
NYC pothole complaints surge to highest level in years – with nearly half involving this borough: ‘My tires are literally crying’
NY Post
Pothole complaints are surging in the Big Apple for the first time in years after two monster snowfalls recently pummeled the region — with one borough buried in thousands of gripes, city data show.
“There’s potholes everywhere. My tires are literally crying hanging on by a thread,” an X user lamented of the city’s massive asphalt holes last week.
More than 11,300 pothole reports have been made by New Yorkers this year to date — with nearly half of those lodged in Queens — marking a staggering 33% jump in reports from the same time period in 2025, according to a Post analysis of 311 data.
More than 5,000 calls warning about dangerous and annoying potholes were made in the World’s Borough so far this year.
Brooklyn was the source of 2,107 complaints, followed by Staten Island with 1,500, Manhattan with 1,414 and The Bronx with 1,259.
The most frequently complained-about roadways included Queens’ Northern Boulevard — with more than 100 complaints made since Jan. 1 — as well as Rockaway Boulevard at 76 complaints and Union Turnpike with 66 complaints.

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