Avenue U Chinatown while only 10 blocks long goes through both Homecrest and Sheepshead Bay. While Homecrest was not badly affected by Hurricane Sandy, Sheepshead Bay suffered critical damage. Sheepshead Bay really had as much damage as Staten Island and the Rockaways and yet relief took even longer to reach Sheepshead than the other two . Not only did Sheepshead Bay experience extreme damage, but it along with a large part of South Brooklyn was looted:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/31/hurricane-sandy-looting-brooklyn-coney-island_n_2047183.html#slide=1704488

Here is an account of a Sheepshead Bay resident when Sandy first hit:

“At 7:46, the water started coming in,” said Shannon White, 27, standing outside his destroyed house on Stanton Road. “At 8:10, I got out. The water was neck-deep.” He swam to safety with his dog on his shoulders — and then came back. “I got a canoe that washed up on Nostrand Avenue,” he said. “We were oarin’ with two pieces of wood like this,” he said, pointing to a broken fence. “We helped two old couples and a couple kids. I grew up here. This is all like family.”

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2012/11/sheepshead-bay-no-homes-no-power-no-relief.html

Here are some images of the damage in Sheepshead Bay area:

Finally here is a video of the aftermath of Sandy on Sheepshead Bay:

Emma Park-Hazel