Seawall damage along Narrows causes concern
While the Hurricane Irene spared our borough for the most part,the raging storm wasn’t so kind to the seawall along theNarrows.
Near the pedestrian bridge at 17th Avenue, a portion of theseawall was broken up. Also, adjacent to the VA Medical Center,near the Bay 8th Street bridge, a larger piece of seawall wasdamaged and the storm surge uprooted a slab of asphalt. Water alsocame up and over the pedestrian walkway that hugs the Narrows andflooded the Belt Parkway for some time on Sunday.
The damage seems to be isolated to four relatively small areasbetween Bay 8th Street and Bay 17th Street, said Kevin Jeffries,Brooklyn borough parks commissioner. Specifically what happenedwas, the capstones, which are 8-foot by 4-foot by 18-inch stonesthat support the guardrail, have been moved and are completelyuplifted. This also lifted up the asphalt right on the bike path insome cases.