Overview
- A broken water main at First Avenue and East 14th Street sent water into the intersection and into nearby basements, creating localized flooding.
- The New York City Department of Environmental Protection halted the leak and shut off the city main serving the east side of First Avenue between East 13th and East 14th Streets.
- Crews are pumping standing water on site, have set up a mobile water fountain for affected residents, and some nearby restaurants closed because of the outage.
- Officials said the subway was not impacted, reporting no water on the tracks and normal L train service during the response.
- The DEP and residents pointed to aging infrastructure as part of the problem, noting some mains are more than 100 years old and this corner has seen prior breaks.