Tuesday, February 17, 2015

SPRINKLER PIPE BURSTS, FLOODS AMC 84TH STREET MOVIE THEATER ON UPPER WEST SIDE OF NYC









FEBRUARY 16, 2015



UPPER WEST SIDE, MANHATTAN, NYC




A pipe burst at an Upper West Side movie theater yesterday afternoon, forcing moviegoers to be evacuated.




The theater, the wonderfully renovated 84th Street AMC Theater on Broadway at West 84th Street, had been showing films like American Sniper, Spongebob Squarepants, The Kingsman and 50 Shades of Grey. 

But then came the deluge:




According to WCBS 2, an overhead sprinkler pipe burst, apparently due to the cold weather. The service technician told the station this was his fourth call about freezing pipes. In a dramatic moment, a lighting fixture in the entrance atrium came crashing down.




The theater was closed until 11 p.m.