A massive water main break flooded the streets and stranded motorists in Queens early Thursday.<br /><br />The main ruptured on Vernon Boulevard near 41st Avenue in Long Island City, near the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, around 3:30 am. <br />Firefighters needed to help some drivers who were stuck in their cars. <br /><br />The break sent water flooding into the basements of two buildings in the adjacent Queensbridge Houses, a NYCHA development, and left residents there without water service.<br />“Crews are on scene and have shut off water to stop the leak,” a city Department of Environmental Protection spokesman told later in the morning.<br /><br />He said that repairs are “underway” and will be completed “ASAP so water service can be restored.”
