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QUEENS WEEKLY, AUG. 4, 2019
Pothole woes give Whitestone block that sinking feeling
single summer, they come,
they patch it, people run
over it. It sinks back in,
they come again and fill
it. It’s good for the winter,
then summer comes and
the hole opens back again
because of the asphalt
and heat.”
AngenBroich posted a
video of the sinkhole on
the We Love Whitestone
Facebook group page,
where residents agreed,
saying, “It’s time for the
repairs to be done the
right way.”
Alfredo Centola,
president of the We
Love Whitestone Civic
Association, said it’s the
same issue residents have
continuously dealt with
every year, due to the
possibility of a water leak
beneath the sinkhole.
“Sad that after a year
the problem continues and
it apparently is a boroughwide
problem. Do we have
to wait for an accident? Or
worse?” Centola said.
Other residents are
The caved in sinkhole at at the corner of 17th Road and Murray Street.
calling out the Department
of Environmental
Protection (DEP), who they
say surveyed the area last
year for a water leak in the
sewer. So far, they haven’t
heard back from DEP about
the results of the test.
In a statement to QNS,
a DEP spokesman said,
“Crews made a temporary
repair to the roadway this
afternoon to ensure the
area is safe and engineers
are reviewing the findings
of their investigation and
will formulate a plan for a
permanent repair.”
According to
AngenBroich, they have
also filed complaints
every year about the size
Courtesy of Joe Angenbroich
and depth of the sinkhole
to the Department of
Transportation (DOT).
“We call to file a
complaint because DOT
wants to hear what our
complaint numbers are,
but when we complain
about the size of the hole
they automatically forward
us to 911, then it becomes
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When Whitestone
resident Joe AngenBroich
opens his front door every
morning, the first thing he
sees is a huge sinkhole on
the street, that has been a
recurring problem for the
past 10 years or so on the
block, he says.
The sinkhole, located at
the corner of 17th Road and
Murray Street, is formed
every year during the
summer, and AngenBroich
says it’s time for the
caved-in hole to be
permanently fixed.
On July 25, the
sinkhole was filled by a
private company that was
working down the block,
AngenBroich said.
“The other day, a woman
hit it and she blew out her
tire and her front bumper
fell off,” AngenBroich said.
“I had a cone on the side
of it and by the time I got
home at 3 o’clock, more of
it caved in so the cone was
now inside the hole. Every
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at least four times, my
parents have called maybe
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AngenBroich has been
in touch with Councilman
Paul Vallone’s office
about the issue and was
recently told that they’re
communicating with
DOT and DEP to have the
sinkhole fixed the correct
way, he said.
A spokeswoman from
Vallone’s office told QNS
that “after being alerted
to the street condition
at Murray Street and
17th Road, Councilman
Vallone asked the DEP to
expedite needed repairs at
the location.”
“On Monday, DEP
confirmed a work order
to repair the sewer
was submitted to DEP
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Our office will continue
to monitor the issue to see
that the appropriate repairs
are made,” the
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