{"id":286569,"date":"2026-07-04T10:45:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T10:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/286569\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T10:45:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T10:45:25","slug":"news-12-bronx-i-couldnt-even-shower-bronx-residents-endure-impacts-of-illegally-opened-fire-hydrants-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/286569\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Bronx | I Couldnt Even Shower Bronx Residents Endure Impacts Of Illegally Opened Fire Hydrants"},"content":{"rendered":"

Illegally opened fire hydrants in the Bronx are leaving residents to deal with significantly decreased water pressure in their homes.<\/p>\n

News 12 cameras captured multiple of these hydrants equipped with various homemade add-ons, spraying an endless supply of water into the streets in Morris Heights – and did not see anybody using this water supply to cool off.<\/p>\n

Multiple residents say the low water pressure makes everyday tasks impossible.<\/p>\n

“It’s been coming out, like, very thin. So bad last night, I couldn’t even shower,” said Moises.<\/p>\n

Others expressed concern about flooding as the hydrants dump large amounts of water into the streets.<\/p>\n

“I’m trying to pass by. I could barely pass by without getting my feet wet,” said Wendy.<\/p>\n

The NYC Department of Environmental Protection recently reminded New Yorkers<\/a> about the potential impacts of illegally opened hydrants, including decreased water pressure in homes.<\/p>\n

NYCDEP says open hydrants can also pose a larger safety threat by impacting the pressure of the water used to battle fires.<\/p>\n

To avoid these potential risks, as well as fines of up to $1,000, 30 days behind bars, or both, New Yorkers are urged to get free spray caps from their local firehouse.<\/p>\n

“If you don’t have a spray cap on a fire hydrant is about a thousand gallons of water per minute that we’re losing. You put a spray cap on now, it’s 20 gallons,” explained Beth DeFalco, deputy commissioner of communications and public affairs with the NYCDEP.<\/p>\n

Residents who see a running hydrant are asked to report it as soon as possible by calling 311 or using the NYC 311 mobile app.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Illegally opened fire hydrants in the Bronx are leaving residents to deal with significantly decreased water pressure in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286279,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-286569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}