Crime & Safety
Flooding at Columbus Circle Causes Major Delays on 8 Lines
A water condition at Columbus Circle led to a snarled commute on Monday morning.
MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — A leaky building in Columbus Circle caused a whole lot of subway delays on the Monday morning commute.
According to the MTA, a leak from a building above Columbus Circle was pouring water into the 59th Street station. The subways were briefly stopped at the station, causing a mess for the A, B, C, D, E, F, M and R lines.
The station was back open again as of 10:20 p.m., but all eight lines were running with the always ominous residual delays.
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As you'd expect, commuters were not happy to wake up at the start of the work week to a snarled commute.
Only in NYC. Flooding at Columbus Circle. F train not running. Funny but F train doesn't go to Columbus Circle.
— Court Passant (@courtpassant) August 29, 2016
ohhhh yeah second time in a week the bdfm line grinds to a halt!! this time it's cause a water main at Columbus circle lol
— chelsey b. coombs (@chelseybcoombs) August 29, 2016
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