Breaking: Gas Leak Scare Briefly Closes Dumbo Streets
The fire department closed sections of Front Street and Jay Street earlier this afternoon, blocking traffic with fire trucks and caution tape. The reason? A suspicious crack in the sidewalk. “It’s so they can make sure there isn’t a gas leak,” a construction worker on the scene told Brownstoner, mere seconds before two neon-vested National Grid workers arrived…
The fire department closed sections of Front Street and Jay Street earlier this afternoon, blocking traffic with fire trucks and caution tape. The reason? A suspicious crack in the sidewalk.
“It’s so they can make sure there isn’t a gas leak,” a construction worker on the scene told Brownstoner, mere seconds before two neon-vested National Grid workers arrived on the scene.
It was not clear whether the crack was related to the construction behind it at 181 Front Street, where a 105-unit luxury rental building is under way.
The fire department was called at least nine times in the past year to investigate a possible gas leak in front of the nearby 51 Jay street, according to the Brooklyn Eagle.
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