Water main break in Greenwich Village floods streets, subway tunnels

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Thursday, April 9, 2015
Water main break disrupts subway service in Greenwich Village
A water main break in Greenwich Village caused subway disruptions.

GREENWICH VILLAGE -- A water main break in Greenwich Village is causing subway disruptions.

It happened at 175 W. 13th Street around 7 p.m.

The water is flooding the streets and the subway tunnel.

Some 500 people had to be removed from a subway train underground.

The Fire Department has requested DEP emergency crews and Con Ed Gas to the scene.

Due to the water main break, there is no 1 train service between South Ferry and Times Square-42 St.

There is no northbound 2 and 3 train service between Chambers St and Times Square-42 St in both directions.

2 trains are running on the 5 line from Nevins St to 149 St-Grand Concourse.

1, 2 and 3 trains are running with delays in both directions.

The MTA says that they hope to have service up and running again for the Thursday morning commute.