Submerged in the Deluge

Cars submerged in the drinking lot on Brewster Road April 30: Photo Credit Emily GilmanSevere rainstorms deluged Scarsdale on Saturday and Sunday April 29 and 20, closing roads and submerging cars.

At Scarsdale High School, the school was hosting in the NYS Speech and Debate Tournament on Sunday April 30 and three cars parked in what is known as “the drinking lot” were engulfed in deep water when the parking lot flooded. See below for photos of the cars on the night of April 30 and on the morning of May 1 when two of the cars were still drying out.

The Bronx River Parkway flooded under the bridge at Fenimore Road and was closed and remained under water on Monday May 1, 2023.

George Field Park, a seven acre retention basin that is designed to catch and release flood water, did its job. See below for photos of the park filled with water on the night of April 30 – and back to normal on May 1, 2023. But even Westchester’s largest retention pond did not help to prevent flooding on the adjacent street, Greendale Road, that was closed after it was submerged as well.

Cars drying out on May 1.

Stormwater management continues to be an issue in parts of the Village that are in the flood plain.

The retention pond at George Field Park on Sunday April 30. Photo: Michelle LichtenbergThe seven acre field did what it was supposed to do: Photo Michelle LichtenbergBy the next morning, the water drained away, leaving the park back to normal.The Bronx River Parkway flooded on April 30 and remained closed on May 1.The storm left debris along the Bronx River Parkway pedestrian path: Photo Frank Lichtenberg