New York City filled its 200,000th pothole of the year on Sept. 17 in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Separately from its summer repaving work, the Department of Transportation is repairing an average of 3,000 potholes a week and has repaved 757 lane-miles so far this year. Potholes can be reported by calling 311 or at nyc.gov/311.
New York City has filled its 200,000th pothole of the year. On Sept. 17, Mayor Zohran Mamdani joined a New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) crew on Troutman Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn, to make the 200,000th repair. The city filled its 100,000th pothole in early April on Staten Island, the most repairs in the first 100 days of a year in more than a decade.
Even as it carries out summer work to mill and repave roads, DOT is repairing an average of 3,000 potholes a week. Repaving is the most effective way to keep new potholes from forming as the weather turns cold, and this year the city has repaved 757 lane-miles across the five boroughs, roughly the distance from New York to Nashville.
DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn said last winter caused heavy damage to roads, and that crews have continued repairing potholes since Jan. 1 even while repaving roads, reaching 200,000 repairs. The city said the funding invested in repaving will improve road conditions going forward.
Potholes can be reported by calling 311 or at nyc.gov/311. 311 connects residents to non-emergency services from more than 200 city agencies and nonprofit organizations, and operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, in up to 175 languages. Across phone, text, web, app and social media, it handles about 100,000 inquiries a day.