![]() After this morning's water main break, L service was suspended between Myrtle Av and 1 Av as power had to be shut off while DEP worked to stop the water. In addition to drain cleaning, the L Project includes resiliency upgrades to the line and stations including an 8 inch-high step outside all of the new station entrances, which helped reduce the amount of floodwater entering the Bedford Av station and helped us restore service faster. Our drains successfully and safely took in the water, due in part to extensive drain cleaning that has happened as part of both the Subway Action Plan and the ongoing L Project. "This morning around 4:30 a city water main break in Williamsburg caused water to enter the subway system in the area of the Bedford Av L train station. The MTA released a statement on why L Train service resumed quickly after the break: The cause of the water main break is not yet known, but work to repair it is underway. The water condition caused flooding on local streets in Williamsburg and caused flooding at the Bedford Avenue Station.Ĭrews were able to cap the main and the water receded. Water flooded the intersection of Driggs Avenue and North 7th Street around 4:30 a.m. WILLIAMSBURG, Brooklyn (WABC) - L train service has resumed between Brooklyn and Manhattan after a water main break Wednesday morning. The Times’s “Living In” column travels to the tony Yonkers enclave of Park Hill, which is just over the Bronx border and has “a mix of turreted mansions and modest postwar houses.Shirleen Allicot and Heather O'Rourke have details on the incident that interrupted service between Brooklyn and Manhattan. ![]() The retail corridor near Penn Station will be hit with two big closures soon: Both the KMart on 34th Street and the Pennsy, the food hall next to Madison Square Garden, will shutter.Speaking of de Blasio, he signed several new bills aimed at reducing lead paint exposure and targeting landlords who don’t fix lead-related issues in their buildings.Andrew Cuomo) forcing the city’s hand to close the NYPD tow pound at Pier 76, but now, Cuomo has an ally: City Council speaker Corey Johnson. Mayor Bill de Blasio is not happy about the state (see: Gov.The City Council passed the “reckless driver accountability act” introduced by Park Slope councilmember Brad Lander, which will force repeat offenders (those who’ve accrued 15 speed camera violations or five red light violations within a year) to take a safety course.JFK Airport’s Terminal 4 is getting a massive makeover-and once it’s done, Port Authority will shutter the nearly 60-year-old Terminal 2.And, the Times notes, the city is working on that: The de Blasio administration will spend $800 million over the next two years to upgrade the ailing system.īut in the meantime, the maintenance will continue, with crews often determining when a break is about to happen by listening for “a distinctive whooshing sound” from pipes. Still, given the age of NYC’s pipes (the average one is 66 years old), and the fact that they share space underground with electric cables, steam pipes, and other infrastructure, a permanent fix is necessary. ![]() (If you think that sounds bad, it’s actually pretty good for big cities in the U.S.-only Boston has fewer breaks per 100 miles of pipe every year.) While incidents that cause commute-ruining delays are outliers, problems with the city’s water mains are not: According to the New York Times, the pipes that transport water below New York’s streets break down with some regularity-one breaks every day-and they cost $400 million to repair every year. Just yesterday, an eruption on the Lower East Side flooded streets around the FDR Drive for hours. In the past few weeks, New Yorkers have dealt with the nasty after-effects of water main breaks in their neighborhoods, including one on the Upper West Side on January 19 that snarled subway service for almost an entire day. Send stories you think should be included to A water main breaks every day in New York City ![]() Good morning, and welcome to New York Minute, a roundup of the New York City news you need to know about today. ![]()
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