As of last night, he said, seven subway tunnels under the East River flooded.

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The planned eight miles of track will open Manhattan's East Side to millions of people who now squeeze daily onto the Nos. 4, 5 and 6 subway trains running under Lexington Avenue.

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Also under construction is the Second Avenue Subway that eventually will serve Manhattan's far East Side, from Harlem to the island's southern tip.

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Seven subway tunnels that go under that river have been flooded.

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An MTA spokesman said late Monday night that water had reached into all five subway tubes that stretch under the East River between Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn and the Steinway tube between Midtown and Queens.

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Senators commute thirty seconds between their offices and the chamber by electric subway cars that run along a tunnel under Constitution Avenue.

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With the Mets entering at 11 games under .500 and the Yankees playing without several of their injured All-Stars, the Subway Series seemed to have lost much of its luster.

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Limited subway services returned to New York on Thursday, though four of the seven train tunnels under the East river remained flooded.

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