A powerful storm ripped through Brooklyn Wednesday afternoon — making the blocks surrounding the Gowanus Canal look more like the canals of Venice.
The folks at Find Home Furnishings fought the flood.
Photo by Paul Martinka
A weather station in Park Slope reported 1.96 inches of rainfall over the course of the deluge, which inundated some streets and sent shop-owners down to their cellars for sandbags.
No, this isn’t a canal in Venice — it’s Ninth Street near Second Avenue in Gowanus after a downpour.
Photo by Paul Martinka
A low-lying stretch of Ninth Street near Second Avenue in Gowanus saw some of the worst of the flooding — and our seasoned photographer Paul Martinka was there to capture the scene.
Pedestrians tried to stay high and dry.
Photo by Paul Martinka
— Moses Jefferson
