NEW YORK—Many Evacuation Zone A areas—low-lying ground such as Coney Island and the outer ring of Lower Manhattan—got hit hard by Hurricane Sandy.
Business owners and residents in the South Street Seaport area were spending a second day Wednesday recovering from heavy damage. Many restaurants and homes were completely flooded. Though water had mostly been drained, either through pumps or on its own, the damage was still very much a reality.
An emotional Sherry Delamarter, owner of the Sea-Horse at 259 Front Street, bid her workers goodbye as they finished a second day of cleanup. Damages from the “catastrophic” storm totaled half a million dollars, she estimated.
