Firefighters at the scene in Howard Beach put the flames under control at about 3:15 p.m.
In Howard Beach, New York, I saw a street flooded more than waistline deep.
Instead, in Howard Beach, floors were ruined, heating and cooling systems wrecked and walls overtaken by mold.
The disaster loans have caused homeowners in Howard Beach and elsewhere agonize over whether it is worth accepting low-interest federal loans.
About 44% of Howard Beach homeowners pay more than 35% of household income on ownership costs, according to the Census Bureau.
Nearly 74% of the occupied housing units in Howard Beach are owner occupied, as compared with 33% in the city overall, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Race relations in New York were also fractured at the time, especially after a 1986 incident in Howard Beach when white teenagers attacked three black men, killing one.
"Howard Beach hasn't received the same kind of attention because it's mostly interior" damage, said Elizabeth Braton, the local community board chairwoman whose home was flooded by Sandy.
The harm suffered in Howard Beach hasn't sparked the kind of debates about whether or not to rebuild that have been seen in other neighborhoods such as Oakwood Beach in Staten Island.
One reason Howard Beach residents are rebuilding, and are getting disaster assistance on a large scale to do it, may be that it is a community of homeowners, more so than city neighborhoods.
Restoration of No. 1 trains to South Ferry would leave just a single section of the subway system out of service because of storm damage, the A train between Howard Beach and Rockaway Park.
Howard-Price Funeral Home in North Palm Beach confirmed his death.
His lavish wedding last year was held at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach and was attended by a corporate A-list that included Sony honcho Howard Stringer and NBC's chief, Robert Wright.
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