O'Dwyer Gardens is one of several public housing developments that line Surf Avenue in Coney Island. Several were badly damaged by the storm
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The basement at O'Dwyer Gardens. A metal door used to stand here and so did a brick wall. The water blew through both.
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The basement at O'Dwyer Gardens. Sand and ocean debris still coat the ceiling.
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NYCHA Property Manager Phillip Calandrillo stands in front of a tank attached to a mobile boiler.
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Part of a wall that collapsed in a basement at Coney Island Houses
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Damaged equipment inside the basement at Coney Island Houses. Power has returned to the development and a mobile boiler was brought in to provide heat and hot water.