{"id":118870,"date":"2025-08-04T18:52:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T18:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/118870\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T18:52:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T18:52:17","slug":"manhattan-gas-leak-in-washington-heights-forces-evacuations-nbc-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/118870\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhattan gas leak in Washington Heights forces evacuations \u2013 NBC New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An investigation into a gas leak forced the evacuation of multiple Washington Heights buildings on Monday, officials say, temporarily displacing nearly 100 people.<\/p>\n<p>A call about elevated gas readings at a mixed-use building on Amsterdam Avenue, between West 158th and 159th streets, came in around 10:30 a.m., officials say. Con Edison and the FDNY were at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>They say three Amsterdam Avenue buildings &#8212; Nos. 1989, 1993 and 1984 &#8212; were evacuated, impacting roughly 70 people. FDNY units were working with utility employees to find the source of the leak.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Street closures are in effect on Amsterdam Avenue from West 156th Street to West 159th Street while agencies address a gas leak. We will continue monitoring the situation. Please avoid the area if possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Carmen De La Rosa (@CnDelarosa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CnDelarosa\/status\/1952412671925801437?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Operations were ongoing hours later. Video posted to the Citizen app showed a heavy emergency response at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p>The city&#8217;s Office of Emergency Management warned to expected delays in the area.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FDNY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@FDNY<\/a> Activity: Expect road closures &amp; emergency personnel near Amsterdam Avenue &amp; West 159th Street, Manhattan. Use alternate routes.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NYCEM &#8211; Notify NYC (@NotifyNYC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NotifyNYC\/status\/1952388747649319413?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An investigation into a gas leak forced the evacuation of multiple Washington Heights buildings on Monday, officials say,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":118871,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,5249,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,34565],"class_list":{"0":"post-118870","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-manhattan","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-newyork","13":"tag-newyorkcity","14":"tag-ny","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa","22":"tag-washington-heights"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114972010722407033","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}