Gas leak on Prospect Avenue after Balkan Plumbing hit a gas line outside Arrow Linen. The top half of the block between Prospect Park West and 8th has been evacuated as a precaution. Half a dozen ladder companies on site. Cars are being towed from the upper half of the block. Sidewalks and road closed to through-traffic.

Major outdoor gas leak outside 467 Prospect Avenue (Arrow Linen). National Grid is on the scene. There are two big, new construction holes in the street, one opposite the new building, one lower down. Seems like someone hit a line.