Corona, Queens, lies between Roosevelt Avenue and Flushing Meadows Corona Park, with Junction Boulevard on its west side, Corona Plaza under the 7 train and 108th Street running north and south through it. Its streets are lined with attached and detached houses, many of them divided into several homes, plus apartment buildings along the avenues. Water damage restoration in Corona often means a basement that took water in heavy rain or a leak running from one home into another in the same house. (This page is about Corona in Queens, New York, not Corona, California.)
Queens Water Damage Restoration is an independent referral service, not a restoration company. When you send the form, your details go to an independent local restoration provider serving Queens, who can contact you, inspect and quote any work directly. You decide whether to hire them.
Basements in heavy rain
The NYC Health Department’s lesson from Hurricane Ida is that rainfall flooding can happen anywhere in the city, and that low-lying areas and basement apartments are at higher risk. In September 2021, Ida’s rain fell at up to 3.5 inches an hour in some areas, against a sewer capacity of 1.75 inches an hour; fourteen people in the city died from causes related to Ida, ten of them by drowning in unregulated basement apartments.
DEP lists the ways water reaches basements: street flooding when catch basins clog, groundwater through foundation cracks or a leaking floor drain, and sewer backups when the pipes are overloaded. Treat water that comes up through a drain or toilet as sewage, which the IICRC S500 counts as Category 3 water. See sewage cleanup in Queens.
People first
If anyone lives in the basement, get them out when water starts coming in, and keep everyone out while water is near outlets, the panel or appliances. Switch power off only from a dry place, and never touch switches while standing in water. If you smell gas, the CDC says to turn off the main gas valve, open the windows and leave at once. Belongings can be replaced; Ida showed that basements can fill faster than people expect.
Leaks inside a divided house
Where one house holds several homes, a leak in one kitchen or bathroom can quickly reach the ceiling or wall of another. Stop the water at the fixture or the main valve, tell everyone in the building, and photograph each home’s damage separately. In buildings with three or more apartments, Local Law 55 requires the owner to keep units free of mold and to safely fix the leaks that cause it. Tenants should tell the landlord, and if it is not fixed, file a complaint online or call 311.
Owners should know that DOB can vacate buildings for conditions posing imminent danger, and that it says property owners can be fined up to $25,000 for illegal apartments. A flood or a major repair is the time to check what the building’s records say each space is.
Drying and repair
The EPA’s guidance is to dry water-damaged areas and items within 24 to 48 hours to prevent mold growth. The order of the work is set out on water removal in Queens for the water itself and water damage repair in Queens for what comes after: stop the source, remove the water, decide what can be saved, dry, check for mold, then rebuild.
Mold
A small patch under about 10 square feet can in most cases be cleaned by the occupant, the EPA says, with soap and water on hard surfaces and thorough drying. Larger areas, or mold after sewage or floodwater, are for professionals; see mold remediation in Queens.
Keeping the next one out
Two things are worth checking on any Corona house. Downspouts: DEP says it is mandatory for homeowners to make sure they are disconnected from the city’s sanitary sewer, with the water redirected at least 6 feet from the foundation, because connected downspouts can cause sewer backups in basements. And the street: report a clogged catch basin to 311 before a storm; DEP cleans and maintains 150,000 of them. A plumber or engineer can say whether a backwater valve suits your house. See basement waterproofing.
Near Corona
Nearby: Elmhurst, Jackson Heights and, across the park, Flushing. The Queens neighborhoods page lists the rest.
Water damage in a Corona home? Send the form, pick Corona, and an independent local restoration provider can contact you.
Questions people ask
Water from upstairs is coming into my unit in a divided house. What first?
Get the water stopped at the source by telling the people upstairs and the owner, keep away from wet electrics, and photograph your damage. If you rent, tell the landlord in writing.
Is this page about Corona, California?
No. It is about Corona in Queens, New York City.
Is this site a restoration company in Corona?
No. Queens Water Damage Restoration is an independent referral service, not a restoration company. When you send the form, your details go to an independent local restoration provider serving Queens, who can contact you, inspect and quote any work directly. You decide whether to hire them.
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