Carroll Park ball field
photo credit: C. Simmons
photo credit: C. Simmons
Clinton Street At First Place
photo credit: C. Simmons
On Clinton Street
photo credit: C. Simmons
photo credit: C. Simmons
On DeGraw Street between Smith and Hoyt Streets
photo credit: L.Paynter
photo credit: L.Paynter
photo credit: L.Paynter
photo credit: L.Paynter
On Denton Place
photo credit: Jeff Peltz
It only took a few minutes, but after a fierce storm swept over Brooklyn on Thursday afternoon, there was plenty of damage in Carroll Gardens. There are downed branches everywhere and I heard about a few huge trees that came crashing down. According to one reader, DeGraw Street was covered in sharp pieces of slate that had flown off the roof of St. Agnes Church. A friend on Hoyt Street told me that one of the windows in her 5th floor apartment just blew out.
In all my years in the neighborhood, I have never witnessed such a storm. It was rather frightening, but spectacular at the same time.
If anyone has more photos of the storm's aftermath, please send them my way and I will add them to the post.
Hope everyone is all right.
Update: Just got more photos from a backyard near Hoyt were a 100 year old tree just toppled over in the storm. According to a neighbor, the tree was about 50 feet tall and nearly 2 feet across at its base. Thankfully, it fell across a few gardens instead of landing on houses. It did take out cable and telephone wires and broke the telephone pole, which snapped like a match.
So far, no one has stepped forward to remove the tree and repair utilities.
photo credit: J. Peltz
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