Dyker Heights sewer reconstruction
Oct. 4, 2023 By Jada Camille
Council Member Justin Brannan announced Monday that he has secured $51 million in capital funding to reconstruct and modernize segments of the sewerage system in parts of Dyker Heights that often experience backflow flooding when it rains.