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To get to the Fort Hamilton Parkway F/G station from Fort Hamilton on the west side of the Prospect Expressway, one major access route is a path that goes under a bridge that crosses the expressway. Every time it rains, the passageway floods, leaving an enormous puddle that is impossible to cross. This has been going on for a very long time: http://www.kensingtonprospect.com/news/dont-forget-your-flippers
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Steve LeVine (Guest)
Kees Edelman (Registered User)
Courtney (Guest)
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mt (Guest)
This is so clearly a design flaw to begin with. The grading around the drain is so steep that any dirt or debris is quickly swept toward the drain. And there is an enormous amount of surface area that feeds it on both sides of the overpass, including a dirt path up a steep slope. I'm not sure cleaning the drain out regularly would necessarily solve the problem. However, an additional overflow drain might help.
I suppose the one good thing about the flooding is that it temporarily stops the community of rats that live on the south slope of the overpass (rat hill) from entering the subway.
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