Day: June 10, 2026

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Deluge strikes Brooklyn, but little flooding in Red Hook and Gowanus

Torrential rain struck New York City the evening of Wednesday, May 20, causing flooding in all five boroughs. The worst hit were Brooklyn and Queens, according to Floodnet NYC, a monitoring program created in collaboration between CUNY, NYU, and NYC. Some neighborhoods received as much as two inches of rain an hour, causing severe flooding: Hollis, Queens, saw almost four […]