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I'm thinking of visiting new York in the spring. What I've been wondering
is if the city has recovered from hurricane sandy. I've been hearing a lot of
rumors about the condition of the city. Can anyone tell me what the true state
of NYC is.
Yea you think?? Been down to Manhatan ave, New Dorp beach, fox beach, midland & South beach lately?? Maybe take a ride up Hylan blvd from Lincoln ave to about Seaview ave. How about Father Cap?It's not fine.
Hurricane Sandy was only a temporary inconvenience for the vast majority of New Yorkers.
The hardest hit were those living in older housing in low laying areas of Atlantic coast. Areas like Rockaway Queens, Coney Island Brooklyn and Southeastern Staten Island.
Yea you think?? Been down to Manhatan ave, New Dorp beach, fox beach, midland & South beach lately?? Maybe take a ride up Hylan blvd from Lincoln ave to about Seaview ave. How about Father Cap?It's not fine.
I know, dear. I live on SI. I doubt the OP plans on visiting us.
I was all over Manhattan yesterday. No problems other than the downtown subway stations.
Yea you think?? Been down to Manhatan ave, New Dorp beach, fox beach, midland & South beach lately?? Maybe take a ride up Hylan blvd from Lincoln ave to about Seaview ave. How about Father Cap?It's not fine.
While many New Yorkers consider these places home, many tourists have never heard of these places. That's why there is sometimes confusion by those who think New York only encompasses Manhattan on what the condition of "the city" is after the hurricane. When people see images on the tv but aren't familiar with the vast amount of neighorhoods, or the five boroughs, they sometimes assume a different reality.
To OP - most likely, where you are visiting you will not notice remnants of a storm. But do understand this is a very different story elsewhere in the city unfortunately.
The only parts of Manhattan that actually got flooded where parts of the Lower East Side and parts of downtown Manhattan. Areas in Manhattan that lost electricity (south of 34th street) had power restored way back in early Nov. Basically, particularly the main tourist areas of Manhattan, if you walked around you'd never know anything happened. Most of Queens is okay too, except for the beach areas like the Rockaways. Brooklyn as whole is fine, except for again, Red Hook and the beach areas. The Bronx is fine except for maybe parts of Throggs Neck.
For the city as a whole, Sandy did not cause much damage and overall things are fine. Not for those living on barriers islands or on former marshland, but that is a whole different matter.
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