By 6PM, the  tornado that twisted through Park Slope was over and the wind and rain had ceased, but the storm left much damage in its wake.

The front windows of Brooklyn Industries on 7th Avenue and 9th Street blew out, as did the shop’s front door. The shop itself was water soaked.

Street after street there were downed trees, crushed vehicles, and damage to homes and shops.

On 10th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues, a tree fell on two cars. There were many branches and parts of trees in the street and on the sidewalks of that block.

On 5th Street between 6th and 5th Avenues, a fire truck blocked the street to cars because a tree crushed a car on that street preventing traffic to go through.

Awnings, windows, chairs, tables: all kinds of things went flying during the intense storm earlier this evening.

My daughter reports that the sky was green before the onset of the storm, which is a sure sign of a tornado. She was in Pino’s Pizza when the tornado hit. “The windows were shaking and rattling. A woman tried to come in through the door but she couldn’t get it open. When it finally opened, it pushed her against the wall,” she told me.

Susan Fox of Park Slope Parents watched the tornado from her apartment windows and told me that a friend of hers claims to have seen a cone/funnel shape in the sky.