Many residents woke up to find their streets completely flooded in the Inwood section.
Water main break floods streets in Upper Manhattan
The water main break happened just after 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday on Dyckman Street and Nagle Avenue.
The city's Department of Environmental Protection responded to the scene. Crews worked into the early morning hours to shut the water off and make repairs.
DEP officials say it took a while because they couldn't get one of the valves off.
After roughly 12 hours crews finally managed to turn off the water but it left a muddy mess.
"We're getting water to drink and right now we're getting water for the toilets because we had nothing," one resident said.
Water was restored to most customers around 4 p.m. on Thursday after a temporary fix.
"We'll come back overnight to do a more permanent repair and also be fixing the roads," a DEP official said.
The DEP has partnered with elected officials to distribute claim forms for damage reimbursements from the Comptroller's office.
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