NYC van owner’s ride encased in waterfall of ice after snowstorm

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His parking spot had zero chill.

A van owner found his wheels encased in a waterfall of ice after he parked under a leaky pipe by a Bronx train station in subfreezing temperatures, he said Wednesday.

Jeffrey Rosario, 49, was stone-cold shocked to find his Mercedes-Benz sprinter van frozen so solid it wouldn’t budge after he left it under the elevated tracks at the Kingsbridge Road 4 train station Tuesday.

Jeffrey Rosario said he has no way of moving his ice-encased van. Stephen Yang for NY Post

“It’s still stuck in the ice,” he told The Post. “It’s been cold before, but I’ve never seen anything like this in my life.”

Rosario, who uses the vehicle to transport building materials, said police couldn’t help remove the ride, and that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority dragged its feet, so he was stuck waiting for it to thaw out.

“There’s nothing I can do about it,” he said. “I’m still waiting for them to help.”

“I need this car to do my job,” Rosario fumed.

His vexing van-sicle came as the Big Apple shivers through bone-chilling below-freezing temperatures on the heels of a record-breaking snow storm that dumped more than a foot of snow on some parts of the city.

“The MTA has to do something with the way its pipes and canals work so something like this never happens again,” Rosario said.

Rosario, 49, found his Mercedes-Benz sprinter van frozen so solid it wouldn’t budge under the elevated tracks at the 4 train station on Kingsbridge Road. Stephen Yang for the NY Post
A leaky pip encased Rosario’s van with a waterfall of ice. Stephen Yang for NY Post

In January 2011, a driver in the East Village needed a blowtorch, a hammer and a chisel to rescue his car after an un underground pipe bust and encased his car in ice during frigid temperatures.

The MTA didn’t immediately return an email from The Post.

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