Tree Limb Down on Columbia Heights

By on August 14, 2011 11:23 am in Brooklyn Heights


With the hard rains afallin’ today, a tree limb has come down on Columbia Heights midway between Clark Street and Pierrepont Street. Our BHB tipster adds:

This is the same tree we reported on a few months ago. We were told the Parks Department inspected it, and found it to be ok; no further action deemed necessary, and none taken.

Update (12:14pm):FDNY has cleared the tree from the roadway.

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11 Responses to Tree Limb Down on Columbia Heights

  1. lori August 14, 2011 at 5:14 pm #

    It was not a tree that came down, it was a huge limb of a tree, but big enough to have done a lot of damage. Fortunately, it did not damage any cars since it fell on the other side of the street. This is the same tree that had its roots damaged several years ago when the sidewalk was repaired from the upheaval the roots had caused.

  2. Fritz August 14, 2011 at 5:38 pm #

    A benefit of alternate side parking.

  3. AnnOfOrange August 14, 2011 at 6:03 pm #

    I’m not so sure that there was no damage. I saw a car with what appeared to be damage to the roof and side mirror with pieces of the branch on top of it. There were sheets of plastic covering part of the roof, perhaps to keep water out.

  4. Heightsman August 14, 2011 at 7:18 pm #

    The Saab in the picture got damaged. Neighbors already cutting it up for firewood.

  5. harumph August 14, 2011 at 7:56 pm #

    Didn’t realize Saab’s made good firewood….(sorry, I had to!)

  6. KISS August 15, 2011 at 8:28 am #

    The falling limb landed on the side of the street where parking is allowed, and damaged two parked cars. This tree leans precipitously over the street, and has been the subject of complaints filed with Parks at least twice before: earlier this year when two sections from the same limb fell down, and about a year or so before then. Both times we were told the tree was inspected, and that no further action was deemed necessary.

  7. GHB August 15, 2011 at 10:03 am #

    That tree needs to come down before someone gets killed

  8. AnnOfOrange August 15, 2011 at 11:43 am #

    Two big Parks Dept trucks and a man in a bucket working on it right now. Looks like they may be taking it down, or at least they are removing the big branches that hang over the street.

  9. T.K. Small August 15, 2011 at 1:19 pm #

    There are a couple of trees on Grace Court which are leaning and look quite precarious. They are on the south side of the street, roughly in the middle of the block. I just hope that no one gets hurt if they topple over.

  10. GHB August 15, 2011 at 3:01 pm #

    Ann, that whole tree is a big branch hanging over the street. Thanks for the update! Hate to lose a tree on the block, but that one has become dangerous…

  11. Heightsman August 15, 2011 at 9:07 pm #

    Tree is still there….city outsourced trimming to 3rd party tree company. They did a nice job of trimming it up but it’s only a matter of time with the other parts.