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West Side Water Main Break
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Jen Chung
Published Feb 9, 2008
Modified Mar 7, 2008
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Modified Mar 7, 2008
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Photographs by SilvaAzniv on Flickr (left, right); the steam in the right photo is from Con Ed - not a fire
At West End Avenue and West 59th Street, a water main broke, flooding the Amtrak tracks. The FDNY is pumping out the water and a number of other city agencies, including the Office of Emergency Management and Department of Environmental Protection are on the scene. According to other reports, a new building (an expansion of John Jay Collage) at the intersection is also flooded.
We haven't heard if Amtrak service is affected by the flooding.
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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