A massive street crater has been wreaking havoc on cars and trucks in The Bronx for more than a decade, neighbors say — and has earned the dubious distinction of being the oldest pothole in city records. The four-inch-deep crater at Adee and Bouck avenues in the Allerton section has seen multiple fill jobs over the years, residents said.
The thaw after this year’s unusually icy winter has caused havoc on the roads — and has lead New Yorkers to make aA jaw-dropping 22,887 pothole reports have been made in the Big Apple through March 21 — marking a 119% increase over the 10,408 complaints made in the same period last year, according to a Post analysis.
A large pothole seen on First Ave. in Manhattan on March 11, 2026. New Yorkers are calling the city in record numbers to fix tens of thousands of potholes after a brutal winter season.“That’s not even a pothole, that’s a manhole,” quipped uptown resident Alejandro Rolon in an Instagram video showing off an impressive pothole on West 131st Street.Mamdani’s NYC ‘school safety’ scheme is just another cash grab 23-year-old mechanic rakes in $2,200 a night off single NYC pothole: ‘One man’s misfortune is another man’s blessing’ This season’s monster snow storms – and resulting freezing and thawing cycles – yielded so many potholes that the city has been addressing the onslaught of calls with “blitz” repair days, fixing nearly a weeks’ worth of holes in a single day, the city Department of Transportation said. Saturday’s blitz alone resulted in 8,000 potholes repaired by 80 crews, with more than 70,000 craters in total filled this year so far, DOT reps said. “The high-moisture and thawing conditions continue,” NYC DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn said Friday, “and that means our work is not done.”This year has been among the worst for potholes on record, according to the city’s public complaint data that dates back to 2004. The skyrocketing pothole complaint numbers are only behind calls made in 2011 , 2014 and 2015 from Jan. 1 to March 21.Brooklyn trails behind with 3,964 calls to date this year, followed by Manhattan , Staten Island and The Bronx . Streets with more than a hundred pothole reports filed this year include Union Turnpike, Roosevelt Avenue and Northern, Springfield, Queens, Astoria and Rockaway boulevards. The city’s pothole crisis has already turned deadly. A 46-year-old man was killed earlier this month after his Potholes near the intersection of Adee Ave. and Bouck Ave. in The Bronx. Saturday’s blitz alone saw 8,000 potholes repaired by 80 crews in record time, with more than 70,000 craters filled this year so far, DOT reps said.While potholes are typically filled by city workers within two days on average, more than 4,000 calls to 311 dating back to Jan. 1 are still marked as “open,” according to city data. “To put it bluntly, it’s been a winter from hell. Especially for our roads,” NYC Council leaders wrote in a letter to Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the DOT,The request would expand the city’s annual road-resurfacing target by another 200 lane miles – bringing it to 1,350 for the fiscal year beginning in July.“We just don’t have the manpower to do the job in a timely manner,” said Joe Puleo, president of Local 983 of District Council 37, which represents assistant highway repairers.“NYC DOT continues to meet or exceed its annual paving goal of 1,100 lane miles—enough to stretch from New York City to Miami,” said DOT spokesperson Mona Bruno. “We will continue to work with the City Council to align priorities and resources to deliver for all New Yorkers.”Florida woman flashes devilish grin after being accused of doing unspeakable things to Airbnbs — and posting footage on sex sitesCharles GasparinoTaylor Frankie Paul sends cheeky message with shirt following ‘Bachelorette’ cancellationU.S. Air Force deploys A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircrafts to target boats ambushing ships in the Strait of Hormuz A large pothole seen on First Ave. in Manhattan on March 11, 2026. New Yorkers are calling the city in record numbers to fix tens of thousands of potholes after a brutal winter season.Potholes near the intersection of Adee Ave. and Bouck Ave. in The Bronx. Saturday’s blitz alone saw 8,000 potholes repaired by 80 crews in record time, with more than 70,000 craters filled this year so far, DOT reps said.Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man’ on Netflix, a Fitting Conclusion to the Stylish Rock ‘n’ Roll Gangster Saga
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