From The Forum:The re-emergence of a sinkhole and a water main break on Beach 84th Street near Beach Channel Drive in Rockaway Park – which rendered residents unable to use their tap water at the end of last week – has once again highlighted the need for the city to launch a comprehensive study of sewer infrastructure, and other flood mitigation issues, throughout South Queens and the peninsula, area leaders and residents said.
The water main break occurred during last week’s snowstorm late Thursday or early Friday, causing water to rush down a street that residents say is plagued by flooding issues and prompting the formation of a sinkhole in a driveway that was about three to four feet in circumference and about a foot and a half deep. The flooding impacted about 41 residences on a street where area residents stressed numerous children and families live.
Because of concerns over water quality, the city Department of Environmental Protection shut off the block’s water service while they tested it. Residents were permitted to once again use their water on Sunday.
“There are so many problems on that block – there are problems with heat; there are problems with sinkholes and flooding,” said Marissa Berkowitz, founder of the Rockaway’s Sandy Relief Free Flea Market, a group which she formed following last year’s hurricane to help residents with a wide variety of needs, including coordinating donations efforts to benefit storm victims. “People shouldn’t have to live like that.”
Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder and Brett Scudder, a community activist whose family lives on Beach 84th Street, have praised the city DEP for responding to the problem immediately. Scudder also lauded Goldfeder, Councilman Donovan Richards (D-Laurelton), and state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) for their help with coordinating efforts to address the flooding and sinkhole – which has been filled.
Still, while the problem was immediately addressed – and, Goldfeder stressed, during inclement winter weather, residents said flooding problems have long persisted throughout the Rockaways and South Queens – and have grown increasingly worse following Hurricane Sandy.
5 comments:
disgraceful,despite the quick response that town is not going to see the end of the flooding,especially from the damage left from all the development going on there for the incoming gentrification.
the city was more concerned of reviving the eroded beach for the hipsters,clumsy surfers and posers with the isolated boardwalks,bathrooms and lifeguard stations that resemble something from the jetsons,and that awful overpriced food.
this was once the greatest beach on the east coast immortalized by the ramones and if deblasio overlooks this,its going to be a wasteland
They need to just rip down all of the rock aways (at least what's left of it) and just start over. Throw all the pieces of trash out of the neighborhood, knock down all those project houses and tear up all those atrocious roads and start all over again. That entire area is nothing but a mess right now!
Yes, lets all give praise and thanks to our local politicians fir responding so fast. The fact is that that block is flooded constantly, that block is an eye sore constantly and every day, even before hurricane sandy
If only Philip Goldfeder would fall in one of those sinkholes and his whole stinking lazy ass staff.
what a useless piece of crap he is.
Anon 2 is a genius. He or she should run for office. That's a great start to a campaign platform right there.
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