A pedestrian walking by West 57th Street and 10th Avenue was killed by a motorcyclist that struck him. According to WCBS 2, "Police say a 22-year-old woman driving the motorcycle hit the man while he crossed the street at 57th and 10th Avenue just before 3 a.m." more ›

After Capital New York reported that Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was injured when, while riding his bicycle, he hit a pothole and fell, his press office couldn't explain where the accident occurred (a woman who answered the phone said, "I assume it was New York City") although the powerful 67-year-old lawmaker sported a "stitches over his left eyebrow and a scab across his nose and the back of one of his hands." Now the mystery is out: Silver was brought down by a Puerto Rican pothole. more ›

Sure, New York City has a pothole tumblr—The Daily Pothole—that brags about "6,290,591 square yards resurfaced in 2011" but for some residents, the potholes that are ruining their drives and vehicles aren't going to be fixed in a timely manner because the Department of Transportation considers them "street defects." The Post reports that former Taxi and Limousine Commissioner Fidel Del Valle contacted 311 to report potholes in Marine Park, only to be told they were "sinkholes" and therefore they were the responsibility of the Department of Environmental Protection. more ›

After criticism that the Department of Transportation has been lagging with filling potholes after one of the worst winters ever, DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Kahn announced that the city will add another $40 million to fix the troubled streets. Her news came during a City Council hearing where members blasted the DOT—Councilman Jumaane Williams (D-Brooklyn) said he got two flat tires from potholes last week, "I can only imagine what's happening to my constituents." more ›

There are a lot of potholes in New York City, and a lot of cyclists. When the two forces collide, bones get broken, tires get smashed, and people sometimes die. Also, the city gets sued. The DOT's failure to fix certain potholes has been costly: $3.8 million has been paid out to pothole victims since 2005. The Daily News has a rundown of some of the biggest payouts, which include $750,000 to cyclist Rafael Cruz. more ›

After the snowiest February ever, Mayor Bloomberg helped out with the city's pothole blitz by filling the two millionth pothole recorded by his administration. Located on Slater Boulevard on Staten Island, Bloomberg shoveled some asphalt into the "Grade C" (the most severe!) pothole yesterday and declared, "This winter has been a long and snowy one, placing enormous stress on our roads. Fortunately, the City's workforce is rising to the challenge posed by this season's record snowfall, filling more than 15,000 potholes since Saturday in a pothole blitz." more ›

Every year, New York City drivers lose about 44 hours of their time and $1,900 of their money to poorly maintained roads, according to a new study. The average motorist pays $638 to repair automotive damage caused by shoddy streets, while the rest of the money goes towards "wasted gas, medical fees and lost productivity," the reports indicates. more ›

Marty Markowitz and The Department of Transportation got another wake-up call on Sunday when a Brooklyn man died after hitting a giant pothole. The 32-year-old driver of a packed Honda Odyssey was thrown from his side window after hitting the hole and then slamming into a telephone pole. He ended up on the pavement near the corner of Kings Highway and Tilden Avenue in East Flatbush, and the car landed on top of him. He died at Brookdale University Hospital shortly after the crash at 3:30 a.m. "The van was on top of the driver," one witness told the NY Daily News. "They had to jack up the vehicle to get it off him." His five passengers, who told officials they were coming from a nearby club, were injured but are expected to survive. "It's crazy—I'm absolutely shocked," said another witness. "I've never seen an accident this bad." more ›

The female cyclist who died on Delancey Street yesterday hit a pothole and fell behind a school bus, which then backed over her, NY1 reports. The victim was thrown from her bike near the corner of Ludlow Street at around 4:30 pm and happened to land directly behind the bus, according to a witness. more ›

One day he's posing for photo-ops with Middle East war as his backdrop, the next he's filling potholes for photographers in Sheepshead Bay—but according to Mayor Bloomberg, it's all part of the same gig: "That's the mayor's job, filling potholes and showing the flag and trying to support those that help us keep a safer world." Running for re-election happens to be another job requirement, and with a controversial third term within his grasp, we can expect to see Hizzoner doing more press highlighting kitchen table issues like these. more ›

We just got this alert: "NYC DOT WILL BE DOING ROVING POTHOLE REPAIRS ON ALL HIGHWAYS TODAY." more ›

Charlie Rose's black eye and forehead injury are not from an interview subject fed up with Rose's incessant talking. It's actually from his valiant attempt to save his precious MacBook Air! more ›