Roads and transit conditions were mostly back to normal Friday after heavy rainstorms prompted emergency rescues, stranded commuters and delayed flights across the city Thursday.
Sections of major roadways were temporarily shut down during the evening rush, and some train stations were flooded as downpours swept through the city.
City and state officials had declared a state of emergency for all five boroughs Thursday.
Commuters captured video of water pouring over a train on a platform in Grand Central Terminal and water pooling on the floor of a city bus as it pushed through a flooded Brooklyn street.
In Bayside, Queens, riders on an eastbound Long Island Rail Road train had to be evacuated by firefighters after rising floodwaters trapped the train. Videos posted online showed st