Staten Island’s Potholes In Need Of Repair: Filling, Paving Blitz Starts Today After Record Snowstorms Across 5 Boroughs: Call With Your Street Suggestions
Below, see the cap from Staten Island’s Borough President to pave our roads now. As anyone out and about recently can attest, it is really bad. Readers are invited to comment below their suggested street areas that need repair right now, or call 311 to let the city know where they need to send the crews. The press conference below will occur after this blitz announced by the mayor this week has happened.
UPDATES BELOW:
Please see the table below:
| Borough | Potholes Repaired |
| Bronx | 1172 |
| Brooklyn | 1686 |
| Manhattan | 644 |
| Queens | 2508 |
| Staten Island | 1181 |
| Total | 7191 |
Mamdani Administration Fills More Than 7,000 Potholes During Weekend Blitz
NEW YORK – MONDAY, Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) Commissioner Mike Flynn announced that Saturday’s pothole repair blitz resulted in more than 7,000 pothole repairs across the city in one day. The five-borough effort was launched by the Mayor and Commissioner Flynn to repair potholes after a historic winter marked by record snowfall and sustained cold temperatures.
Since Mayor Mamdani took office, NYC DOT has fixed more than 50,000 potholes, with an average response time of around two days. Additional pothole blitzes are planned for later this spring. NYC DOT will resurface 1,150 miles of roadway this year, ensuring our streets remain safe for all New Yorkers.
“No problem too big, no task too small, no pothole too deep — this weekend, DOT crews went across all five boroughs filling over 7,000 potholes in a day-long blitz,” said Mayor Mamdani. “Repairing potholes is about more than simply ensuring a smooth ride for New Yorkers, it’s about making sure our streets are safe and accessible for everyone. I am extremely grateful to the hard-working people of the Department of Transportation who spent their Saturday improving our roads, and we will continue to use every tool available to make our streetscape and transit systems the envy of the world.”
“NYC DOT crews stepped up yesterday to fill almost a week’s worth of potholes in a single day,” said NYC DOT Commissioner Flynn. “Now that the streets have thawed from a historic winter, we’ve ramped up our pothole-filling efforts and are beginning to fully repave streets across the five boroughs. This year, we’ll repave more than 1,100 lane miles of streets — the best way to help ensure our streets are safe and smooth for all New Yorkers.”
Pothole season begins in New York City around the spring, when more potholes form on our roadways because of high-moisture, winter weather conditions and the cycle of freezing and thawing conditions.
Pave Staten Island Now: BP Fossella to Call Upon the City to Expand Paving Efforts and Fix Our Roads
Staten Island, NY – Borough President Vito Fossella will issue a public call to the City to increase its allocation of paving resources to Staten Island in the upcoming budget at a press conference at the intersection of Thornycroft Avenue and King Street on Monday, March 16th at 10:00 AM.
The call to action comes in response to the current state of disrepair on Staten Island streets. In the past two months, Staten Island experienced two major storms that altogether deposited more than three and a half feet of snow on Staten Island roads. After weeks of salting, plowing, ice-cold weather and intermittent rain, the Borough’s streets are now inundated with potholes, making regular commutes risky for Staten Island drivers and their vehicles.
Each year, the Department of Transportation paves a certain number of “lane miles” across each borough, which is allotted for in the City budget. For the past few years, including this fiscal year, those numbers have significantly declined. If that trend holds for the upcoming fiscal year, it will prolong the time it takes for hardworking DOT crews to restore Staten Island’s roads to a drivable condition after the inclement weather.
At the press conference, the Borough President will call upon the City to allocate more lane miles to Staten Island in the upcoming budget, to accelerate the process of restoring our roadways to a better condition.
MAYOR MAMDANI LAUNCHES MAJOR POTHOLE BLITZ FOLLOWING RECORD-SETTING WINTER WEATHER
More than 80 NYC DOT crews will fill thousands of potholes across all five boroughs in one day
NEW YORK – Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) Commissioner Mike Flynn announced a citywide pothole repair blitz following a historic winter marked by record snowfall and sustained cold temperatures.
Beginning at 6 a.m. this Saturday, more than 80 NYC DOT crews will be deployed across city streets and highways in all five boroughs. The City expects to fill thousands of potholes in a single day, with additional repair blitzes planned in the weeks ahead.
Since Jan. 1, NYC DOT has repaired more than 50,000 potholes, maintaining a response time of just over two days. More than 10,000 potholes have been filled in the past week alone. The accelerated repair effort coincides with the City’s annual road resurfacing season, which begins this month and includes full curb-to-curb repaving projects.
NYC DOT plans to resurface 1,150 lane miles of roadway this year. New York City is also one of the few cities in the country that operates its own asphalt plants, allowing crews to respond quickly to road damage and complete repairs efficiently.
“While most New Yorkers are still asleep, 80 DOT crews will take to the streets to repair potholes in a five-borough blitz,” said Mayor Mamdani. “In a single day, they’ll fill thousands of potholes that pop up every year as spring arrives and our city streets begin to thaw. Safe, accessible streets are a basic promise of city government, and after a historically brutal winter, I’m incredibly grateful to the DOT teams who are not wasting a moment of time in delivering the street improvements we need.”
“New Yorkers have braved a rough winter, and we can see and feel the resulting potholes from wear-and-tear on our roads,” said Commissioner Flynn. “That’s why the men and women of NYC DOT are doubling down on repair efforts in recent weeks and will step it up this weekend with a five-borough, 80-crew blitz. We appreciate New Yorkers’ patience on the roads as we complete this critical work and encourage the public to report road defects to 311.”
Pothole season begins in New York City around the spring, when more potholes form on our roadways because of high-moisture, winter weather conditions and the cycle of freezing and thawing conditions.
Drivers should expect travel delays Saturday. New Yorkers should report any potholes they come across to NYC311 to be addressed as soon as possible.
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They finally got the the potholes on Rockland Ave. However, the giant crates on Brielle Avenue are still there and are a hazard to drivers. Going North before the Seaview Hospital and Nursing Home.