Mayor Mamdani Announces $95 Million Cloudburst Project to Manage Flooding in Homecrest, Brooklyn

April 30, 2026

Porous pavement will absorb and divert stormwater, while parks and school sites will store it underground

Project will protect water quality in Coney Island Creek

NEW YORK-Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani, New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Lisa F. Garcia, NYC Parks Commissioner Tricia Shimamura, New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) Commissioner Mike Flynn and New York City Public Schools (NYCPS) Chancellor Kamar Samuels today announced $95 million in DEP funding for an innovative Cloudburst stormwater management project in Homecrest, Brooklyn.

The project is designed to reduce flooding, protect local waterways and strengthen neighborhood resilience as extreme weather becomes more frequent and more severe.

Cloudburst projects use a network of neighborhood-scale infrastructure to move stormwater off streets during short, intense storms without overwhelming the sewer system. In Homecrest, DEP will install porous pavement on City streets and underground storage systems on public land, managing an estimated 30 million gallons of stormwater each year. The Homecrest project will be built to handle the increasingly common, heavy downpours that can drop more than two inches of rain in a single hour.

Read the full Mayoral Press Release.