FIVE YEARS LATER

N EACH anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, Francine Streich and Marcia Sikowitz return to the Brooklyn street where they each lost a child.

Streich, Sikowitz, their relatives and their children’s friends write messages in chalk on the sidewalk, read poetry, sing songs and share stories about the 24-year-old victims of the storm that ravaged the region on Oct. 29, 2012.

The memorials are gutwrenching but necessary for the two moms. They want to keep their children’s memories alive — especially as they see them miss out on so many of life’s milestones.

“I am always thinking about him and whether it’s his birthday or family events at weddings and nieces and nephews having children,” Sikowitz said of her son, Jake Vogelman. “Jake’s not going to get married, not going to have kids.”

Jake and Streich’s daughter, Jessie Streich-Kest, were killed when a tree fell on them on the night of the storm. They had been out walking Jessie’s dog, Max, in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, and planned to watch a movie when they returned to her apartment.

They were among the city’s 44 Sandy victims.

Some drowned in the flooding. Some were electrocuted. Some died of medical conditions when the power went out and they waited in darkness for help.

Staten Island nurse Glenda Moore lost her two young boys — Brandon, 2, and Connor, 4 — when they got out of her stalled SUV during the storm. Surging water ripped the boys from her arms. The mother later said she banged on doors for help but was turned away.

Another victim, parking attendant Anthony Narh, drowned in a Tribeca garage when he stayed behind after his co-workers fled.

Off-duty cop Artur Kasprzak, 28, safely led relatives up to the attic of his Staten Island home. He then went down to the