Sinkhole in Bay Ridge: this time on 79th Street
A sinkhole formed on 79th Street between Fourth and Fifth Avenues on Wednesday, August 1 at around 4:30 p.m., making it the second sinkhole in as many months in Bay Ridge.
The hole, about 15 feet wide, 20 feet long and 10 to 12 feet deep, had two cars partially stuck in it, but they were removed by the Fire Department shortly after the hole formed.
Councilmember Vincent Gentile said that the 79th Street sinkhole – and the one that formed on 92nd Street off of Third Avenue last month – are due to New York Citys old and deteriorating underground structure which is well over a century old.