Wild scenes of flooding unfolded across New York City Friday morning as heavy rain storms battered the tri-state area, turning local roads into rivers during the morning rush hour and stranding motorists.
Video shows cars plowing through knee-deep water in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood, with whirlpools seen swirling in the watery middle of the road.
Cellphone footage taken inside a city bus at 18th Avenue and 60th Street in Brooklyn’s Bensonhurst neighborhood showed floodwater pouring into the vehicle filled with passengers, including children, who were trying to stay dry by raising their feet off the floor.
The Big Apple’s major roads fared no better, as the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, the Belt Parkway, and the Prospect Park Expressway all turned into rivers filled with partially flooded cars stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic.
A bus navigates a flooded street in Brooklyn during Friday morning’s storm.Paul Martinka FDNY firefighters respond to a ditch fire at 14th Street and 3rd Avenue, possibly caused by heavy rain.William FarringtonSome drivers found themselves trapped by floodwaters in their vehicles and had to be rescued. Paul MartinkaThe MTA has suspended service on 17 routes in Brooklyn.Paul MartinkaFirst responders wade through floodwaters at the base of the Williamsburg Bridge, on Friday, September 29, 2023.AP Rain floods streets in Ditmas Park in Brooklyn.Vanessa Velez-Panzella via Narrative Footage shows severe flooding at Smith station and 9th Streets in Gowanus, Brooklyn.Seth Chinnis via Storyful A flooded Brooklyn neighborhood.Jonathan Gardner via Storyful A car hits high flood waters in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.Eric Butler via Storyful Heavy rainstorms are hitting the three state.NOAACommuters stranded at Church Avenue F, G subway stations as many lines remain closed across the city.Paul MartinkaPeople wade through flooded streets.Liz Herron-Sweet via Storyful
On the FDR Drive on Manhattan’s east side, traffic came to a standstill, with some drivers opting to abandon their idling cars.
Priscilla Fontallio said she had been stranded in her car, which was on a flooded highway but not moving, for three hours.
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“Never seen anything like this in my life,” he said.
Brooklyn and Queens were hit the hardest by the storm, said meteorologist Brian Mastro, with Fox Weather.
Residents flee rising floodwaters in the New York City suburb of Mamaroneck in Westchester County.REUTERSAn emergency alert warned New Yorkers: “Do not attempt to travel unless you are fleeing a flooded area or under evacuation orders.” Matthew McDermott Subway service was halted amid heavy rain on September 29, 2023. Getty Images Residents walk through floodwaters during a heavy rain storm in Westchester County on September 29, 2023.REUTERS
By 1 p.m., the highest rainfall total was just under 7 inches recorded at Brooklyn’s historic Greenwood Cemetery, according to Mastro.
The storm also drenched parts of the city’s subway system, turning the stairs at the Grand Army Plaza station on the 2/3 line in Brooklyn into a waterfall, as seen in a dramatic cellphone video by the crowd.
The Metropolitan Transport Authority is asking passengers to stay at home if possible.
A sanitation truck drives along the flooded FDR on Friday morning.William Farrington
Almost every subway line is at least partially suspended, rerouted or operating with major delays — and two out of three Metro-North Train lines are not running.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency for New York City, the Hudson Valley and Long Island in response to the flooding.
Lots of idle vehicles on southbound FDR.WF
“This is a dangerous and life-threatening storm,” Hochul said in an interview with TV station NY1. “Consider this for the next 20 hours.”
Separately, Mayor Eric Adams declared a state of emergency for five boroughs and urged New Yorkers to stay home, or take shelter at work or school.
“This is a dangerous situation and it is not over,” he said.
The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning, citing “hazardous and life-threatening conditions” caused by the storm, which is expected to bring up to 10 inches of rain in some parts of the region.
“Do not attempt to travel unless you are fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order,” an emergency alert sent late Friday morning warned.
Parts of New York City had already seen 5 inches of rain by 11 am
A flood watch is in effect until 6 a.m. Saturday for the entire tri-state area, with rainfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour expected at times.
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