New York Personal Injury Law Blog » Odds and Ends August 9th, 2007 Tornado Hits Brooklyn and Staten Island That violent thunderstorm that knocked New York’s subways and trains out yesterday was confirmed as a tornado that touched down in Brooklyn and Staten Island. This is the first such tornado in Brooklyn since records started being kept this century, giving the Coney Island Cyclone some new bragging rights. Prior to official record keeping, one was reported in Brooklyn the late 1800s. Amazingly, no one was killed. Right in Bay Ridge – Tracks the twisterNew York Daily News: Brooklyn Becomes Tornado AlleyNewsday: A Brooklyn Tornado Is A RarityNew York Times: Chronicling a Day of Chaos
That violent thunderstorm that knocked New York’s subways and trains out yesterday was confirmed as a tornado that touched down in Brooklyn and Staten Island. This is the first such tornado in Brooklyn since records started being kept this century, giving the Coney Island Cyclone some new bragging rights. Prior to official record keeping, one was reported in Brooklyn the late 1800s.