The woman, whose name was not immediately released, went through the heavy steel mesh lid of the transformer vault, on West 51st Street between Sixth and Seventh avenues, shortly after 7 a.m., ...

(Updated at 11:00 a.m.) A pair of steel plates that have been causing a bumpy ride for motorists heading westbound on Wilson Boulevard near the Ballston Common Mall may soon be removed.

But after a New Jersey woman fell into a utility vault last week, no one could recall the last time a New York City sidewalk grate gave way.It was just after 7 a.m. when Jessica Hinksmon, 26, of ...