{"id":192120,"date":"2026-04-10T12:25:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T12:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/192120\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T12:25:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T12:25:38","slug":"news-12-brooklyn-city-plans-weekend-pothole-repairs-as-drivers-deal-with-rough-roads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/192120\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Brooklyn | City Plans Weekend Pothole Repairs As Drivers Deal With Rough Roads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Drivers in Canarsie say rough roads are hard to miss \u2014 with potholes, cracks and uneven pavement showing up across parts of Flatlands Avenue and East 106th Street.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">A News 12 crew drove through the area and saw the damage firsthand \u2014 dips in the road, patched sections and stretches that feel worn down.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">\u201cIt\u2019s really bad \u2014 trust me. It\u2019s like potholes all over the place. As you fix your car, you have to fix it again,\u201d said Tessa, who drives through the area often. \u201cI think around this area is pretty bad \u2014 especially Flatlands to Pennsylvania. It\u2019s really bad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">City officials say they\u2019ve filled more than 100,000 potholes so far this year. Another citywide repair effort is planned for this weekend.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Crews are expected to head out early Saturday to fill potholes during the day, with some of the worst roads set to be repaved later that night.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Officials say the work is part of a broader push to fix damage caused by winter weather, when freezing and thawing can break apart pavement.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">But it\u2019s still unclear which streets crews will focus on \u2014 or if areas like Canarsie will be included.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">For drivers here, the question is simple: how soon will these roads actually get fixed?<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">If you spot a pothole, you can report it by calling 311 or visiting nyc.gov\/FixMyPothole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Drivers in Canarsie say rough roads are hard to miss \u2014 with potholes, cracks and uneven pavement showing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192121,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-192120","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-brooklyn","9":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","10":"tag-brooklyn-news","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}