Irene downs beloved 80-year-old tree in Brooklyn: One of the few American elms remaining in the city, the tree had weathered blizzards, winds, countless dogs, Dutch elm disease and perhaps that most menacing element of New York life — a residential building’s co-op board.
Photo: A famous elm uprooted by Irene lies across a street in Brooklyn. Credit: Tina Susman / Los Angeles Times
(Source: Los Angeles Times)
A few joggers brave the wet weather prior to Hurricane Irene on the Belt Parkway Promenade, near the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. Photo taken from 91st street, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.
