{"id":312687,"date":"2026-08-03T17:51:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T17:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/312687\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T17:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T17:51:07","slug":"news-12-brooklyn-floodwaters-swamp-coney-island-streets-drivers-navigate-dangerous-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/312687\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Brooklyn | Floodwaters Swamp Coney Island Streets Drivers Navigate Dangerous Conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Heavy rain caused significant flooding across parts of Brooklyn, creating dangerous driving conditions and disrupting commutes, especially in Coney Island.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">At Neptune Avenue and Ocean Parkway, floodwaters rose to the edge of the sidewalks, turning the roadway into what looked more like a narrow pool than a street. Vehicles traveling through the area sent waves of water onto nearby curbs, with drivers moving cautiously to avoid stalling in the deepest sections.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Traffic slowed considerably as motorists took turns navigating the flooded roadway near a traffic light, waiting for oncoming vehicles to clear before proceeding. Drivers described the conditions as stressful, warning that heavy rain can cause vehicles to fail if drivers are not careful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heavy rain caused significant flooding across parts of Brooklyn, creating dangerous driving conditions and disrupting commutes, especially in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312688,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-312687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}