Downpours on Thursday overwhelmed drainage systems in several city neighborhoods. Wind gusts broke branches and even tore down trees.

One huge tree in front of Michael Delucca’s house in Fresh Meadows, Queens, came crashing down on his home of more than five decades.

What You Need To Know

• Downpours on Thursday overwhelmed drainage systems in several city neighborhoods. Wind gusts broke branches and even tore down trees

• City Parks officials said they received over 500 public service requests for damages and fallen trees

• Parks officials said no one was injured in any of the areas where trees fell

“I was freaking out yesterday because it was leaning on the house and on the top and I was afraid the weight of it was going to crush the roof,” Deluca said Friday. “Over the last two or three years, every year limbs were breaking off the tree.”

Deluca said he submitted half a dozen requests for the city to cut down the tree, and a crew from the city’s Parks Department even inspected it this past July.

“It’s kind of a bummer because I had to wait for it to fall on the house and do the damage it did,” Deluca said. They said it was categorized as a C and it wasn’t a priority at the time.”

Now, Delucca has to pay a $1,000 deductible for his insurance to repair the damage. He says a crew from the Parks Department did come quickly to remove the fallen tree from his home.

“We’ve received over 500 public service requests for damages and fallen trees,” said Benjamin Osborne, assistant commissioner of Forestry and Horticulture for the city’s Parks Department.

Parks officials said that’s far more than after a typical storm.

“About half of the requests we’ve received so far are for fallen trees, so we take those seriously,” Osborne said. “When we respond, we prioritize clearing blocked streets to allow emergency vehicle and public access.”

Another tree came down on 33rd Avenue near 160th Street in Murray Hill, Queens.

“We’ve been looking at it for years knowing any day it was going to come down,” Diane Squillari said.

Parks officials said no one was injured in any of the areas where trees fell.

“The city was wonderful,” Squillari said. “The city sent like five trucks, and they had it all cleaned up within like three hours. It was wonderful.”

Parks officials said they also prioritize addressing trees that may have fallen on homes, downed power lines and other major safety issues during weather emergencies.

They also said they plan to remove any trees blocking roads in time for Sunday’s New York City Marathon.