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"A $68 million investment announced by city officials Wednesday aims to turn
Prospect Park into a giant sponge capable of reducing flooding in neighborhoods
across Central Brooklyn.
The upgrade is part of the city Department of Environmental Protection’s
“Bluebelt” program, which aims to make the five boroughs more resilient to
torrential downpours by creating more areas that can naturally absorb massive
amounts of rainfall.
City researchers found stormwater isn’t currently draining properly into
Prospect Park Lake during heavy storms, causing flash flooding in nearby
Windsor Terrace, Kensington, Prospect Park South and Ditmas Park. The plan
calls for the creation of two new ponds in the park, rain gardens and other
landscapes that ensure more floodwater drains into the lake. The investment
will also upgrade drainage systems to divert floodwaters into the park and away
from Flatbush Avenue, officials said.
The announcement comes two years after Tropical Storm Ophelia hammered the city
with 9 inches of rain, causing floods on Flatbush Avenue and in turn the
Prospect Park Zoo. The deluge devastated the zoo, flooding it with as much as
25 feet of water and requiring it to close for eight months.
City officials estimated the project will wrap up in 2032."
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