Water Main Break Floods New York City Parking Garage, Building Basements

The Upper West Side turned into the Under Water Side after a busted water main Monday flooded streets around Lincoln Center, inundating nearby subway tracks and building basements.

The flooding began when a city water main erupted between W. 62nd and 63rd Streets along Broadway just before 5 a.m., officials said.

The cause of the break will likely be unknown until crews can expose the damaged pipe, Department of Environmental Protection officials said.

“The work now is opening up the pavement of the street so that the water main can be exposed and we can go in and make repairs," DEP Commissioner Vincent Sapienza said. “It’s likely that it will take us a few days to have that work done and the street repaired."

Firefighters said pumping water out of basements in the surrounding buildings could also take more than a day.