For neighborhood readers, it seems that most of us won’t be part of an evacuation according to the Zone A/B/C map.
But just in case you need it, it appears the closest evacuation center is at Baruch College (155 East 24th Street).
Stay safe!
[Real-time update 12 noon Friday] Home Depot is out of all flashlights and at least half of their batteries. (See photo right for flashlight wall at Home Depot at 12 noon).
If anyone knows another place in the neighborhood to get flashlights, write info@MadParkNews.com and I will post it for everyone (Or comment on this post).
Get your water, food, and charge everything just in case. Better to be prepared.
And read our earlier post with key links to resources related to the hurricane (If anyone has other useful links, send them in or comment and I will post them).
Not to be alarmist, and by no means are we experts in hurricanes, but with one potentially hitting NYC, here are some resources for area residents. Obviously hurricanes are characterized by high winds, storm surge, flooding, power outages, tree and building damage, and can require evacuations. National Weather Service: http://www.weather.gov/ NYC Hurricane Evacuation Zone Finder: [...]
You can help Madison Square Park win a $100K grant from the America Is Your Park campaign from Coca-Cola. Go to http://www.livepositively.com/#/americasparks/vote and vote for Madison Square Park (the one in NY not TX!). You can vote as many times as you like until September 6.
New York Magazine is reporting some sort of situation involving the arrest of an older man with a gun and a hostage at 12 East 22nd Street near the Flatiron building. Apparently they have arrested the man with the gun. This is all second hand from NY Mag, so apologies for the lack of information. Read http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/07/there_are_reports_of_a_possibl.html for more info.
More coverage at http://www.wnyc.org/blogs/wnyc-news-blog/2011/jul/27/barricade/?345839405
According to WalkScore, the Flatiron is the third most walkable neighborhood in New York City, following Little Italy and then Soho. According to the site, “Walk Score measures how easy it is to live a car-lite lifestyle—not how pretty the area is for walking.”
For the nerds among us, they put out a full whitepaper on their methodology, but in a nutshell it looks at the distance to different neighborhood services like a grocery store, restaurants, schools, banks, parks, shopping, etc as well as structural things like intersection density and block length. Here is the map for the Flatiron… http://www.walkscore.com/NY/New_York/Flatiron_District.
DNA Info reports that two very large bee swarms landed in different parts of the upper Flatiron District on Tuesday, possible escaped from the same over-crowded hive. One swarm was found at 22 West 30th Street and one at 1231 Broadway. Note that these swarms are apparently not dangerous, according to the article.
Read more at www.dnainfo.com/20110705/murray-hill-gramercy/two-bee-swarms-hit-flatiron-district-one-day
Jobs in the Flatiron
