Subway Chief Helps Clean Up Wet Mess At Grand Central

MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — He's cleaning up messes — figuratively and literally. The man in charge of New York City's subways helped wipe up a wet mess in Grand Central Station after heavy rain soaked it during the Thursday rush hour.

Video posted to Twitter showed water gushing through the station's ceiling late Thursday afternoon as rain pounded parts of the city. The waterfall overwhelmed a mop bucket apparently placed under the leak.

The subsequent mess led workers to cordon off a soaked portion of the station floor, a photo from the scene shows.

New York City Transit President Andy Byford visited the station in the evening and helped sweep up some of the remaining water.

Sarah Meyer, the agency's chief customer officer, snapped a photo of Byford with a broom in hand wearing a suit and shiny black shoes. Meyer and Byford got to the station at about 5:30 p.m. and he was still there when she left at about 8 p.m., she said.

"Spotted: Pres. Byford 'putting some muscle into it' earlier this evening after a water leak at Grand Central," Meyer wrote in a tweet.

The leaks forced 4, 5 and 6 trains to skip the Grand Central stop until 6:10 p.m. Thursday, according to NYC Transit.