{"id":332241,"date":"2026-08-28T22:22:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T22:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/332241\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T22:22:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T22:22:41","slug":"news-12-brooklyn-greenpoint-sinkhole-causes-concern-among-drivers-and-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/332241\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Brooklyn | Greenpoint Sinkhole Causes Concern Among Drivers And Residents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">A sinkhole on Humboldt Street in Greenpoint has been causing concern among drivers and residents since Wednesday, when Osvaldo Bianchi says he first noticed it. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Bianchi says a neighbor put a trash can near it and eventually a cone to alert drivers.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">\u201cSo we actually had another issue here which is another sinkhole issue type thing. We just noticed on the road and I was worried for bikers or cars someone could fall in it\u2019s pretty deep. It\u2019s pretty deep and it\u2019s getting worse,&#8221; said Bianchi.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Bianchi says he alerted city agencies. On Friday, the sinkhole was closed off with caution tape and more cones, but still there, leaving cars to maneuver around it.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a problem even a possibility a little kid could fall in crossing the street if the mother isn&#8217;t watching them. It&#8217;s very dangerous, especially at night,&#8221; said John Raszkiewicz.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Residents tell News 12 they saw crews come to check on it earlier on Friday, but the sinkhole was still there.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The New York City Department of Environmental Protection tells News 12 it is working on restoring the area and making it safe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A sinkhole on Humboldt Street in Greenpoint has been causing concern among drivers and residents since Wednesday, when&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":332242,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-332241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332241","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=332241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}