Washington Heights, Inwood Flooded After Rainstorm: See It

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — In the hours after a severe thunderstorm watch for the city was issued Thursday afternoon, the rain flooded the streets and train stations in Washington Heights and Inwood.

One video posted to Twitter on Thursday afternoon shows subway goers wading through the water within the West 157th Street 1 train station.

Some subway system ya got there. This is the 157th St. 1 line right now. @NYCMayor @BilldeBlasio pic.twitter.com/xyfTAUPPNu
— Paullee (@PaulleeWR) July 8, 2021

Other photos and videos posted to social media displayed major flooding that happened from West 157th Street to Dyckman Street.

One Upper Manhattan resident snapped these two pictures Thursday evening of the scene near West 157th and Broadway.

A different video posted to Twitter showed water rampaging through Dyckman Street and into buildings.

DYCKMAN IN SHAMBLES RIGHT NOW pic.twitter.com/VYWqudsbpw
— JACKSON AKA STYLEZ (@2random2predict) July 8, 2021

The rain also caused serious issues for transportation.

Train service on the A line resumed between 168th Street and Inwood-207th Street around 11:30 p.m. on Thursday, after it was halted for multiple hours due to "excessive amount of rainfall collecting at track level near Dyckman Street."

There were also delays Thursday evening to the northbound B and D trains as well as 1 trains entering and exiting Van Cortland Park-242nd Street.

Another video showed cars at a standstill in Nothern Manhattan as the surrounding expressways began to accumulate too much water to drive.

The two winners of the recent Northern Manhattan Democratic Council elections commented on the flooding seen Thursday.

"This is the result of years of disinvestment in our infrastructure. It is absolutely unacceptable that New Yorkers are wading in toxic water to access transportation," Shaun Abreu, the Democratic nominee for District 7, which covers the West 157th Street 1 street station, wrote on Twitter above the viral video of the station flooding.

"This is outrageous and unacceptable," Carmen De La Rosa, the Democratic nominee for District 10 and a local Assembly Member, commented on Abreu's tweet.