More Nor'easter Wreckage, Prospect Heights Edition
And you thought your house got hit hard by the torrential rains of the last two days! A reader sent in this photo of the tree that used to stand in her back yard. Since it’s as tall as a five-story house it reached as far as four-yards away when it toppled yesterday. The estimated…
And you thought your house got hit hard by the torrential rains of the last two days! A reader sent in this photo of the tree that used to stand in her back yard. Since it’s as tall as a five-story house it reached as far as four-yards away when it toppled yesterday. The estimated cost of removal? $1,800. It’s pretty amazing it didn’t crush any fences or nice garden furniture. (Gotta love those 130-foot lots they got over there.)
Rain, Rain, Go Away [Brownstoner]
This is incredible. I moved into a beautiful {rental} Crown Heights brownstone apt in January, chosen partly because of the view of huge backyards full of trees. Now, since Spring is here, it’s obvious almost ALL {except 1!} of those huge trees are stone cold dead, and we risk them falling down like this one at any point. Why the owners of these lovely old houses have such shitty, and I mean SHITTY, dead, garbage filled backyards is totally beyond me. I’ve had fantasies of asking people if I could work in their yards. If it were easier to get into them, without going through others homes, I’d do it in a heartbeat.
Hope they will recycle the tree…
Only a guess, but many Brooklyn backyards have huge Silver maples. The root systems are very shallow and they are very fast growing. Could be the saturated ground combined with a stiff wind toppled this tree, roots and all.
Can anyone tell what kind of a tree it was?
Who says that these owners have any money? They may have bought years ago.
I don’t feel as bad now, seeing that, even though my basement had 6 inches of water in it — water that was gushing from the FLOOR.
what amazes me is that New Yorkers with expensive houses and fancy kitchen renovations make such a poor job on their backyards. Awful metal fences, bald lawns….thoughtless design. Ugh.
What a nightmare–it’s so sad to lose a big tree. I’ve always wondered about removing a big one like this when you live in a brownstone with all enclosed backyards–can you imagine what a job it will be to slice this thing into tiny enough pieces and then haul them through the garden level of the house? Damn shame we don’t have alleys like Chicago…
I’m not sure what amazes me more: the stretch of that tree, or the fact those backyards are probably close to 3Xs as long as mine.