Bay Ridge Tornado Damage - One Week Later

329 Bay Ridge Avenue

This morning, I took a walk down 68th Street between Third and Fourth Avenues. There are still green, red or yellow stickers on many front doors.










Here is the status of the houses as I see it. If I've made any errors, please point them out:

68th Street

• 370- Restricted Entry
• 366- Inspected
• 364 Inspected
• 360 Restricted Entry
• 358 Restricted Entry
• 354, 352, 350, 348- Vacate / Unsafe
• 344 Inspected

Major sidewalk damage on 68th Street, from tree uprootings I think:

• 343
• 357

There are crews from "Enviral Restoration" working on some of the houses on the block.

There are police on the block keeping an eye on things 24 hours a day.

Kirk and others in the neighborhood said that:

• the City, State, Feds ( yes, FEMA was here ) and the Red Cross did an unbelievably good job cleaning up the block and providing aid to the shell-shocked residents who had to vacate their homes.
  
• Twenty four hours after the storm hit, all the trees and other major obstructions had been removed. The block was in "broom swept" condition.
  
• State Senator Marty Golden made sure that that governmental agencies responded, with the proper level of aid, right away. Mayor Bloomberg did everything that a mayor could possibly have done, but lets face it, Marty was the demanding coach who let nothing slip.
  

Also

• Time Warner Cable guys were working in the backyards today, replacing cable
• There are signs reporting that there is a major failure of a Verizon cable.
  

On Bay Ridge Avenue ( 69th Street ) observed status as follows:

• 357 Inspected
• 353 Restricted Entry
• 351 Restricted Entry / Vacate
• 349, 347, 345, 341 339, 337, 335, 333, 329 Vacate/Unsafe Conditions
• 327 Inspected

I believe that "Inspected" means that the exterior of the property has been inspected, with no visible defects


343 68th Street