Photo Gallery: Stormy Weather -- On the Greenwich Waterfront

The unrelenting rain driven in sheet-like bands by wind gusts of 30 to 40 mph and tidal flooding are impacting parts of Greenwich, especially Old Greenwich.

At Binney Park where the usually placid and silt-filled pond is picturesque was more of a lake swamping the entire park Tuesday afternoon. Water was lapping half-way up the poles bearing the ‘keep of the ice’ signs standing sentry at the pond’s edge.

The foot bridges and park benches were immersed in water and a Greenwich Parks and Recreation Department crew used its pickup to block entrance to the rear portion of the park near West End Avenue by the tennis courts because of flooding from the high tide.

There’s more waterfront in Bruce Park where the expansive lawns have been transformed into ponds.

Docks at several marinas including the Byram Boat & Yacht, Grass Island Marina, Mianus River Boat Club, were angled upwards at high tide. At Grass Island, the boat ramp was swamped water and leaves. At Byram Park, a portion of the parking lot was flooded by the rising tides.

At the Old Greenwich Yacht Club at Greenwich Point Park, the beach with the kayak racks was flooded. The lawns in front of the caretaker’s home also was transformed into a large pond, attracting flocks of seagulls and ducks.

Waves splashed over the causeway at Greenwich Point and many of the parking lots and roadways were impassable because of standing water.

Other roads in town were covered with rain runoff or water spewing from manholes including South Water Street and Arch Street at Sound View.

Greenwich’s Emergency Management Director Dan Warzoha said other than the minor road flooding and a few catch basins clogged with leaves, there weren’t any problems reported from the storm that already has brought about two inches of rain. The Nor’Easter is expected to continue to dump up to another inch of rain in the area through Wednesday night before changing over to snow and rain on Thursday and Thursday night, according to the National Weather Service.

Just keep in mind, if this were snow … we’d be up to our you-know-whats in snow — an inch of rain would be about 10 inches of snow.

Photos by Barbara Heins.

1) Looking out at Lucas Point in Old Greenwich.

2) The Byram River waterfalls in the Pemberwick section of town.

3, 4, 5, 6, 7) Binney Park in Old Greenwich.

8) The Grass Island Marina boat ramp.

9, 10, 11, 12, 13) Greenwich Point Park.

14) The brook on Shore Road in central Greenwich.

15) A flooded South Water Street in the Byram neighborhood of town.

16) The Island Beach ferry in Greenwich Harbor.