"All of a sudden I heard a crack and a big plume of snow like an avalanche. We had arborists out to give it vitamins and everything because we knew it was so old. Unfortunately, it just hadn't been trimmed by the city in a long time. And the snow got to it."
"Flabbergasted. It's very upsetting. This is our only family car. The trunk landed on a blue Toyota Prius parked along the curb, completely crushing the vehicle."
"Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Tuesday that the city had received more than 1,800 reports of fallen trees and downed limbs citywide. He said an interagency downed trees task force, coordinated by the Parks Department, is responding to the damage."
A severe blizzard on Monday caused significant tree damage across the city, with a large tree collapsing on Berkeley Place in Park Slope under heavy snow. The falling tree crushed a blue Toyota Prius parked on the street and broke a window of a nearby house. Residents had attempted to maintain the decades-old tree through professional arborist care, but lack of city trimming left it vulnerable to the storm's weight. The car owners expressed shock and distress at losing their only family vehicle. The city received over 1,800 reports of fallen trees and downed limbs. An interagency task force coordinated by the Parks Department responded to clear debris and address the widespread damage. No injuries occurred.
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