The water has started to recede, but streets remain closed and subways are suspended in the area for the early morning commute.
CBS New York's John Dias is live on the scene with the latest updates for your commute. Seventh Avenue is closed between 42nd and 39th streets, and 39th Street is closed between Sixth and Eighth avenues.
The 1 train remains suspended between Chambers and 96th Street, but 2 and 3 trains have been restored in the area. WATER MAIN BREAK: A massive water main break flooded parts of Times Square, New York City this morning. John Dias is on scenesDias spoke with subway riders who said it sounded like an explosion.
"All of a sudden, debris started coming down. We thought it was an explosion, but it was water. Everybody started running," John Baldey said."It started to flood the tracks, they had to call the cops. Everybody ran out of the subway. We didn't know what happened, we thought it was a collapse, I guess, all the water."
As he reported, the area was undergoing construction, but it's unclear exactly what caused the main to break.
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