New York City Unveils Plan for Flood-Prone Neighborhood Nicknamed ‘The Hole’

Hope for The Hole? Eric Adams Promises Sewers and Redevelopment as Parting Gift

New sewers. New drainage. New green space. And up to 5,000 new apartments.  Those elements could fill The Hole, a low-lying and long-neglected neighborhood on the border of Queens and Brooklyn that will be the target of a proposed rezoning, Mayor Eric Adams announced Tuesday. Residents of The Hole — otherwise known as the Jewel Streets area for avenues named after amber and sapphire — have suffered from flooding even on sunny days and are not co…

New York City Unveils Plan for Flood-Prone Neighborhood Nicknamed ‘The Hole’

A small neighborhood on the border of Brooklyn and Queens floods often. The city has finally mapped out a solution to the problem.By Lauren DalbanIt hadn’t rained in two days and yet, on a warm sunny day in early June, in a neighborhood on the border of Brooklyn and Queens known as “The Hole,” some streets were still full of water.