Ricky Yun, owner of Budfields on Atlantic Avenue in Garden City, opened up shop last October, days after a King Tide flooded the low-lying street.
But about three weeks earlier, 3 inches of water poured into the shop from another King Tide, damaging the showcases in the newly-renovated space for his hemp dispensary business. When he leased the space in July 2025, he was never told the area is prone to high tide flooding.
“The major impact, of course, the water comes into the store,” Yun said. “But more than anything else, it just traps everybody.”…