As Broad Channel struggled through floods that stopped traffic, destroyed cars, and filled basements with saltwater Tuesday, Howard Beach also grappled with waterlogged conditions. High ocean tides brought on by the new moon ransacked multiple areas of the Queens neighborhood, leaving some residents stranded.

As forecasts called for coastal tides 2.5 feet above normal levels, Barbara Sarter, 57, stood outside her nephew's store on 102nd Street, which became flooded with over a foot of murky water, bringing debris out of gutters and onto sidewalks and yards. "This is the worst since Sandy," Sarter said, "and yesterday was the same thing. Ive been dealing with this my whole life. Since Sandy, it's gotten worse."

Sarter was joined by another man who stood trapped, unable to reach his home due to the rising floods. Jack, who only offered his first name, said he had just finished a 10 hour night shift working for the MTA and was now stranded with no bus service, unable to cross the last few blocks to his home. "The MTA sucks," he said.

Even tides began to recede just after 10 a.m. Tuesday, only trucks and SUVs were able to cross the intersection at 102nd Street and 160th Avenue. One minivan was raised and towed through the foot-high water—a 30 minute process in order to safely move half a block.

"All I can do is wait a while until the tide goes down," said Dotty Marlow, an Ozone Park resident who had come to Howard Beach to accompany a friend during a medical appointment. Marlow stood in soaked boots, only three blocks from her destination, as floodwater rippled against her feet. "I've never seen a situation like this," she said. "I think that there's something the city could do about it."

In issuing a coastal flood warning last night, the de Blasio administration pointed to its $20 billion in ongoing investments in climate resiliency, including "4.2 million cubic yards of sand in Coney Island and on the Rockaway peninsula; 9.8 miles of dunes across the Rockaway peninsula and in Staten Island; and 10,500 linear feet of bulkheads around the city."

The mayor's statement added that "billions more in large-scale resiliency investments are underway, including a massive upgrade of green infrastructure, extensive efforts to enhance shorelines and build out bulkheads, and large flood protection systems, across the five boroughs."