NEW YORK (WCBS 880) – A large sinkhole opened up on an Upper East Side street on Thursday morning, days after another sinkhole partially swallowed two vehicles on the Upper West Side.
The sinkhole formed on East 89th Street, near York Avenue, around 8:30 a.m.
A spokesperson for the Officer of Emergency Management said the hole was 20 feet deep and 15 feet in diameter.
Residents realized something was wrong on Thursday morning when they woke up and their water was cut off.
Citizen App video shows crews working beside a large hole in the middle of the street.
A neighbor said she saw a worker inside the sinkhole and that it was so deep she could only see the top of his head from his eyes up.
Officials haven't said what caused the sinkhole, but a source at the scene told WCBS 880's sister station, 1010 WINS, that a sewer pipe collapsed.
The sinkhole emerged days after two vehicles partially fell into a sinkhole on the Upper West Side on Sunday.
City Councilman Mark Levine tweeted a photo of the two vehicles stuck in the sinkhole at Riverside Drive and West 97th Street.
The councilman said the sinkhole was “yet another reminder” that “NYC simply must invest more in upgrading our outdated infrastructure.”
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