Ballet Hispanico Floods During Water Main Break on Upper West Side

By Kathleen Culliton | September 1, 2016 5:47pm

UPPER WEST SIDE — A historic ballet company’s costumes and floors were ravaged when a major water main burst on Amsterdam Avenue Monday and flooded the studio.

Stephen Gaynor School on West 89th Street and Aquarius True Value Hardware on Amsterdam Avenue also experienced minor flooding, but neither of them suffered losses like the Ballet Hispanico, workers said.

Water began pouring into the ballet studio at 167 W. 89th St. around 9:30 p.m. Monday and quickly filled the basement with six feet of water, drenching the company’s stock of house-made costumes and props as well as the Read More…

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