MANHATTAN — New York commuters seeking shelter late Wednesday from pounding rains caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida realized quickly that the subway may have been the wrong choice.
Crews have been working around the clock to restore service after last night’s historic rainfall. Expect significant delays and service changes throughout the system.
— NYCT Subway. Wear a Mask. (@NYCTSubway) September 2, 2021
We’ve managed to restore a ton of service today but our tracks in Queens suffered the most damage. pic.twitter.com/vy5sqVBV0u
Videos shared widely across Twitter show water pouring into the 28th Street station, illustrating ongoing flooding issues reported for months by everyday riders, WPIX reported.
Wild scene in the subway tonight #subwaycreatures #ida pic.twitter.com/G5MJp1qGhw
— Rick (@SubwayCreatures) September 2, 2021
My home subway station in #BayRidge. 95th Street R. https://t.co/CNPSOCnGRZ
— Justin Brannan (@JustinBrannan) September 2, 2021
This is my district.
— Shaun Abreu (@ShaunAbreu) September 2, 2021
This is the second time in two months that this station has been incapacitated by flooding.
This is the second time that subway riders in my neighborhood have been trapped underground in dangerous conditions.
Why is this happening? /1 https://t.co/5n1hldpQor
By 10:15 p.m., the Metropolitan Transportation Authority advised all riders to find alternate transportation due to the pounding rains and flash floods swamping not only New York City streets, but destinations across New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland as well.
“At this time, there is very limited train service,” the spokesperson tweeted, and conditions had not improved significantly in time for Thursday morning’s commute.
Service across our system is extremely limited as we work to recover from last night's heavy rainfall and flooding.
— MTA. Wear a Mask. Stop the Spread. (@MTA) September 2, 2021
Stay home if you can. If you must travel, please note that train times may not be accurate. Check https://t.co/1mbGGZApQy before you go, & listen to announcements.
New York City Councilman Justin Brannan described the amount of rain as “biblical,” tweeting, “There isn’t a sewer system on the planet that can handle this much water at this rate – certainly not our ancient sewers here in New York City, some of which are still made of brick.”
NYC is seeing a biblical amount of rain. Again.
— Justin Brannan (@JustinBrannan) September 2, 2021
There isn't a sewer system on the planet that can handle this much water at this rate – certainly not our ancient sewers here in New York City, some of which are still made of brick!
Someday we'll make infrastructure sexy again.
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