Soho was a no-go on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The bustling streets of Soho turned into an underwater nightmare Saturday as heavy rain battered the Big Apple causing severe flooding across the city.<\/p>\n
Shocking video obtained by The Post shows the usually busy intersection of West Broadway and Grand Street in Soho inundated with heavy flood waters.<\/p>\n
Floodwaters rose in Soho Saturday, drenching the intersection of West Broadway and Grand Street. Obtained by NY Post<\/p>\n
Several cars, including ambitious taxi drivers, can be seen cautiously driving through the flooded streets trying to make their way out of the underwater mess \u2014 while pedestrians were trapped with some using garbage bags as protection against the rising water.<\/p>\n
Taylor Prokes, 35, lives above Felix Bar & Restaurant and captured the now-viral video of Soho\u2019s flooded intersection<\/a> of West Broadway and Grand Street from her apartment building.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve never seen anything like it. It was madness,\u201d Prokes told The Post.<\/p>\n \u201cPeople started walking out of the pancake shop with garbage bags over their legs because the pancake shop started flooding.\u201d<\/p>\n Tringa H, who works as the manager at Felix Bar & Restaurant agreed with Prokes and said that she has never seen flooding this bad in the Big Apple before.<\/p>\n \u201cNever, ever in my life\u2026I mean, besides Hurricane Sandy, have I seen a flood like this before in Soho, ever,\u201d Trigna said, noting that she had lived in New York her entire life.\u00a0<\/p>\n Despite the chaos, Tringa said the temporary flooding \u201cwas kind of fun,\u201d adding that \u201cnothing stops people from coming to Felix, nothing at all.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThey were pulling their pans up, pulling their skirts up, and walking in filthy water to come in. It was amazing,\u201d the 32-year-old said of Felix\u2019s loyal customer base.<\/p>\n Many people were enjoying the World Cup at Felix Restaraunt & Bar when the water started to rise on Saturday. Obtained by NY Post<\/p>\n Sally Louhibi, 45, was enjoying the France and England World Cup game at Felix when the shopping district started to go underwater.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel like that the world was exploding because France should be in the final tomorrow,\u201d Sally quipped, referring to the floodwaters rising during the match.<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfd9\ufe0fFLOODED NYC STREETS \ud83c\udf0a : The streets of the Soho neighborhood in New York City were flooded after heavy rain and severe thunderstorms swept through the area on Saturday. pic.twitter.com\/4e4p8E6IxO<\/a><\/p>\n\n