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A combination of aqueducts, reservoirs, and tunnels supplies fresh water to New York City. With three major water systems (Croton, Catskill, and Delaware) stretching up to 125 miles (201 km) away from the city, its water supply system is one of the most extensive municipal water systems in the world. New York's water treatment process is ...
Coordinates: 40.894°N 73.890°W. New York City Water Tunnel No. 3 is a water-supply tunnel forming part of the New York City water supply system. It is being built by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP) to provide New York City with a third connection to its upstate water supply. The tunnel will serve as a backup ...
12 feet 1 inch (3.68 m) Route map. The Queens–Midtown Tunnel (often referred to as the Midtown Tunnel) [ 2 ][ 3 ] is a vehicular tunnel under the East River in New York City, connecting the boroughs of Manhattan and Queens. The tunnel consists of a pair of tubes, each carrying two lanes. The west end of the tunnel is located on the East Side ...
A 127-year-old water main under New York's Times Square gave way early Tuesday, flooding midtown streets and the city's busiest subway station. The 20-inch (half-meter) pipe gave way under 40th ...
September 4, 2024 at 1:41 PM. QUEENS - The Queens-Midtown tunnel has fully reopened in both directions after closing earlier today due to a drilling accident that allowed water to begin flowing ...
Midtown Manhattan is the central portion of the New York City borough of Manhattan and serves as the city's primary central business district.Midtown is home to some of the city's most prominent buildings, including the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project, the headquarters of the United Nations, Grand Central Terminal, and Rockefeller Center, as ...
660 Fifth Avenue is in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City.It faces Fifth Avenue to the east, 52nd Street to the south, and 53rd Street to the north. The land lot is mostly rectangular and covers 61,755 square feet (5,737.2 m 2), with a frontage of 200 feet (61 m) on Fifth Avenue and a depth of 315 feet (96 m). [3]
The Croton Distributing Reservoir, also known as the Murray Hill Reservoir, was an above-ground reservoir at 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Covering 4-acre (16,000 m 2) and holding 20 million US gallons (76,000 m 3), [1] it supplied the city with drinking water during the 19th century.