Water Main Break Shuts Down Upper East Side Avenue

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — A stretch of Madison Avenue on the Upper East Side was closed off to traffic Tuesday evening after a water main break turned the busy avenue into a river, according to the NYPD's 19th precinct.

Madison Avenue was shut down between East 57th and 65th streets Tuesday evening as responders attempted to repair the broken water main, police said. The water main break occurred near the intersection of East 65th Street and Madison Avenue, an FDNY spokesman said.

Firefighters responded to the intersection around 5:45 p.m. and worked with utility companies to shut off the water, an FDNY spokesman said.

As of Wednesday morning the Upper East Side streets were reopened to traffic, an NYPD spokeswoman told Patch.

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A message left with the city Department of Environmental Protection was not immediately returned. Patch will update this article if we hear back.

Photo by NYPD 19th Precinct