For decades, residents of a neighborhood that straddles the border of Brooklyn and Queens have dealt with the unique effects of living in a basin: swampy flooding, bumpy streets, overgrown lots strewn with trash and leaky septic tanks — because homes are not connected to the city sewer system. With roads named for Amber, Sapphire, Ruby […] The post They Live Below Sea Level in NYC. Now, the City Could Buy Out ‘The Hole’ appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.
