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MTA slapped with violation for 50-gallon sewage leak at its Bronx bus depot
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MTA slapped with violation for 50-gallon sewage leak at its Bronx bus depot

Last updated: April 1, 2025 10:00 pm
Editorial Board Published April 1, 2025
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Officers on the Astor Little League say the leak hasn’t affected their plans to start the season this month—however a reporter might odor sewage this week from behind house plate. (Evan Simko-Bednarski / New York Every day Information)

“The overflow originated from an eight-inch Transit Authority sanitary manhole, clogged by rags and grease,” the violation discover reads. The sewage then “entered a nearby stormwater catch basin leading to the bay,” it continues.

A supply with information of the Gun Hill facility stated the sewer sorrows date again greater than a yr, when the pumps tasked with shifting human waste out of the ability’s ejector pit and into town’s bigger sewage community broke down in February 2024.

The leak abuts onto a baseball field used by the Astor Little Leaguethough officials there say it hasn't affected their play. (Evan Simko-Bednarski / New York Daily News)The leak abuts onto a baseball area utilized by the Astor Little League—although officers there say it hasn’t affected their play. (Evan Simko-Bednarski / New York Every day Information)

An MTA spokesperson confirmed Tuesday that crews have been persevering with to work on repairs to the pumps and sewer pipes, and that water has been shut off to the ability and moveable bathrooms have been delivered to the location.

“The MTA continues to work with its vendors to address the issues at the Gun Hill Bus Depot,” MTA spokeswoman Kayla Shults stated. “There is no impact to bus operations.”

A spokesman for the state DEC stated the MTA had begun utilizing vacuum vans to bypass the damaged pipes and filter out the sewage nonetheless within the system — which a transit supply estimated amounted to hundreds of gallons of human waste.

“Currently, the MTA is using vacuum trucks to transport the sewage from the [depot] buildings to the New York City sewer to eliminate the possibility of any additional sewage bypassing,” DEC spokesman John Salka wrote in a press release on Tuesday.

Salka added the MTA “is exploring options for continued cleanup operations.”

A trench along the edge of the MTA property was dry when the Daily News visited this weekbut the smell of sewage hung in the air. (Evan Simko-Bednarski / New York Daily News)A trench alongside the sting of the MTA property was dry when the Every day Information visited this week—however the odor of sewage hung within the air. (Evan Simko-Bednarski / New York Every day Information)

A large trench could possibly be seen alongside the sting of the property Monday, following the fence that separates the depot’s car parking zone from the adjoining baseball fields. Sources stated MTA crews have been engaged on repairs to the clogged sewage line there, in addition to at one other lined gap immediately subsequent to the doorway of the baseball area.

An official with Astor Little League, which makes use of the fields, informed a reporter that any leak had not affected the league or its plans to open its baseball season this month.

Gun Hill Depot, which sits alongside Interstate 95, is not any stranger to poisonous issues — it was inbuilt 1989 on the location of an outdated dump over group opposition to the plan.

A covered trench on Bruner Ave. in the Bronx, where crews are attempting to repair the sewer pipe. (Evan Simko-Bednarski / New York Daily News)A lined trench on Bruner Ave. within the Bronx, the place crews try to restore the sewer pipe. (Evan Simko-Bednarski / New York Every day Information)

Requested concerning the spill, Metropolis Council member Kevin Riley (D-Bronx) stated the MTA briefed him on it two weeks in the past after a constituent introduced it to his consideration.

“The sewage is kind of all over the place,” he stated.

Riley stated he was involved the slop might muck up the close by Little League area with the spring season arising.

“We don’t want this to be an issue for [the league], so we’re going to be pushing the MTA to expedite to resolve this issue,” he stated.

Initially Printed: April 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM EDT

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