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Police investigating people entering New York sewers for unknown reason

ABC Australia · Jun 3, 2026, 3:43 AM · Also reported by 2 other sources

Key takeaways

  • Police are investigating sightings of people popping in and out of New York City’s vast subterranean sewer system.
  • CCTV footage has recorded at least three different instances of people entering the sewer tunnels via maintenance holes, but no one knows why.
  • Police say an investigation into the sewer sightings is ongoing.

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Police are investigating sightings of people popping in and out of New York City’s vast subterranean sewer system.

CCTV footage has recorded at least three different instances of people entering the sewer tunnels via maintenance holes, but no one knows why.

Police say an investigation into the sewer sightings is ongoing.

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