See NY1 In link below from same location 2nd Ave between St Marks and 7th St http://suzannahbtroy.blogspot.com/2010/06/ny1-showed-water-main-break-3-years-ago.html
From going on
http://www.ny1.com/content/69978/east-village-water-main-break-leaves-thousands-without-water from 2003 and the same street and intersections still a mess.....
