{"id":370478,"date":"2026-10-11T18:08:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T18:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/370478\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T18:08:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T18:08:19","slug":"nyc-manhole-mystery-grows-as-3-more-enter-sewer-in-manhattan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/370478\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC manhole mystery grows as 3 more enter sewer in Manhattan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tHiral Patel and Angelo Bavaro<\/p>\n<p>\t\t3 hours ago\n<\/p>\n<p>\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1FB5DA4BC392151E23A624A450B8843C.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" \/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n\t\t\tA mystery is unfolding beneath New York City streets after multiple groups of people were caught on camera emerging from sewer systems over the weekend in Brooklyn and Queens. (Credit: PIX11)\t\t<\/p>\n<p>HAMILTON HEIGHTS, Manhattan ( (PIX11) \u2013 The New York City manhole mystery continues after three people were seen entering a sewer system in Hamilton Heights early Sunday, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses reported seeing the individuals enter the sewer system on West 141st Street between Amsterdam and Broadway around 12:52 a.m., police said.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pix11.com\/\" class=\"promo-link__link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\tGet ongoing crime and safety coverage on our homepage\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When officers arrived, the individuals were no longer at the scene. No arrests have been made.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUsually I used to hear stuff like this happen further way downtown Manhattan, and this is the upper part of Manhattan. Usually we don\u2019t hear stories like that,\u201d said David Ford, a Hamilton Heights neighbor.<\/p>\n<p>The incident comes two days after five people were seen <a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/local-news\/new-group-seen-climbing-out-of-upper-east-side-sewers-nypd\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/local-news\/new-group-seen-climbing-out-of-upper-east-side-sewers-nypd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">climbing out of a manhole <\/a>near 525 East 82nd Street on the Upper East Side early Friday morning. The group drove away in a vehicle, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>It is the latest report of people entering or emerging from manholes across the five boroughs since at least May.<\/p>\n<p>Police said Friday\u2019s incident remains under investigation and they are unsure whether it is connected to previous reports of people entering the sewer system. Sunday\u2019s incident also remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Greg Sanfilippo, vice president of intelligence at Doyle Security Services and a retired NYPD counterterrorism sergeant, said some people may be entering the sewer system in search of valuables.<\/p>\n<p>Submit tips to police by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visiting\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">crimestoppers.nypdonline.org<\/a>, downloading the NYPD Crime Stoppers mobile app, or texting 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. Spanish-speaking callers are asked to dial 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hiral Patel and Angelo Bavaro 3 hours ago A mystery is unfolding beneath New York City streets after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370479,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10],"class_list":["post-370478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370478","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=370478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}