A man died Thursday after being removed from a flooded basement in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, police said, amid an afternoon of heavy rain across the five boroughs.

Police said the 39-year-old was recovered from the basement by an FDNY scuba team and taken to the hospital around 4:30 p.m. He was later pronounced dead at the hospital, according to the NYPD.

The incident comes as the National Weather Service reported record rainfall for Oct. 30 across the city.

Preliminary records broken:

The National Weather Service reports 1.80 inches of rain fell in Central Park today, breaking the previous record of 1.64 inches set in 1917. Records for Central Park date back to 1869.

The National Weather Service also reports 1.97 inches of rain…

— NYC Emergency Management (@nycemergencymgt) October 30, 2025

According to the National Weather Service, in Central Park, 1.8 inches fell, breaking the previous record of 1.64 inches set on Oct. 30, 1917. Records date back to 1869.

At LaGuardia Airport in Queens, 1.97 inches of rainfall was recorded Thursday, according to the National Weather Service, breaking the daily record of 1.18 inches in 1955. Records for LaGuardia date back to 1939.

A Flash Flood Warning was issued at one point Thursday afternoon for the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan. The warning has since been canceled.

The heavy rain caused impacts to transit as well. W train service was partly suspended in Manhattan, with downtown W trains ending at Queensboro Plaza or Times Square-42nd Street.

G train service was suspended between Bedford-Nostrand Avenues and Court Square due to flooding, but has since resumed.

Street flooding was also spotted in multiple locations across the five boroughs.

Heavy rain socked the five boroughs Thursday afternoon, flooding streets and some subways. Around two weeks’ worth of rain fell in only a few hours, according to the NY1 weather team.

Here’s how things looked earlier in parts of Queens. pic.twitter.com/MD7ka4i1yf

— Spectrum News NY1 (@NY1) October 30, 2025

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