Street Flooding Hides Deadly Hazard

The nonstop rain around our area has locals damp, tired, and frustrated. One woman escaped serious injury when she slipped into an open manhole near Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn. The murky water concealed the gap in the street, hiding the danger beneath to pedestrians. In Staten Island, the rapid waters undermined the soil and created a massive sinkhole on the service road on Narrows Road North. Traffic was diverted while crews worked to fill the street. NBC New York’s Chris Glorioso has more on how the soggy summer storm affected our area.