Broad Channel and Hamilton Beach Residents Devastated by Sandy

Flooding remains at corner of First Street and 104th Street in Hamilton Beach Tuesday afternoon. Photo by Christina Santucci

timesledger.com - by Christina Santucci - October 31, 2012

Many residents of Broad Channel and Hamilton Beach have lost everything as a result of superstorm Sandy.

In Hamilton Beach, a neighborhood of Howard Beach, residents estimated that the water surged between six and 10 feet.

West Hamilton Beach’s Deputy Chief Daniel Amorim said all of the firehouse’s vehicles were destroyed in the storm, except for one ambulance.

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