Photos of 4th Avenue today, via FIPS' Twitter

Irene has finally hit NYC (sorry we told you to take your tape down), and these photos show a flooded 4th Avenue in Park Slope. If you're in the area, we recommend finding shelter in the Rock Shop's second floor bar, just across the street from where this was taken. Meanwhile, let's go to the streets, where the scathing reviews of this latest weather event are filtering in:

There's a lot more rain where this is coming from, so if you see anything covered in water, send a photo our way.