Sheehan said it was too soon to estimate the costs of repair, which Joe Coffey, commissioner of the department of water and water supply, said could take days. Ambulances can access Albany Medical Center's Emergency Departmentfrom South Lake Avenue to Myrtle Avenue or Delaware Avenue to Morris Street. Curious passersby gathered on sidewalks, and drivers peered out their windows as they turned onto Madison Avenue from the intersection. A group of students, celebrating finishing the semester with outdoor beers at the corner pub, joked that Godzilla and Donald Trump were inside the massive hole.