{"id":368828,"date":"2026-10-09T11:48:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T11:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/368828\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T11:48:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T11:48:16","slug":"5-people-seen-climbing-out-of-nyc-sewer-through-manhole-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/368828\/","title":{"rendered":"5 people seen climbing out of NYC sewer through manhole, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Five people were spotted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/upper-east-side-sewer-intrusion-arrests\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">climbing out of the New York City sewer<\/a> system through a manhole, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>The individuals were seen just after 2 a.m. Friday on the Upper East Side near East 82nd Street and East End Avenue.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Afterward, they fled in a black Suburban.<\/p>\n<p>No injuries were reported, and there have been no arrests, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD could not confirm if tools were recovered from the manhole.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is the latest in a series of similar incidents where unauthorized people enter the sewers through manholes.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/east-side-sewer-intruders\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">last reported incident<\/a> happened on the East Side when three people were spotted climbing out before driving away. It triggered a massive police response because it took place amid heightened security measures during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/video\/u-n-general-assembly-draws-demonstrators-increased-police-presence-team-coverage\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">United Nations General Assembly<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Two men from Queens were arrested in connection with that intrusion, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There was also a similar incident that happened on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/four-people-in-manhole-wantagh-long-island-nassau-county\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Long Island<\/a> in August.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>City officials and environmental experts strongly warn people against entering the sewer system. They say it poses &#8220;numerous hazards, including noxious and potentially deadly gases, unstable surfaces, flooding risks, and confined spaces.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Five people were spotted climbing out of the New York City sewer system through a manhole, according to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":368829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,103],"class_list":["post-368828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-nypd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368828","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=368828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}