This is the precise corner where flooding was the worst in Brooklyn during Ophelia.
https://newyorkyimby.com/2023/10/earthwork-begins-for-544-carroll-street-in-gowanus-brooklyn.html
Here we have the original topography of the area. 1766 image shows detail.
https://issuu.com/proteusgowanus/docs/gowanus_canal_maps_1639_2004
