"Not that long ago at 157th Street, which is usually one of the stops that I frequent on the 1 train, the whole station got flooded," said Hernandez. "I had to evacuate the subway because of how much water was going into the station; it overfilled up to the staircase, so it was pretty difficult for people to get in and out of trains."
Flooding like this has garnered more attention recently. Earlier this month, multiple days of heavy rainfall, followed by the remnants of Hurricane Debby, led to flash flooding across the city. And just this past weekend, more wet weather sent water pouring into some subway stations, forcing riders to wade through or hop over puddles, according to social media posts.
Such incidents come despite efforts to bolster the transit system's resilience, including test rollouts of flood prevention measures such as Flex-Gates, which are carbon-fiber tarps that cover subway entrances, and thick metal doors that can create a watertight seal.
After Hurricanes Sandy and Ida, which caused $5 billion and $128 million in damage to MTA infrastructure respectively, the agency released its Climate Resilience Roadmap in April.
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