Sinkhole Opens Up On Upper West Side, Takes Truck With It: Photos

Upper West Side NY

21 June, 2022

12:22 PM

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UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — A sinkhole opened up on the Upper West Side Tuesday morning, taking a car with it, photos show and Council Member Gale Brewer tweeted out. A Department of Environmental Protection truck fell into the hole at West 89th Street between Columbus and Central Park West, damaging a gas line, according to Brewer. Photo courtesy of Gale Brewer's office. Photo courtesy of Gale Brewer's office. "Please be advised that FDNY has transmitted an all-hands assignment for a gas main struck due to a DEP vehicle inside a sinkhole in front of a three-story multi-dwelling building with eight residential units," Brewer tweeted out. The UWS elected official added that 25 residents at nearby addresses were without gas as of 2:10 p.m. because of damage to the gas main. The Department of Environmental Protection told Patch it is on the scene investigating the sinkhole.