New York City Faces Severe Flooding and State of Emergency

New York City's severe flooding prompts a state of emergency, urging residents to stay home amid heavy rain and disrupted transit.

### New York City Under Heavy Rain: State of Emergency and Transit Disruptions
* 🌧 New York City is experiencing intense rainfall today, September 29th, 2023, with temperatures around **61°F (16°C)**, prompting the governor to **declare a state of emergency** and advising residents to **stay home unless absolutely necessary**.
* 🚇 Many subway lines are suspended, causing **significant disruptions in transportation**, particularly affecting those trying to **get home from work or school**.
* ⚠ The rain is causing **dangerous flooding conditions**, with reports indicating that just a **few inches of water can sweep vehicles away**, making driving **perilous**.
* 📉 Following the recent tropical storm Ophelia, New Yorkers are facing yet another weather crisis, with predictions of **up to eight inches of rain** throughout the day.
* 🚧 Despite some subway stations still operating, flooding is evident, and conflicting reports on train availability make it **difficult for commuters to navigate the transit system**.
* 📢 Emergency services are stretched thin as they work to manage the flooding, while essential services remain open to assist those in need, including **pharmacies and grocery stores**.
* 🌊 The rain is expected to continue throughout the day, complicating recovery efforts and making it **challenging for residents to address leaks and other damage** in their homes.
* 💔 As the city grapples with this severe weather, the community is reminded of the **importance of safety** and **staying informed about transit updates and emergency protocols**.

What's up, everyone? Got some crazy rains in New York City today. It's Friday, September 29th, 2023. Our time is about one o'clock P.M., 61 Fahrenheit, 16 Celsius, and this is some crazy downpours right now. The governor has declared a state of emergency, and they're advising people to stay home unless it's absolutely necessary to travel or to evacuate. But yeah, I'm not going too far from where I'm staying, but just wanted to show you what's going on here. A lot of subway lines are suspended right now, including the one coming up in a few blocks. NMW trains uneven bother putting on rain shoes or socks or anything because I know it's going to get wet anyway, but this is a story of Queens. I've seen some images and video of some rain and subway stations and in South Brooklyn home in hand. They have rivers and places. I didn't even bring my stabilizer out because I don't want that electronics to get wet. They're just using my tripod.

look at this, folks. This is 30th Avenue in Astoria. They got these school buses here, these poor children stuck at school with the rain, and there's a lot of people right now stuck at their jobs and can't get home because they have no transportation to get back. And in weather like this, you shouldn't drive unless you have to because the news, of course, was saying that one of the most dangerous activities you can do is people getting flooded in their cars and you know, float over to a river. It doesn't even take that much water, like a quarter to two of water, and the carpet floats and brings you to a stream of water and it'll make it that much harder for emergency services to get you. I haven't seen rain in New York City this much in a while, and this is just after New York City went through tropical storm Ophelia. Longer than Ophelia, we got dc322, lots of flooding, subway bus service, they're not running. I'm going to show you the subway station right now.

We're a block away from it. I don't think there's any subway line going in Queens into Manhattan right now. I just, I just [Music] our Constructor. It's shaky because I didn't bring my stabilizer out because I'm raining like this. Stabilizer is going to get wet. I could try to put it on wide angle. It helps to mitigate the shakiness a little bit. Thank you. Look, there's people on the subway platform just waiting for a train, and I won't come go up and see if it's possible to take a train. Hey, there is a train coming 6 7. I don't know if it's true or not, but I checked the MTA website like 15 minutes ago, and the set is suspended. Well, if the trains are suspended, they're not stopping people from, oh, it is running, and I have a water spot on the main lens. Let me fix that for you, or is it this one? I still want to want to get on the train, though. I don't want to risk getting

stuck, but this is the situation right now inside the subway station. It's Stephen flooded in here, and this is a conversation. Look at this [Music]. Yeah, Devin, I don't want to take the subway today if I can help it. I'm just gonna be on foot. Maureen Shea, thank you for 9.99. Thanks for going out. You're welcome, Marine [Music]. I'm gonna check the website because as soon as suspended to show you now MCA dot info. That's the website. Major disruptions due to flooding. Yeah, look, suspended B, G, N, R, W, S, S, N, R. Service is suspended in both directions while we work to address everyone. And this is the end train station, but you're getting conflicting reports. The station is saying that the trains are loading, those empty saying it's running, but the website says there's not [Music]. What to believe, but regardless, I'm not taking the train [Music]. [Music]. It kind of feels like the lane is lightening up, but every now and then the heavy rains will

come back, and even if you look at the weather bands, the rain clouds will just keep regenerating over the city. So, Evan says some of them said partial closure, so maybe it's just sexually little one you have to get out and transfer. Yeah, but it's not very convenient, especially if you're somebody who lives in the outer boroughs and needs to get into Manhattan. Like, uh, for example, the D train says it's part suspended, but it's stopping at 34th Street Harold Square. I've been going further south, but I would advise people if they don't need to go out today to travel far, don't do it, stay in, or if you have to go out, stay local if you can. [Applause] Because this is a life-threatening weather right now. [Applause] We have Bob Kish MTA website saying that show North North service is severely destructive. I was looking at the Long Island Railroad to Long Island Railroad that's running close to schedule, so that's an option to get into the city.

from Queens [Music]. Long Island Railroad is also honoring Metro [Music]. Look at this; says emergency work done in the rain. Thank you, Herbie Maldono, with three dollars. A low action, have fun, appreciate it, thank you so much. We gotta see this. I also got to take that water drop off the lens. Crazy bless these workers are being out here in this kind of weather. Water drop [Music]. Thanks, Ollie Pine Street. Here's a soar that I'm glad is open right now, a Rite Aid Pharmacy. Medications are definitely essential for people who need them. Alessandro, I'm in Astoria, Queens, on 30th Avenue, is the busiest part of Astoria. It's very close to Manhattan. Marie says, I hope I have rain boots on. I actually don't. I'm wearing Crocs because I figure with this much rain, the rain boots aren't really going to help that much, and it's going to get wet anyway, so just slip on the Crocs, and I'll take

a shower later. JB, thank you for twenty dollars. Thanks, AK, wishing you and your New York City family the best. Thanks, JB, I hope you're staying safe as well. Hope you're not in this rain. Lori says Vlad is no window company is Heavy Rain. Yeah, it's just been a steady heavy rain pretty much overnight and continuing until now. And uh, I think it's gonna rain until the end of the day, not going to stop until Saturday. Yeah, I'm wearing my Crocs in the rain, but uh, [Music] even though it's a good idea, it's not great when you consider New York City so dirty. Chuck t-rad, thank you for ten dollars. Thank you for braving the elements, appreciate it. Hope you're staying safe, Chuck. Me as my umbrella almost flies away from me. Cliff says we had a roof of a medical supply store near me collapse. Okay, uh, a lot of people are dealing with leaks right now, including me. My roof is leaking a little bit, but considering what I see on the news and

other people's videos. It's minor, but regardless, that's gonna have to be fixed, and uh, it's going to be an expensive job to do that. Thank you. Oh, look at this wind now. [Music] Because New York State Police. Yeah, Lori, I hope it stops raining soon so that the leaks stop for everybody. [Music] But right now, I have buckets underneath the leak that's catching all the water. At least the rain is lightening up a little bit now. Guess where the state police are going. [Music] Is this a stereotype police uh activity. Funky Child says bagels are fine just as long as it's not Dunkin Donuts. Christian says NYC does limited space for cars. If you live in Brooklyn or Queens, you'll be circling a block a long time if you don't have a driveway or you park. Yeah, I know a lot of people, they do that. There's no dedicated space on their property, so they need to do street street parking and not going to be a big task to do every day.

foreign look at this. Is this a break in the rain now? Yeah, it's not that heavy anymore. Bagels and wax that seems like a little low on the rain we need it. I'm gonna actually still put it up as it's gonna be uncomfortable. There's still a little bit of rain coming down and my head's getting wet. It's not enough for me to put the umbrella down but yeah if the rain can um lighten up a little bit that'll be great for everybody here in New York so that the process of cleanup and repairs can continue especially for emergency personnel as well as the transit agencies because think about it there's probably a lot of people right now stuck at their jobs who would like to leave work because of the weather but they can't. The trains aren't running they're stuck at their jobs. Thanks James Rodriguez with 10 bucks appreciate it James thank you for the support almost had my umbrella fire away [Music] let's walk across Steinway Street here and take a look.

Jeanette Morales 10 bucks appreciate it thank you foreign [Music] says the job shouldn't have opened in the first place for the proof of profits over people um I would have a few things to say about that if the job didn't really need to be open then I agree with you it's a life-threatening um situation so maybe those jobs shouldn't have opened but there are essential services that need those people to be there think of the emergency Personnel the hospitals all those thank you Paul NYC 1.99 my YouTube channel is Paul NYC can I reach you yes just send me an email thanks Paul and Damaris cologne with 4.99 stay safe out there I will I am not taking the subway today unless everything is cleared up this is the big channel do the Subways get moldy after a big ring like this yes they can do can be at least the uh flooding situation in Astoria police in the commercial area doesn't seem too bad I know particularly South Brooklyn got

hit hard parts of Manhattan, but here the sewers seem to be working fine. Move all the water [Music]. If the subway wasn't so risky to take right now, I'd probably be in Manhattan showing you what's going on there [Music]. Uh, so-so Bob, the Subways are partially running. There's many lines that are suspended or part suspended, and several have extensive delays. Since you uh mentioned the subway, I'm gonna walk over to the Steinway Street Station, which is about a block and a half away, and we'll check the situation on that um station if the trains are running there. Yeah Cliff, I saw that the R Train wasn't running either. I think water is one of the Subway's worst enemies because if you think about it, a lot of the subway is on the ground, and water can seep in at any point [Music]. It's got nyp traffic out here barbell man. You couldn't make it to work because of this. Oh, that's terrible. Thankfully, it seems that the rain is

lightening up. I hope it um lightens up even more and comfortably stops. [Music] [Music] [Music] Cliff's saying the G train is suspended in both directions, and the F train is only running between J Street and Coney Island. Saw that as well. [Music] There's actually a good amount of stores open here despite all the rain starting up again just as we were kind of lull. The rain is coming back down. [Music] Steinway pizza restaurant is open. [Music] Uh Hector, I don't really see massive lakes here in the story of Queens. I think more of the flooding happened in South Brooklyn and parts of Manhattan. Also, the subway system is getting severely impacted by this storm. Yep, Deborah Roberts, Kathy hopeful, the governor of New York State. Hi, yeah, of course, stay dry. Yeah, I know it's crazy, man. Yo, keep traveling, man. Yeah, thank you. I'll say hi. Okay, hi chat, goodbye, bye-bye. Thank you. Yeah, take care, man.

you this is an unbelievable amount of rain. Like just when we had a relief from tropical storm or tropical depression Ophelia, another storm comes up. And I think they were saying eight inches total is going to fall in New York City from this rain. And Julie says this is like the continuation of the storm. Look at these brave souls sharing an umbrella. Thank you. Choxicologist says this is set to be one of the wettest Septembers for New York City on record. I wouldn't be surprised if it's the wettest just with this one storm alone. Thank goodness the sewer is working good. Unfortunately though, the sewer plants, they won't have the equipment or the resources needed to treat all the water that's going in. This is an absolute crazy amount of water going into the sewer system. It's just going to be dumped right into the river along with all the garbage and waste. So this is the uh Steinway Street subway station. Oh wait, it's over there past this construction site. [Music] Thank you.

[Music] What do you think is the subway running here for the R Train? The running joke is that the R Train stands for rarely comes, and then the N train is never comes. Okay, there's flooding in the subway. Hey, they're not stopping people from going into the subway system. Looks like it's working to me, but let's look at the timer because that'll give us a better idea. Okay, it says three minutes for the next R trains of Brooklyn and Manhattan. Please stay home if you don't need to travel. Park suspended. DNF. You know what? Let's go down, take a look. [Music] Let's hop again. What's that? All right, Simon or credit. Thank you so much for 139. Let's see. You think it's running three minutes? They said the train's gonna come. I'm not gonna take it, though. I just want to see if it's working or not. Uh, look at this. There's flooding in the subway right there, dripping from the ceiling. It is. I'm surprised the trains are running.

well, good job on the MCA for keeping up the service for as good as they can because earlier there's many trains that weren't running. It's not perfect; you got water dripping from the ceiling and that's on the platform too. Here comes the train, let's see how busy it is. I'm surprised considering there was an emergency alert today and they told people to stay home, but people have to be places so the trains are running right now or at least the R Train is. Let me check the website because when we're at the 30th Avenue Station they said the trains weren't running. Okay, look at this now. I'll wait till the train leaves. So now it's part suspended. Let's see what's going on with the R Train and suspended in Brooklyn. R Trains are running between Forest Hills and Whitehall Street. We're addressing heavy flooding. In other words, you got to be a genius to figure out the subway system now. That's what the announcement said. Use this train to get to this place instead. Use

that train because this is flooded. Look at this end. Train is suspended in Manhattan and Brooklyn, and trains are running only between Astoria Ditmars Boulevard and Queensborough Plaza. So um, if you're in Astoria, the R Train is an option to get to Manhattan, but not the end train. All right, let's go outside, but good to see that the trains are running again. At least the R Train is going to Manhattan. Actually um, I have to stay enough of the MCA here. I know a lot of people like to bash it, but they're doing the best they can to get the water out of the system and run the trains. And the R Train should actually stand for Reliable this time, not R for rarely comes. Trains rerouted, part suspended, service changes, no M. This is crazy today. Sometimes the employees, they don't even know if the trains are running or not if you ask them because information, it changes so quickly. JB says the R Train is rain trained today. Well, actually, the R Train is usually very reliable, I find, even though

it comes slowly um. It's one of the lines that I almost completely on the ground. And when there's high winds, the MTA will occasionally stop the end trains from running, which is an elevated train, and the R Train will continue to run. Oh my gosh, it is raining even more now. [Music] Let's see what's going on Broadway. Look at this. This is a Long Island Railroad maintenance equipment. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] It's gonna get regardless what kind of shoes I'm wearing. It's colder Spenders doing what he can to keep all the vegetables and fruits dry. [Music] Oh Cole Smith, I'm using the repel umbrella. Slice Pizza is open. foreign [Music] Workers there, I'm sure a lot of people, they're saying the weather's so bad out right now. I don't have anything in my fridge. Let me order something from the restaurant. And these four delivery people have to deal with weather like this is so

dangerous for them foreign [Music] person extra for the weather. A lot of people don't do that, but I'm glad you recognize that they're dressed from head to toe in weatherproof clothes. Yes, Gil Garza, we're in Astoria, Queens [Music], which is a neighborhood that's directly across the water from Manhattan [Music] [Applause] [Music]. I don't know how many days it's going to take for New York City to recover from all this rain, but it's not going to be an easy process. I still don't know how long it's going to take to get a contractor up on the roof to fix the um all the leaks in my place, and um I don't even think it's going to be possible because our leak is relatively minor compared to what other people have to deal with. We may have to end up waiting for a while [Music] [Music]. Okay, there's delivery workers now. They're doing a great job right now. People don't appreciate them as much as

they should be. That's right. Walking UK. New York state has a state of emergency right now, declared by the Governor from all this rain. It's not so bad here in Astoria. [Music] I want to check what's going on here with the subway. Jen says unbelievable. When did this happen? Uh, overnight really. It was uh, difficult to sleep with a leak in my roof. [Music] I was seeing that both the robot FDR Drive is also pretty bad. Wow. Who wants to dine outside in the rain? You can do it here. [Music] foreign world one of the best streets in New York to visit and what are the best restaurants uh depends on what you want to see but as far as the average tourists Midtown Manhattan Times Square Financial District Statue of Liberty restaurants good gosh there's too many too many to list practically every Cuisine that you want is here so I'll leave that up to you even here in Astoria Queens there's Greek here the town here French Chinese Thai Indian you also got the chain restaurants too.

yeah, here's an Irish Pub, McLaughlin's. Oh, look at this, this traffic light is out, and it's such a busy intersection too. No, I said you should get here to put a traffic agent here to direct traffic because this is not good. The lights are blinking yellow and red, which means yield [Music], and case in point right there, there was just a road rage between a taxi driver and the van driver. You know why this happens? The traffic signals, the controller down here, probably all the rain gets in, shorts out the electronics. Crazy people forgot how to drive in the rain. You're at the street, this is the always stop when the lights are blinking like this. Thank you, I just want to wait here for a few minutes, see how people react to this traffic light being out. Foreign, thank you for five dollars, appreciate the support, Leonard Jones, appreciate it very much. Um, I see a New York City traffic agent, you know what they're doing? Instead of directing traffic, they're checking for parking violations.

so where's the priorities of the city? Don't these traffic agents, uh, can't they direct traffic as well instead of raising revenue for the city? Because this is a life-or-death situation right here. I think, uh, parking violations can be done another time. You have emergency services coming. Look at this [Applause] [Music] [Applause] ambulance coming through. Let the ambulance through. Let the ambulance through. Let's go [Applause] [Applause] [Music] so crazy [Music] stupid Taxi Driver. Look at this. You turn. People going straight. Left, right. People crossing the street. This is nuts. The city needs to send someone here right now. Brian Hendricks. They can pretend you're appreciated. Thanks for the support. The ambulance that tried to go through. They have trouble. That's another thing too. Whoa, whoa. Yeah, Vol. I am afraid that might happen. We're gonna see an accident or a car crash or something here. This is crazy. All because of the rain and messed up.

with the traffic signal here. [Music] Yeah, Phillip is chaos here. People are not stopping, they're not yielding the right of way, turning into another car. Jersey Kevin 27 says two ducks, everyone's working together, no one's crashing, no one's crashing yet. It's kind of like a chaos, that's, I don't know, I would just say it's chaos, but people are getting through. [Music] NYPD is here. Are they gonna stop and direct traffic, or are they not responding to this traffic signal? No, not their job, but at least they know about it. Yeah, Dream Dragon 83, at least pedestrians can use the train station to go across the street. That's what I'm gonna do too, say across the street. Up, they got a public bus coming through. Let's see what happens here, nuts. They should have let that car go because they were already in the intersection. Okay, MGA New York City Transit, that was not right. It should have let that car turn before going into the intersection. All right, I'm going to use the um

the train station across the street. [Music] Hopefully, they get someone to this intersection soon. I mean, the city knows about it. Emergency Services just went through there, a New York City Police Department car as well, which didn't stop. I guess it wasn't in their list of job descriptions today or duties, but hopefully, they send someone. Story [Music] Hey, look at this. We've got a leak in the subway, similar to the leak what I'm dealing with. I got a bucket like this underneath it too. It's obvious service is suspended. End train to Coney Island in 13 minutes, only running between Ditmars Boulevard and Kingsborough Plaza. So, you can't even get to Manhattan here. I guess the seven trains running into Manhattan though. You could transfer there. Extremely limited subway service. Chief Alegre 769 Euro. What's the worst thing that's ever happened to you while cycling? Not necessarily on video. Um, I've had an MCA public bus pass me within inches going at a fast rate of speed. That was pretty scary.

Several vehicles passed me within inches, and I'm terrified when I think about it. Extremely limited subway service. At least the R Train was running. This is the safe way to cross the street for pedestrians, but it doesn't work for everybody. [Music] Tonight, oh, this is crazy. This is crazy. [Music] Honking's not gonna get you anywhere faster. Light is not working. NYPD 114 Precinct, you gotta stop and help direct traffic, or just going to drive past. Yup, not that important. [Music] Whoa, this is a nightmare. Let's also let this car first, silver car. Yeah, this is nuts. What's up? I've seen like three police cars go by, no one stop to direct traffic or fix the traffic light or anything. And we saw NYPD agent giving out tickets before, but apparently giving out tickets is more important than this Malibu laws 199. They don't care, they just want to make money. Thanks, Malibu. Appreciate the support. Hey, what's up? I follow you on Instagram.

okay, did you go to New York? And I wanted some information. Oh wow, yes, enjoy what you're doing. Happy to see you. I mean, uh, this is the issue that I see a lot with city government here. There's a lot of issues that are serious or oppressing, but they don't get addressed. Meanwhile, a lot of other issues, the city makes such a big deal about it. Like, they kind of choose and select which policies and laws to enforce. It's not right as an unfair system. [Music] And she was, thank you so much for 20 bucks. Appreciate it. Thank you for the support. I'm gonna go away from here because I don't want to be the witness to a car crash at that intersection. I mean, enough police cars went by it already, and the ambulance went by. Believe me, they know about this light. Joseph says, AK, get in there to control the traffic. I have another job to do, not to direct cars. And then you have situations like these. This sewer is working well, but if it's

not cleared, and it's filled with leaves and cans and stuff. This can all get backed up. [Music] I release you. Already checked the street light issue. Was already reported. Yeah, that's what I figured too. Jenny Claw is asking if my place is okay. There's a leak in the ceiling and the roof, and I have a bucket to catch the dripping water, but that's gonna have to be addressed when this rain dries up. Area once there's never direct traffic. You could be water. Yeah, that's another reason why I don't want to do it either. I mean, it could work in a small intersection, but that one I don't think I can do it. [Music] There's too much going on there. There's water ponding up a little bit over here right now. I'm gonna walk towards the water right by Costco. See if there's any flooding along there by the Waterfront. At least this scaffolding, it gives some relief from the water. Foreign Astoria, Queens. [Music] New York City right now is under a flash

flood warning with a state of emergency. Yeah, Robert, I wonder if it's busy at Costco as well. From here, Costco is about a 10-minute walk. Foreign [Music]. You would think so, but it'll start up again. That's what's been happening pretty much overnight and throughout this whole morning and early afternoon. There's a gym. I don't know if going to the gym is on a lot of people's priorities today because it's raining. What do you think? Is Costco going to be busy today? Angela says the best time to go to the gym. Yeah, it actually is now that I think about it. It is. Oh wow, it's the basement flooded. It's not good. I look like a pump right now. We're at the Broadway shopping plaza, which is where Bel Air Diner is located, the first restaurant featured in Kitchen Nightmares. Oh my gosh, they almost crossed the street and didn't see the car. Scott Freeze used to live in a basement apartment in Astoria, sort of, and then one in Regal Park later.

and it'll be floating right now. Oh gosh, funny enough, the day I visited Bel Air Diner after the episode, the day after the episode aired, it was also a rainy day. Foreign Broadway shopping plaza is busy, super busy now that I see it, and the rain is starting up again. Here's Bel Air Diner, made famous from Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, season eight, episode one, which aired on live TV on Monday. But now you can watch it on, uh, online on YouTube even. I saw you have to pay for it though, but um, it's not a nightmare anymore. They really renovated the designer to look amazing. The hamburger, a cheeseburger I got, was good, but you should have seen this place in the TV show. Gordon Ramsay just ripped this place apart. He called it a wasteland. The basement was beyond bad. He called the, uh, meat raw and ice cold, and the chicken was foaming at the mouth, and it was dead. Meat was in the basement for weeks. Yeah, it looks busy inside because people inside Bel Air

let's make it across this crosswalk before the light changes. Yeah, Dean and Emma actually said that with a few F words. I'll say it in Gordon Ramsay's words. This is [__] Raw ice cold was [__] Raw. Oh my God, even the chicken is foaming at the mouth and it's [__] dead. That's my best sport in Ramses uh impression. I mean that that was pretty horrible. When's the last time this kitchen's been cleaned? Don't tell me it's been a week. And then they grabbed a paper towel, put it over the range hood, all the oil came off, and he's like this place is seconds away from Burning Up in Flames. Shut it down, shut it down now. I'm paying for everybody's check, shut it down. You shut the whole Diner down. That was crazy. Thanks Albert Figueroa five bucks. That's partly sunny here in Scranton Pennsylvania. We used to live uh around there 34th Ave and 12th Street staying in Rainey Park.

appreciate the support. Thank you. I think this tree is watered enough. The ground can't hold any more water. So we're about two or three blocks away from Costco. We'll see how the situation is by the Waterfront. We'll be able to see Manhattan. Melissa, why is the shut it down? When is it available to watch? You can watch it right now on YouTube. You have to pay for the episode though to be able to see it. [Music] Also, I made a review of Bel Air Diner on my second channel, Action Kit Extra. So you can check out that video. I went in there and I approved. Bel Air Diner is not a nightmare after all. It looks like they really care about their customers. They went up to their tables multiple times, asked how everything's going, and it's really nice. Another over-water tree. [Music] Thank you. Trying to hold my umbrella, but there's a little bit of wind. Yes, Ibna, I'm in Astoria, Queens right now on a state of emergency day.

where the city is expected to get about eight inches of rain. I don't know how much has fallen right now, but it's causing a lot of problems in the city. My leaky roof is one issue, and you also got the intersection there under the train station, which is another causing delays, and the subway trains, the public transit. It's not good out there, and we're approaching Costco Wholesale here right by the water. We'll get to see how it's doing, also check out the water conditions on the East River. [Music] foreign someone asked if the school they're closed today. I'm not sure. I didn't um look that up or not. Oh, this is disgusting. It's a big pond of water right here. Luckily, I can still get around it here. [Music] It's going to Costco. It's right on the public Waterfront uh shoes and no boots today. I'm wearing Crocs. My boots are going to get wet anyway. It's a little bit of flooding in Costco here, but it doesn't really seem as busy as it

can be. Let's see how the Waterfront is right here. Oh, you bet you're on your way to Costco now. You have to pick up a couple of things there. I mean, uh, it's not actually a bad idea. I might even go in there and get some items and go back with them. I mean, uh, I'll get what I can with just two hands. Well, technically one hand. I could get something small from Costco. All right, here is the public Waterfront. There's Manhattan over there. That's Roosevelt Island's lighthouse on the North End of the island. Got Manhattan, the skyscrapers below it. I mean, behind it now, Edwin. This is the East River. Oh, speaking of which, you know where I want to go. Let me turn this back to wide angle. Um, on the shoreline there, I think there's a discharge point for the sewer system. Maybe we can walk by there after Costco, see how much water is coming out of that pipe if we could see it. I think I'll skip Costco shopping for another time. I can only carry like one

or two items at most with one hand saber and says why is it so empty because oh it's empty because it's dangerous to be driving right now. People can get stuck. Look at this one's getting jumped. I wish I had my portable jumper cable from Miami. I could help them out. But this is what they have to deal with. I had a portable jumper box in Miami. It worked right away. All right Derpy says the weather's been lousy for the last several days in New York. Yep sure is wow are you serious the New York City ferry system is running right now. Is this high tide? I mean I guess so now with the water running up so even though the Subways aren't running the ferries are an option to get. Yeah thank you. I'm glad I didn't bring my stabilizer with me on my microphone. They would probably have gotten damaged by now. Oh we got some water on the lens. Let me take care of that. Simple stylus will do just wipe the water off the lens.

works much better than my finger, which smudges it. Foreign early today, so 8:30. And here's the Costco food court, where you can get a dollar fifty hot dog and soda combo. Looks like a good amount of people inside. Do they have the roast beef sandwich here? No, this one doesn't have the roast beef sandwich. They have the, oh wait, they do, never mind, it's right there. Chicken bake, roast beef sandwich, a Costco food court. It's busy. Deborah, does the ferry ever close? Yeah, I don't think they run overnight. They stop running at like 10, I think, or 11. Let's check out this water discharge point, which is not too far away from here. I think it's still there, luckily. This street here, Vernon Boulevard, isn't flooded. However, it's like a little bit of a walk down here. The bike lane is flooded, and this is the risk of bringing your bike out too. I've done it before, and it's not really a pleasant experience to bike in the rain like this.

first of all, when you ride a bike, you have less traction because the tire doesn't grip the road as well, and you're also, I'll wait for this truck. There are also more flown to getting flat tires, and your bike also wears out a lot faster in the rain. So, when you get to your destination, it's best if you could put it in a dry place and wipe it down. Otherwise, that water is just gonna rust all the parts on your bike. Yeah, which is why sometimes, even though biking is a great idea, it may not be the most practical because, one, it's very weather-oriented. The hardcore bikers or bike no matter what kind of weather condition, but most cyclists, when it gets too cold or it's rainy or it's windy, whatever, they're not gonna bike. And um, that's not a sustainable method of transportation where this inclement weather like this, uh, taxologist, you simply just use a bike cover to cover my e-scooter whether it rains or not. Okay, [Music] what's really bad for a bike as well is

During the wintertime, when the city puts road salt and all that salt gets on the bike, all that stuff, it corrodes all the parts. I remember riding my bike in the snow before, and at the end of the week, the chain was all brown and orange. [Music] That's why it's important. You gotta wipe the bike down, make sure all the moisture is off, and you have to oil the chain too or grease it. Okay, so we saw a lot of issues here today. Subways weren't running or were severely delayed, and Costco, the car battery needed a jump. The intersection was all messed up, and people weren't observing by the traffic light. Now we got some, what is going on here? It's got a waterfall. I don't know if this is any good for these, um, whatever this thing is underneath, but if it's what I think it is, and it's like powering this traffic light or whatever, it has electricity underneath, and that's pretty bad. [Music] Yeah, Dennis stack a crack open further. I'm kind of nervous for that.

you're at Socrates Sculpture Park, which is closed today. [Music] Yeah, Deborah says probably not good for scooters either. Yeah, not good for scooters as well. Also, shoes too. Shoes, that salt will um corrode your shoes as well. You gotta make sure you clean your shoes, wipe all the salts off and the dirt. You should be doing that anyway, but I'm glad I wore my Crocs today. Please, I'll just throw it in the sink, rinse it a little bit, and that's it. Ha ha ha ha ha. I'm not letting this truck go. Thanks, MN. Ten dollars. Stay safe. Get some warm food, a beverage on you. Thank you. It's just a dog's way of saying hi to another dog. Do you have a great view of Manhattan from here? Uh, rental set up. This is Vernon Boulevard at 31st Avenue. I think there's a discharge point somewhere around here. Hmm, looks like there's a swan there on the beach. [Music] Let's get a closer look at the swamp.

Wow, that was a lot of rain. I just blew [Music]. Here's the swan. Such a dirty beach though. Foreign. I'm also looking at some emergency lights in Manhattan. They're on the FDR Drive. [Music] [Music] I wish I could sleep like this. Think about it. Your own body is your own pillow. How convenient would that be? If you need a sleeve, just rest your head on your own body. You don't need to buy a pillow. I always says you do that. You rest your head on your arm. Yeah, but you don't have fluffy feathers like that swan does. What's this new building being built? Uh, I don't know what's going to be built here. Looks like a multi-story uh condo building. 1108 30th Road uh construction management a-a-l-c. That's what it says. Foreign. I think it's going to be apartments. It's probably going to be something similar to this. Oh, we got a water drop on the lens. Gotta fix that. Beautiful view from here. Very grunge and industrial looking.

[Music] Thank you. Oh, it's getting windy now. Let's take a look at this basketball court. It looks pretty wet to me. It's pretty much brand new, completely renovated, but no one's out there playing basketball today. Okay, it's across the street here. I'm gonna walk over to 21st Street so I can take the bus. I mean, there's buses over there, but this one is better. This part of Astoria, Queens, is known as Welling Court. There's a big art scene here, a lot of art walls. I'm not in the mood to stop and look at the art though. I like to get around these wet clothes and get something to eat. The cliff says, Luckily, you made it back home before the rain started to get heavy again. I'm glad you did. Oh, this looks like a very nice Halloween-themed wall right here. Well, in court mural project. You know what? I could show off this wall. Foreign with the children on it. Hey, you got Pepe the Frog all stylish along with the

the Shibu Inu. I think that's the symbol of one of the kryptos, the Shibu Inu coin. It's pretty cool. And then the Powerpuff Girls over there. Pretty nice gold coin. No, I think Dogecoin is the Corgi, and there's another one, the Shibu Inu point. It's nice artworks. [Music] Yeah, these wet clothes are getting to me now. I gotta get out of them. Oh really, Robert? The circle line is running. [Music] [Music] Says, Hey AK from Egypt soon, four hundred thousand subscribers. Yeah, I can see that. Almost to 400,000 subscribers. It's an annoying raindrop. We gotta get rid of that bus stop. It's only a block away. Thanks, Angela Washington. 9.99 for the live stream main walk. Thanks, Angela. Appreciate the support. [Music] A stylist is so good in the range, huh? [Music] [Music] I'm glad I didn't use my gimbal today. Water would have definitely gotten into the charging port and ruined it.

foreign [Music] [Music] Thank you so much for watching this live stream of this crazy rain that we're having in New York City today. Appreciate all of you coming out. Hit the like button, subscribe, and I will see you next time. Bye-bye, everyone. Take care.

NYC LIVE Flash Flooding Extreme Rain Friday Afternoon (September 29, 2023)

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New York City is experiencing heavy downpours, leading to a state of emergency and suspended subway lines.

Many people are stranded at work and school, while the rain is causing dangerous flooding.

The weather is expected to continue, with conflicting reports about subway service, and the Long Island Railroad is running close to schedule as an alternative.

New York City is experiencing a steady heavy rain, causing leaks and roof collapses for many residents.

The rain is expected to continue until Saturday, making it difficult for people to leave work and causing delays in public transportation.

Despite the challenging weather, emergency personnel and essential services are still operating, and the rain is finally starting to lighten up.

A severe rainstorm is causing significant disruptions in New York City, with the G train suspended and the F train running limited service.

Despite the weather, many stores remain open, and the subway system is experiencing flooding but still managing to run some trains.

The storm is expected to bring a total of eight inches of rain, leading to concerns about the sewer system's ability to handle the excess water.

The MTA has been stopping some train services due to high winds, while delivery workers are braving the dangerous weather to help others.

Astoria, Queens, is experiencing the effects of the rain, with a state of emergency declared and traffic signals malfunctioning.

The chaotic intersection is causing road rage incidents, and the city's response to the situation is being questioned, as traffic agents prioritize parking violations over directing traffic.

The traffic signal is causing chaos, with cars not stopping or yielding the right of way.

The NYPD is present but not directing traffic, and pedestrians are using the train station to cross the street.

Subway service is limited due to a leak, and the city's response to the traffic issue is lacking, with police cars passing by without intervening.

A state of emergency has been declared in Astoria due to heavy rain, causing flooding and transportation issues.

The Broadway shopping plaza, including the famous Bel Air Diner from Kitchen Nightmares, is busy despite the weather.

Costco, located nearby, is experiencing some flooding but doesn't seem as busy as expected.

The speaker is on their way to Costco, considering picking up a couple of items with one hand.

They observe the East River, the New York City ferry system running despite subway delays, and the impact of the rainy weather on biking.

The speaker highlights the challenges of biking in inclement weather and the importance of maintaining the bike to prevent rust and damage.

Socrates Sculpture Park is closed, and the weather is not suitable for scooters or shoes due to salt corrosion.

The narrator observes a swan on the beach and discusses a new condo building under construction.

They explore the art scene in Welling Court, Queens, and express gratitude for the live stream support while dealing with the rain.