The NYPD said officers responded to 700 Euclid Ave. Shortly before 3:30 p.m. And found the man in critical condition. Police took him to Brookdale Hospital, where he died. The department said it couldn't confirm whether the storm's winds brought the tree down.
City officials aren't waiting for that answer to act. The Parks Department has fielded hundreds of requests since Friday for help with downed or damaged trees, most of them in Queens and Brooklyn. Officials spent Saturday urging residents to stay indoors while the storm passes through.
For people in East New York and across the outer boroughs, the storm turned an ordinary Saturday into a hazard zone. Crews now face a backlog of storm damage stretching across two boroughs, and there's no clear timeline on when they'll catch up. It only took one tree to end a life.