The 30-year-old construction worker who was trapped in a sinkhole yesterday and had to be rescued with a vacuum truck is in stable condition and is expected to recover. According to WPIX, rescuers were concerned because each time they attempted to extract the man, he would sink deeper into the mud, and at one point had soil covering his chest. "I just kept whispering in his ear, 'you're doing fine, doing fine,'" firefighter Tim O'Toole said. "The biggest problem was, he kept slipping down. There was a void underneath him." Still want to complain your office is out of K-Cups? 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 ›

Count Dr. Lisa Li is one of the lucky ones. On Sunday, she was driving to work at St. Clare Hospital in Boonton, New Jersey, when Kinnelon Road collapsed and engulfed her GMC Yukon. The road opened up because of the rushing waters of Hurricane Irene, but somehow, Li managed to escape unharmed. more ›

Rain: asphalt's kryptonite? An enormous sinkhole opened up on Narrows Road North between Targee Street and Richmond Hill Road on Staten Island yesterday, causing major traffic delays and serious commuter headaches. more ›

Last night, NotifyNYC messaged, "Due to a sinkhole, the 96th St Transverse through Central Park in Manhattan is closed in both directions." What happened? Well, the DEP told MyFoxNY "that a catch basin on the side of the transverse that connects to a city sewer underneath failed, causing the sinkhole to open up. The DEP said a contractor would stay on the scene until the sinkhole is fixed, but it is not clear how long that would take." Unclear if this sinkhole will get its own Twitter, the way the Hoboken sinkhole has a Twitter account. more ›

Oh no, the tripods! Sinatra Drive between 12th Street and 14th Street in Hoboken is closed to all traffic after a 50-foot long sinkhole manifested yesterday afternoon. Officials say the hole could get even bigger because of the tides, and repairs are estimated to take up to four weeks. more ›

When a sewer main circa 1939 collapsed in Bedford Park, Bronx yesterday, it created a sinkhole reminiscent of War of the Worlds on Webster Avenue at 198th street. The 25-feet wide, 20-feet deep hole has left 200 people out of water and street closures into this morning, according to NY1. And the smell of gas was still lingering in the air after a gas service line was damaged in the collapsing sewer main. No one was hurt, but the tripods will soon change all that. more ›