Kneeling in the grass at Bowne Park in Flushing, hydrologist Mike Como of the U.S. Geological Survey New York Water Science Center unfurled a tool with a yellow measuring tape into a well. The well was nearly 60 feet deep, about the height of a six-story building.
Como's work, which officially kicked off in February, is part of the federal agency's monitoring of groundwater levels, which has resumed in New York City after a decade-long hiatus.
New York City's most populous borough, Brooklyn, is home to nearly 2.6 million residents. If Brooklyn were an independent city it would be the fourth largest city in the United States.
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