DEP Water repair crews are working to fix a water main break South of Lois Avenue this Wednesday evening.
Right now water flow has been stopped in the area. Some customers in the area may be without water while the repairs are made.
For future reference: In case of water main breaks there are some things you can do to protect yourself:
Boil all water for drinking and personal use. Conserve water and do not use water for watering plants, especially those which will be later eaten such as fruits and vegetables.
Do not use icemaker and dispose of any ice that may have been contaminated.
Purchase bottled water if available. Ideally you should always have enough bottled water reserved for 3 days. If stores are out of bottled water, know that they have ordered more supplies from their warehouse.
For the last several months residents of Noel Avenue have been contacting the city via 311 about a utility pole. Despite months of calls the pole came crashing down damaging property.
The utility pole had been sagging and the wires it supported were slowly dropping. It gotten so bad that neighbors would have to run outside every time someone heard a truck coming to make sure the truck didn’t hit the wires.
The wires had dropped so low they even tried to prop up the wires with lumber to let trucks by.
Last they we had the Fire Department come by to see if they could lift the wires but they couldn’t.
Every call they made Con Ed and Verizon played the blame game. Con-ed said it was Verizons job…Verizon said it was Con Eds job.
It all came crashing down when a Parks Department truck was driving down Noel with a large tree removal boom. The wires hooked onto the truck and then there was a huge shudder – as the wires snapped the pole like a twig.
The the pole was ripped down as well as two electrical panels and the electrical conduit off two homes. There were large sparks which burnt siding. Both houses lost power immediately and had to use generators. No one was hurt and there were no structural fires – luckily.
We blamed Con-Ed for not stepping in and preventing this!
There was an accident yesterday on Gerritsen Avenue involving a young “kid” on a small red motorbike and a car in the beach.
The kid whom is supposedly around 10-12 years old was was riding on some sort of electric mini-bike up and down the sidewalk and streets. (We are assuming the pocket razor above)
A car was driving down Gerritsen Avenue making a turn onto Everett Avenue. The driver of the car saw the bike, anticipated an accident and stopped – the motorbike went right into the vehicle. Then kid then took off.
Witnesses said the kid seemed to be fine but that the driver was visibly shaken and upset.
Today I stumbled across an accident scene at Allen and Dictum where someone got hit by a car – or so I thought.
There were three people (2 Male, 1 Female) who said they were walking from “Ova Der” [meaning from Knapp Street] and “playin’” in the street at Dictum when a car coming down Allen hit the woman. A friend of the pedestrian who was struck said “this n_____ [the motorist] tried to slow down three times and I tried to tell her to get out the way but – he hit the girl in da leg.”
The motorist claimed that they immediately wanted money instead of calling 911; the motorist was uncomfortable with that and did not hesitate to call 911.
After she was checked out by EMS and refused a hospital trip, I asked the overtly limping woman if she was alright and why she and her friends were playing in the street. She replied “You know what Mister, these streets are just too small”. “We weren’t playing we were just walking”.
The whole thing didn’t smell right, especially since a few moments later she was walking briskly down Gerritsen Avenue looking for her friends who left her at the scene.
Granted Allen Avenue can be a dangerous avenue when people are speeding, but here is the moral of the story. If you’re involved in an accident call 911, it’s the easiest thing to do and it will protect you from unscrupulous characters trying to shake you down for cash.
There were roofs flying off, house siding flying everywhere, the water at the point was flowing onto the street, there was flooding everywhere, trees falling basically on every block, the Tamaqua started to lose docks.
IT’S CHAOS OUT THERE!
If you can’t tell from the pictures and video below, the current, the winds, and the waves were eroding the point and pushing the sand down creek. It created a sandbar all the way down to Dare Ct.
How did everyone fair without power? We hear the the Old Section came up hours before the New Section.
In a bit of odd news a Peppridge farm truck broke down right in the middle of the avenue blocking traffic for a bit. The driver rushed to move his vehicle out of the way while taking all of the bread out of the truck to wait for (presumably) another truck.
It’s not everyday you see Gerritsen Avenue lined with plastic pallets filled with amazing double wrapped bread.
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Photos and Story by Jeffrey Diamond
I was just leaving the mall today and just missed seeing this accident. From what the driver of the ambulate was saying, a car cut him off and caused him to swerve to avoid the car then mount the sidewalk hitting the light pole and then flip. People rushed to the scene to help open the van’s back. Luckily there was no one inside. The driver of the van also looked unhurt (the man in the blue jacket in the last shot.)
There was a two alarm fire at 77 Bevy Ct at Channel Avenue at the home of Tom and Phylis Hayes.
Unfortunately, most of the are hydrants were all frozen including the one directly across the street from the home. Firefighters were rushing lines from as far away as Gerritsen Avenue to supply water. News 12 reported the first seven fire hydrants firefighters tried to use were frozen solid.
Both the P.S. 277 Parents Association and the Cort Club are accepting donations for the Hayes Family. At this time should be Clothes, Cash or Gift Cards. Please, if anybody has any other suggestions, please post them.
PLEASE HELP THE HAYES! It is cold out and they need clothes, cash, anything! They have three children Lindsay age 19, Thomas age 10, and Gianna age 5. Please help in any way you can.
Donations:
Mail or Drop off :
Cort Club
Attn: Jim Donovan / Hayes Family
2648 Gerritsen Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11229
(718) 769-7168‎
Tom Sr – XXL with a 42 pant size, 12-1/2 shoe
Phyllis – size 12 or 14, 6-1/2 shoe
Lindsay – size 7, 7-1/2 shoe
Tommy jr. Mens 30, boys 18, 5 shoe
Gianna – size 8, 1 shoe
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