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Skip to contentSkip to site index Search & Section Navigation Section Navigation SEARCH New York SUBSCRIBE FOR $1/WEEKLog in Sunday, November 12, 2023 Today’s Paper SUBSCRIBE FOR $1/WEEK New York|Beneath Cities, a Decaying Tangle of Gas Pipes https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/24/nyregion/beneath-cities-a-decaying-tangle-of-gas-pipes.html * Share full article * * * 159 Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Supported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENT BENEATH CITIES, A DECAYING TANGLE OF GAS PIPES * Share full article * * * 159 * Read in app Nearly half of the gas mains operated by Con Edison and National Grid were installed before 1940, federal records show.Credit...Robert Stolarik for The New York Times By Patrick McGeehan, Russ Buettner and David W. Chen * March 23, 2014 It is a danger hidden beneath the streets of New York City, unseen and rarely noticed: 6,302 miles of pipes transporting natural gas. Leaks, like the one that is believed to have led to the explosion that killed eight people in East Harlem this month, are startlingly common, numbering in the thousands every year, federal records show. Consolidated Edison, whose pipes supplied the two buildings leveled by the explosion, had the highest rate of leaks in the country among natural gas operators whose networks totaled at least 100 miles, according to a New York Times analysis of records collected by the federal Department of Transportation for 2012, the most recent year data was available. THE NETWORK OF PIPES UNDER MANHATTAN’S STREETS The web of conduits, cables and pipes under the street at Hudson and Leonard Streets is a typical snapshot of the city’s subterranean complexity. Subscribe to The Times to read as many articles as you like. A correction was made on March 29, 2014 : A chart on Monday with an article about the perilous state of New York City’s underground gas distribution network, using information filed by National Grid with a federal agency, misidentified the company’s gas distributor in Rhode Island. It is National Grid itself, not Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., which is a National Grid subsidiary in New York. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When we learn of a mistake, we acknowledge it with a correction. If you spot an error, please let us know at nytnews@nytimes.com.Learn more Jeffrey E. Singer contributed reporting. Susan C. Beachy contributed research. A version of this article appears in print on March 24, 2014, Section A, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: Beneath Cities, a Decaying Tangle of Gas Pipes. Order Reprints | Today’s Paper | Subscribe Read 159 Comments * Share full article * * * 159 * Read in app Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT COMMENTS 159 Beneath Cities, a Decaying Tangle of Gas PipesSkip to Comments The comments section is closed. To submit a letter to the editor for publication, write to letters@nytimes.com. SITE INDEX SITE INFORMATION NAVIGATION * © 2023 The New York Times Company * NYTCo * Contact Us * Accessibility * Work with us * Advertise * T Brand Studio * Your Ad Choices * Privacy Policy * Terms of Service * Terms of Sale * Site Map * Canada * International * Help * Subscriptions Support independent journalism with a subscription. Already a subscriber? Log in. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enjoy unlimited access to all of The Times. Includes news, games, recipes and more. Welcome offer $6.25 $1/week Billed as $4 every 4 weeks for your first 6 months. Cancel or pause anytime. OR Check out with card All Access includes news, plus Games, Cooking, Audio, Wirecutter and The Athletic. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Offer for a New York Times All Access subscription; current subscribers not eligible. Subscription excludes print edition. Some games may be available without a subscription. Your payment method will automatically be charged in advance the introductory rate of $4.00 every 4 weeks for 6 months, and after 6 months the standard rate of $25.00 every 4 weeks. Your subscription will continue until you cancel. Cancellation takes effect at the end of your current billing period. Taxes may apply. Offer terms are subject to change. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ©2023 The New York Times Company Help Feedback