Monster NYC pothole wreaking havoc on community even after city ‘fixes’ it: ‘Hellhole’
A massive pothole in Long Island City, Queens, has continued to cause damage and safety concerns despite being patched by city crews. Residents report the repair quickly deteriorated, leading to at least one accident involving a pickup truck and a parked car. A local doorman took independent measures to mark the hazard after city efforts failed to resolve the issue.
- ▪The pothole, located on 41st Avenue between 23rd and 24th Streets, measured up to 6 feet long, 5 feet wide, and nearly 30 inches deep.
- ▪City Department of Transportation crews filled the pothole on April 24, but residents observed the patch sinking within hours.
- ▪A pickup truck swerved to avoid the pothole and crashed into a parked car, leading the driver to demand the city cover damages.
- ▪Q41 condo doorman Mohammad Hasan used traffic cones, hazard tape, fluorescent paint, and a red flag to warn drivers after city actions proved ineffective.
- ▪Residents placed a Con Edison barricade in front of the pothole to prevent further accidents, but vehicles have repeatedly knocked it down.
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Metro exclusive ‘Hellhole’: monster LIC pothole wreaking havoc on community even after NYC ‘fixes’ it By Rich Calder Published May 2, 2026, 9:37 a.m. ET The city finally filled a massive car-eating crater in Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s old Long Island City district in Queens — but it’s expanding faster than NYC’s budget deficit, and even causing accidents. The monster pothole emerged as a mere depression nearly a month ago, smack in the middle of a two-lane, one-way, westbound strip along 41st Avenue between 23rd and 24th streets. But it grew to be a hazardous hole — roughly 6-feet-long, 5-feet-wide and nearly 30 inches deep — when The Post measured it on April 22. City crews filled the hellhole two days later, but neighborhood residents said the asphalt patchwork started sinking within hours.
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