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Maintenance crews at East 14th Street and Sheepshead Bay Road. (Photo provided by Facebook User Crafty Carol)Two manhole covers erupted Monday morning at a busy commercial intersection near Sheepshead Bay Road and East 14th Street, Con Edison confirmed. The explosions were reported at 8:10am and knocked out power
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Following manhole fires in our neighborhood [/blog/crime/manhole-fire-causes-explosions-around-coney-island-avenue-cortelyou-road-leaves-area-without-power] , Park Slope [http://parkslopestoop.com/blog/crime/car-catches-fire-buildings-evactuated-after-manhole-explodes-on-6th-street] , Sheepshead Bay [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2015/02/underground-electrical-
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Photo by Tom PrendergastA manhole fire caused havoc briefly on 9th Street this afternoon, but was quickly put under control by the FDNY. A spokesman for the FDNY tells us there were no injuries due to the incident, which occurred at just before 2pm and disrupted traffic and business on
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It appears that all of this snow, salt, and slush are wreaking havoc on the city’s underground utilities. Neighbor Erik Botsford spotted a manhole fire on Jackson Place (shown above), between 16th Street and Prospect Avenue, and mentioned that their lights were flickering on 16th. According to the Con