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City Lays an Old Board Over Upper Manhattan Greenway Pit

The Parks Department doesn't know when a hole that opened up two months ago on the Hudson River Greenway will be repaired.

A tipster sent us photos of the pit, located just north of 181st Street in Washington Heights, in June. These pictures were taken by the same reader about a week and a half ago, on July 26. Compared to the June pics, it looks like part of the hole has been filled with dirt, and some of it covered with a wooden board. The metal barriers have been shifted, so there's more room for people to pass. Other than some yellow tape, there is no warning signage. You can also see a crack forming around the existing hole, stretching almost the width of the greenway.

In June, a Parks spokesperson said the department was "assessing the damage." Parks told us Tuesday that the Department of Environmental Protection inspected the hole, and "found a broken pipe in the roadway drainage system."

"State DOT is reviewing the findings to determine the next steps," a Parks spokesperson said, in an email. We've asked New York State DOT when the hole will be repaired, and whether the work might entail a detour for greenway users. We'll update here.

In the meantime, one of the most heavily trafficked bike and pedestrian paths in New York City is patched with an old board.

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