May 8, 2013 12:12 pm Flash Floods Swallow Cars in Brooklyn, Trap Cafe Workers Flash floods swallowed cars in Brooklyn and trapped some workers in a cafe for about an hour. Root Hill Cafe in Carroll Gardens sent us this video of the floods. Local 2:31 Raging NJ fire rips through businesses and apartments, leaving 20 people displaced 2:19 Brooklyn Museum holds pop-up poetry event for AANHPI Month 2:04 Long Island gets ready for Sunday's marathon 2:30 New Jersey takes steps to protect students from hate 2:02 NY unveils plan to turn vacant state-owned land on Long Island into housing