City officials offer a glimmer of hope for 'The Hole,' after decades of neglect

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City officials offer a glimmer of hope for 'The Hole,' after decades of neglect
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'The Hole' is a neighborhood unconnected to New York City's sewer system that suffers from regular flooding. City officials recently toured the area — a possible sign of new investment — but longtime residents say they're deeply skeptical.

An alleyway in The Hole, a neighborhood between Queens and Brooklyn that has seen decades of disinvestmentAn alleyway in The Hole, a neighborhood between Queens and Brooklyn that has seen decades of disinvestmentWhen David Lopez, 71, bought an apartment building in “the Hole” 35 years ago, the area felt rustic to him.

“It was idyllic,” he said. It was also drier. “Back then there was less cement, less asphalt, and the water was able to drain out and we would have large dry spells.” The neighborhood, home to several dozen mostly Black and brown residents, straddles the Brooklyn-Queens border on either side of Linden Boulevard and is built on top of an old creek bed. Roads into The Hole slant sharply down, roughly a 15-foot decline from the surrounding streets and homes. When it rains it inevitably floods. Septic tanks often overflow as well, and with no sewers for the water to filter into, the roadways are often waterlogged for days with putrid waste.

“We’re all trying to work together to come up with a master plan for this whole neighborhood and that’s been very complicated and very expensive,” Vincent Sapienza, the chief operations officer at the Department of Environmental Protection, told Gothamist. “Maybe if we can try to peel off a block here and a block there and get those solved in a shorter period of time, that’s the path forward.”

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