Floodwater Covers Bike Wheels as Torrential Rain Inundates Brooklyn

Flash flooding struck parts of New York City on Friday, September 29, as Gov Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency across the region due to heavy rainfall.

Video by Phuong Van Huynh shows floodwater rising to cover a bicycle’s wheels on Brooklyn’s 4th Avenue on Friday morning.

Heavy rain was expected to continue in the region through Friday evening, according to local emergency officials. Credit: Phuong Van Huynh via Storyful

Video transcript

- Oh. [INAUDIBLE].

- Uh-oh, be careful.

- I will.

- Uh-oh.

- Yeah.

- We have to try to get back on the train.

- We can't really get to the train. Right now, the train is going to be flooded.

- That's true, yeah.

- The only way, we got to go and kind of hunker down somewhere.

- Oh. [INAUDIBLE].

- Uh-oh, be careful.

- I will.

- Uh-oh.

- Yeah.

- We have to try to get back on the train.

- We can't really get to the train. Right now, the train is going to be flooded.

- That's true, yeah.

- The only way, we got to go and kind of hunker down somewhere.