The Coopers Edge Community Group warned in a tweet that photos would be taken of offenders driving on pavements and handed to the police.

BBC: A car on the pavement

McIntyre said a water company is willing to bring a feed line to the edge of the community and put a pump house in.

NPR: Cause Of Off-Color, Fetid Water Eludes Pa. Town

Simultaneously, the construction of sewage channels and the Gowanus Expressway on the community's eastern edge created a physical barrier between Red Hook and the rest of Brooklyn, crippling the already struggling community further.

BBC: A remote hook in New York��s harbour