Nearly 100 Damage Calls Filed In Greenwich Village Area Post Ida

GREENWICH VILLAGE, NY — After remnants of Hurricane Ida pounded the city last week, officials asked New Yorkers to call 311 to report damage to their homes or streets.

In the Greenwich Village and nearby area, residents appear to have heeded that call. From the evening of Sept.1, when the storm came crashing in — through Monday — Greenwich Villagers and nearby Lower Manhattan residents filed 90 complaints to 311 about flooding, water damage, fallen trees, and utility outages, city records show.

That's nearly double the number of similar complaints recorded in the neighborhood and surrounding area during the six days directly before Sept. 1, when only 46 complaints about the same issues came in.

Patch looked specifically at residents who lived within the 10011, 10012, 10003, and 10014 ZIP codes — all of which include at least some part of Greenwich Village — but also have sections of other Lower Manhattan neighborhoods within them.

The West Village is also within the 10014 ZIP code.

The most common damage relate complaint from Greenwich Village area residents to 311 was water leaks. Nearly 20 community members reported some issue with water leaking or flooding into their apartment or building from Sept. 1 to Sept. 6.

Here are those Lower Manhattan addresses that reported issues with water during the storm:

• 192 Spring Street
• 252 Mott Street
• 105 MacDougal Street
• 163 1st Avenue
• 6 East 13th Street
• 460 West 20th Street
• 338 East 15th Street
• 275 West 22nd Street
• 309 West 21st Street
• 630 Hudson Street
• 332 East 9th Street
• 242 West 10th Street
• 252 Mott Street
• 23 2nd Avenue
• 84 East 10th Street
• 256 West 16th Street
• 95 Perry Street
• 234 Mott Street
• 55 East 7th Street

A section of blocks in Chelsea, a neighborhood just uptown from Greenwich Village, appears to be a hotspot for reports of water floods and leaks in that area of Lower Manhattan during the storm.

Other complaints that appeared multiple times in and around Greenwich Village were damaged trees, sewer backup, and the loss of hot water.

Reports of damaged or fallen trees were filed at 96 Christopher Street, 11 Carmine Street, 618 Washington Streets, and multiple other nearby locations.

As a whole, Greenwich Village appeared to suffer less severe damage than other parts of the city, like the neighborhoods in Queens in Brooklyn that saw a majority of the 13 deaths that occurred within the five boroughs.

While not in Greenwich Village, relatively nearby footage of a subway station flooding at 28th Street and 7th Avenue was one of the most circulated videos of the damage caused by the storm.

28th street and 7th avenue @MTA station tonight. Very Heavy rain, if you in New York City, avoid traveling tonight if you can. #newyork #flood #Floodbot #mta #newyorkcity pic.twitter.com/bRUKjjQU1G
— Maps DK NY (@maps_dk) September 2, 2021