PHOTOS: Some areas ravaged by Superstorm Sandy will never be the same
PHOTOS: Some areas ravaged by Superstorm Sandy will never be the same
In a photo taken Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, security tape hangs from an incomplete access to the beach in Mantoloking, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
In this Nov. 13, 2012 photo, a single-story home, right, that survived Superstorm Sandy, is surrounded by burned houses on Oceanside Avenue in the Breezy Point neighborhood in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
In this Oct. 26, 2016 photo, a single-story home, right, that survived Superstorm Sandy neighbors new two-story homes, built on top of raised concrete foundations, on Oceanside Avenue in the Breezy Point neighborhood in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
In this Oct. 30, 2012, photo, a firefighter hoses down embers from houses destroyed by a fire that raged during Superstorm Sandy along Fulton Walk in the Breezy Point neighborhood in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
In this Oct. 26, 2016 photo, new houses have been built along Fulton Walk to replace those destroyed by fire during Superstorm Sandy in the Breezy Point neighborhood in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Joe Vanvaketis looks at his home from what used to be the stoop of his back door in the Oakwood Beach section of Staten Island, New York, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
In this Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016 photo, a flock of Canada geese takes to the sky from a vacant lot where a house was destroyed in the Oakwood Beach neighborhood of Staten Island, in New York, four years after Superstorm Sandy ravaged the area with its deadly storm surge. Oakwood Beach, improbably built on a salt marsh, is slowly being returned to nature after state officials concluded it would be foolish to rebuild in a place with so little protection from the sea. Under a state buyout program, 196 homes have been demolished so far. Another 103 will soon meet the same fate. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Debris lines the beach area in front of the Seaside Heights boardwalk following Superstorm Sandy, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez
In a photo taken Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, workers labor at building a boardwalk on the pier at Seaside Heights, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
An abandoned swimming pool is all that remains of a house in the low-lying Oakwood Beach neighborhood on Staten Island, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, in New York., nearly one year after Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
In this Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016, photo, Canada geese wade in a puddle at the dead end of Riga Street in the Oakwood Beach neighborhood of Staten Island, where it transitions into a marsh. Much of the neighborhood was underwater following Superstorm Sandy’s deadly storm surge nearly four years ago. Oakwood Beach, built on a salt marsh, is slowly being returned to nature after state officials concluded it would be foolish to rebuild in a place with so little protection from the sea. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
In this Nov. 15, 2012, file photo, Dean Rasinya poses with a street sign for Irving Walk salvaged from wreckage in the Breezy Point section of the Queens borough of New York. A fire destroyed more than 100 homes in the oceanfront community during Superstorm Sandy. Rasinya’s home was flooded and suffered some fire damage but he is repairing the damage. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
In this Oct. 26, 2016, photo, Kieran Burke poses with an Irving Walk street sign in his Breezy Point neighborhood in the Queens borough of New York. The sign had been salvaged from the debris remaining after a fire and flood swept through the neighborhood during Superstorm Sandy. A single-story home, left, that survived the fire is now surrounded by new two-story homes mounted on tall concrete foundations. Four years after the storm created a catastrophe on the coasts of New York and New Jersey, the coastline has come a long way toward recovery. But the catastrophic flooding also brought permanent changes to the shore. Some areas that have been rebuilt look dramatically different. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Floodwaters surround homes near the Mantoloking Bridge the morning after Superstorm Sandy rolled through, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in Mantoloking, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
In a photo taken Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, security tape hangs from an incomplete access to the beach in Mantoloking, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
In a photo taken Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, security tape hangs from an incomplete access to the beach in Mantoloking, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
In this Nov. 13, 2012 photo, a single-story home, right, that survived Superstorm Sandy, is surrounded by burned houses on Oceanside Avenue in the Breezy Point neighborhood in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
In this Nov. 13, 2012 photo, a single-story home, right, that survived Superstorm Sandy, is surrounded by burned houses on Oceanside Avenue in the Breezy Point neighborhood in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
In this Oct. 26, 2016 photo, a single-story home, right, that survived Superstorm Sandy neighbors new two-story homes, built on top of raised concrete foundations, on Oceanside Avenue in the Breezy Point neighborhood in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
In this Oct. 26, 2016 photo, a single-story home, right, that survived Superstorm Sandy neighbors new two-story homes, built on top of raised concrete foundations, on Oceanside Avenue in the Breezy Point neighborhood in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
In this Oct. 30, 2012, photo, a firefighter hoses down embers from houses destroyed by a fire that raged during Superstorm Sandy along Fulton Walk in the Breezy Point neighborhood in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
In this Oct. 30, 2012, photo, a firefighter hoses down embers from houses destroyed by a fire that raged during Superstorm Sandy along Fulton Walk in the Breezy Point neighborhood in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
In this Oct. 26, 2016 photo, new houses have been built along Fulton Walk to replace those destroyed by fire during Superstorm Sandy in the Breezy Point neighborhood in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
In this Oct. 26, 2016 photo, new houses have been built along Fulton Walk to replace those destroyed by fire during Superstorm Sandy in the Breezy Point neighborhood in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Joe Vanvaketis looks at his home from what used to be the stoop of his back door in the Oakwood Beach section of Staten Island, New York, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Joe Vanvaketis looks at his home from what used to be the stoop of his back door in the Oakwood Beach section of Staten Island, New York, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
In this Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016 photo, a flock of Canada geese takes to the sky from a vacant lot where a house was destroyed in the Oakwood Beach neighborhood of Staten Island, in New York, four years after Superstorm Sandy ravaged the area with its deadly storm surge. Oakwood Beach, improbably built on a salt marsh, is slowly being returned to nature after state officials concluded it would be foolish to rebuild in a place with so little protection from the sea. Under a state buyout program, 196 homes have been demolished so far. Another 103 will soon meet the same fate. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
In this Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016 photo, a flock of Canada geese takes to the sky from a vacant lot where a house was destroyed in the Oakwood Beach neighborhood of Staten Island, in New York, four years after Superstorm Sandy ravaged the area with its deadly storm surge. Oakwood Beach, improbably built on a salt marsh, is slowly being returned to nature after state officials concluded it would be foolish to rebuild in a place with so little protection from the sea. Under a state buyout program, 196 homes have been demolished so far. Another 103 will soon meet the same fate. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Debris lines the beach area in front of the Seaside Heights boardwalk following Superstorm Sandy, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez
Debris lines the beach area in front of the Seaside Heights boardwalk following Superstorm Sandy, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez
In a photo taken Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, workers labor at building a boardwalk on the pier at Seaside Heights, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
In a photo taken Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, workers labor at building a boardwalk on the pier at Seaside Heights, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
An abandoned swimming pool is all that remains of a house in the low-lying Oakwood Beach neighborhood on Staten Island, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, in New York., nearly one year after Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
An abandoned swimming pool is all that remains of a house in the low-lying Oakwood Beach neighborhood on Staten Island, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, in New York., nearly one year after Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
In this Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016, photo, Canada geese wade in a puddle at the dead end of Riga Street in the Oakwood Beach neighborhood of Staten Island, where it transitions into a marsh. Much of the neighborhood was underwater following Superstorm Sandy’s deadly storm surge nearly four years ago. Oakwood Beach, built on a salt marsh, is slowly being returned to nature after state officials concluded it would be foolish to rebuild in a place with so little protection from the sea. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
In this Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016, photo, Canada geese wade in a puddle at the dead end of Riga Street in the Oakwood Beach neighborhood of Staten Island, where it transitions into a marsh. Much of the neighborhood was underwater following Superstorm Sandy’s deadly storm surge nearly four years ago. Oakwood Beach, built on a salt marsh, is slowly being returned to nature after state officials concluded it would be foolish to rebuild in a place with so little protection from the sea. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
In this Nov. 15, 2012, file photo, Dean Rasinya poses with a street sign for Irving Walk salvaged from wreckage in the Breezy Point section of the Queens borough of New York. A fire destroyed more than 100 homes in the oceanfront community during Superstorm Sandy. Rasinya’s home was flooded and suffered some fire damage but he is repairing the damage. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
In this Nov. 15, 2012, file photo, Dean Rasinya poses with a street sign for Irving Walk salvaged from wreckage in the Breezy Point section of the Queens borough of New York. A fire destroyed more than 100 homes in the oceanfront community during Superstorm Sandy. Rasinya’s home was flooded and suffered some fire damage but he is repairing the damage. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
In this Oct. 26, 2016, photo, Kieran Burke poses with an Irving Walk street sign in his Breezy Point neighborhood in the Queens borough of New York. The sign had been salvaged from the debris remaining after a fire and flood swept through the neighborhood during Superstorm Sandy. A single-story home, left, that survived the fire is now surrounded by new two-story homes mounted on tall concrete foundations. Four years after the storm created a catastrophe on the coasts of New York and New Jersey, the coastline has come a long way toward recovery. But the catastrophic flooding also brought permanent changes to the shore. Some areas that have been rebuilt look dramatically different. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
In this Oct. 26, 2016, photo, Kieran Burke poses with an Irving Walk street sign in his Breezy Point neighborhood in the Queens borough of New York. The sign had been salvaged from the debris remaining after a fire and flood swept through the neighborhood during Superstorm Sandy. A single-story home, left, that survived the fire is now surrounded by new two-story homes mounted on tall concrete foundations. Four years after the storm created a catastrophe on the coasts of New York and New Jersey, the coastline has come a long way toward recovery. But the catastrophic flooding also brought permanent changes to the shore. Some areas that have been rebuilt look dramatically different. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Floodwaters surround homes near the Mantoloking Bridge the morning after Superstorm Sandy rolled through, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in Mantoloking, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Floodwaters surround homes near the Mantoloking Bridge the morning after Superstorm Sandy rolled through, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in Mantoloking, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)