Tree Falls in Brooklyn

diane · August 2006

Wow! At 3AM my son looked out the window - 6th Ave bet.10-11th St.
and witnessed this huge tree come crashing down...totally destroying
a honda. Thank goodness this happened in the middle of the night and so there were no cars or people walking around. This happened
because the city is finally taking down the "eyesore" vacant buidling
and were digging with a big piece of machinery right in front of
building. Apparently they severed the roots of the tree & last night
it came tumbling down. I think the initial digging had something to
do with disconnecting the pipes but I really don't know exactly what
they were doing. The fire dept. sawed off the limbs but the entire tree
trunk was still there this morning blocking all traffic in both directions.

carnivore · August 2006

Subject: Re: Tree Falls in Brooklyn

Diane wrote: Wow! At 3AM my son looked out the window - 6th Ave bet.10-11th St.
and witnessed this huge tree come crashing down...totally destroying
a honda. Thank goodness this happened in the middle of the night and so there were no cars or people walking around. This happened
because the city is finally taking down the "eyesore" vacant buidling
and were digging with a big piece of machinery right in front of
building. Apparently they severed the roots of the tree & last night
it came tumbling down. I think the initial digging had something to
do with disconnecting the pipes but I really don't know exactly what
they were doing. The fire dept. sawed off the limbs but the entire tree
trunk was still there this morning blocking all traffic in both directions.

If possible, can you take a photo and post it here?

anonymous · August 2006

armchair_warrior · August 2006

[quote=Anonymous]

holy hell. damn! poor guy's car.

carnivore · August 2006

Sweet! Well, that's a strong argument against banning guest posting right there.

anonymous · August 2006

I posted the picture (from another forum, BTW).

I actually tried to register, but no dice.

livetotravel · August 2006

[quote=Anonymous]

Excellent post!

theoryofpractice · August 2006

It's from your competition. :P

pitu · August 2006

Carnivore wrote: Sweet! Well, that's a strong argument against banning guest posting right there.

practically the first ever . . .

yavel · August 2006

Wow, I just walked by there and wondered what became of that tree.

Are they tearing down the building? That's too bad. It would be nice if it were restored so as not to break up the continuity of the block. All the other buildings on that stretch of 6th are in the same style and in good shape.

rose · August 2006

Yavel wrote:
Are they tearing down the building? That's too bad. It would be nice if it were restored so as not to break up the continuity of the block. All the other buildings on that stretch of 6th are in the same style and in good shape.

There probably wouldn't be much to restore. It's been vacant and crumbling for many years.

anonymous · August 2006

Subject: 464 6th ave

I live across the street from this building and I'm curious to know more about the building being taken down by the city. On Property Shark there are no new violations. I have always wondered about this mess of a building and besides rumors haven't been able to find out any info. Thanks.

anonymous · September 2006

Subject: tree

About a month ago I saw some people flagging down a cop for help because their Jeep had got stuck in the sinkhole in front of where that Honda is. It was stuck up to the axle in the hole.

erikka · September 2006

Subject: Re: Tree Falls in Brooklyn

Diane wrote: Wow! At 3AM my son looked out the window - 6th Ave bet.10-11th St.
and witnessed this huge tree come crashing down...totally destroying
a honda. Thank goodness this happened in the middle of the night and so there were no cars or people walking around. This happened
because the city is finally taking down the "eyesore" vacant buidling
and were digging with a big piece of machinery right in front of
building. Apparently they severed the roots of the tree & last night
it came tumbling down. I think the initial digging had something to
do with disconnecting the pipes but I really don't know exactly what
they were doing. The fire dept. sawed off the limbs but the entire tree
trunk was still there this morning blocking all traffic in both directions.

I've read about other cases of fallen trees near construction sites--you'd think they would have done something in anticipation of that happening. They're lucky no one got hurt, but can you imagine getting up in the morning to go to work and finding THAT?

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