32 JANUARY 11, 2018 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
Photos via Climate Central
A Google Earth plugin allows people to see what their neighborhoods
would look like if sea levels rose.
Ridgewood Times Sales Guide
Listings selected at random. Courtesy MLS
RIDGEWOOD
70th Avenue 80th Avenue 60th Road 75th Street
Under $600,000
2116 Greene Ave.
$499,000
Condo
2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom
Sameer Rastogi
Charles Rutenberg Realty
$600,000-$1,000,000
61-24 Palmetto St.
$979,000
2-family duplex
6 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
Maryanne Hargadon
Douglas Elliman Real Estate
Over $1,000,000
58-07 70th Ave.
$1,620,000
2-family Colonial
5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms
Grace Geok Ho
Winzone Realty
GLENDALE
Under $600,000
90-50 Union Turnpike
$375,000
Co-op
3 bedrooms, 1 ½ bathrooms
Bartosz Olszewski
Keller Williams Landmark II
$600,000-$1,000,000
60-12 80th Ave.
$789,000
1-family Colonial
3 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms
Gabriel Kashi
Keystone Realty USA Corp.
Over $1,000,000
59-18 St. Felix Ave.
$1,345,000
2-family home
5 bedrooms, 2 ½ bathrooms
Tedy Teodori
Crifasi Real Estate
MASPETH
Under $600,000
52-30 65th Pl.
$425,000
Co-op
3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom
Erika Demkowicz
Donna Demkowicz Realtors
$600,000-$1,000,000
68-08 60th Rd.
$749,000
1-family ranch
2 bedrooms, 1 ½ bathrooms
Jaroslaw Kaszuba
Exit All Seasons Realty
Over $1,000,000
61-54 55th Dr.
$1,488,000
3-family home
7 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms
Jonathan Davydov
Exit Realty First Choice
MIDDLE VILLAGE
Under $600,000
57-45 74th St.
$399,999
Condo
1 bedroom, 1 bathroom
Charles Chul Chang
Exit Realty Team
$600,000-$1,000,000
63-55 Dry Harbor Rd.
$749,000
1-family Tudor
3 bedrooms, 1 ½ bathrooms
Off ered by
Anthony Como, Realtor
Over $1,000,000
63-64 75th St.
$1,439,000
2-family Colonial
6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms
Florin Spariosu
Sparrow Realtors
REAL ESTATE
These Queens areas would be wiped out by extreme sea level rises
BY ANGELA MATUA
AMATUA@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
@ANGELAMATUA
A new Google Earth plugin allows
users to explore how rising sea
levels would aff ect their neighborhoods
and the tool shows that large
swaths of Queens would be completely
fl ooded.
Surging Seas:Extreme Scenario
2100 was created by Climate Central,
an organization of scientists and
journalists who report on the impact
of climate change. The plugin uses
data from a report by the National and
Oceanic Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA), which estimates that sea levels
across the United States could rise
by eight feet by 2100.
The organization also predicts that
an extreme sea level scenario may
cause sea levels to rise by 10 to 12 feet
in some cases if the country does not
transition to clean energy alternatives.
The map shows that large swaths of
Long Island City would be submerged
in water including landmarks such as
Gantry Plaza State Park.
JFK and LaGuardia Airports would
also be fl ooded along with Flushing
Meadows Corona Park and sections of
north Astoria, College Point, Flushing
and most of the the Rockaways.
Climate Central also found that New
York would be the second most aff ected
state if this extreme sea level rise were
to occur. An average high tide would
be two feet higher than Hurricane
Sandy’s fl ood level and would aff ect
an area currently inhabited by more
than 800,000 residents.
Mayor Bill de Blasio has outlined a
plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
80 percent by 2050 in a report
titled OneNYC. To complete this goal,
the city has phased out the use of
number 6 fuel oil and nearly 6,000
buildings city wide have converted to
using cleaner fuels for heat.
New York City and other coastal
cities around the country are taking
steps to curb greenhouse gases and
become more energy effi cient to try
to combat the projected aff ects.
A city report estimates that the
mean annual temperature is projected
to increase between 4.1 and
6.6 degrees Fahrenheit by 2050
and that the sea level is expected
to continue rising by 11 to 21 inches
by 2050.
