New York City has repaired its 200,000th pothole of the year. Mayor Mamdani marked the milestone on Troutman Street in Bushwick on Sept. 17. The repair was carried out with Department of Transportation crews and a 311 worker who helps process pothole complaints.
The milestone comes about five months after the city marked its 100,000th pothole repair on Staten Island. According to the Office of the Mayor, that April milestone represented the highest number of potholes repaired during the first 100 days of a year in more than a decade.
According to NYC DOT, crews are currently repairing an average of about 3,000 potholes each week while also carrying out broader street repaving.
“It’s the little things that say a lot about whether government is delivering for New Yorkers," Mamdani said. "Fixing the broken water fountain at the playground our kids love, upgrading the catch basin on the corner that always floods and, of course, making a bumpy road smooth again."
The department said it has paved 757 lane miles of streets so far this year, a distance the city compares with the roughly 800-mile trip from New York City to Nashville.
For Bushwick and other Brooklyn neighborhoods, the work addresses a familiar part of daily travel as residents navigate local streets for commuting, deliveries, cycling and other activities. The city is combining short-term pothole repairs with larger repaving projects, which it says are intended to help reduce the formation of new potholes during colder weather.
Residents can report potholes by calling 311 or using the city’s online and digital services.
With pothole repairs continuing at an average pace of thousands each week and repaving underway across the five boroughs, NYC DOT’s roadwork is expected to continue through the current construction season.
