Chasm on Cranberry

(BHB/Sarah Portlock)

(BHB/Sarah Portlock)

There’s a hole in the street in front of Assumption Church on Cranberry Street — and the city is sorting out who will fix it.

An eight-inch part of Cranberry Street, between Hicks and Henry streets and just by the curb, collapsed over the weekend, and was marked off this morning with a board and half a sawhorse. Rain runoff was pouring into the cavern, which was about a foot deep.

“We inspected [the hole this morning] and we’re waiting determination to the cause of it, and then, with that, we’ll see who makes the permanent repairs,” Gastel told BHB.

If it’s a sinkhole, it’s the Department of Environmental Protection’s territory and if it’s a pothole, the Department of Transportation will make the necessary repairs, said Transportation spokesman Scott Gastel. DOT crews were out this morning inspecting the situation.

The difference? How the roadway broke — that is, from above or underneath, Gastel said. The agency lists a full explanation of the different types of road defects on its Web site. In the above photo, that blue line is a Pilot Precise pen, for size reference.

For future reference, you can use the DOT’s online form to report a pothole here.

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  • AEB

    Hmmmm. And I thought a hummock was…well, you know.

  • nabeguy

    If 2 more holes open up in front of Assumption, will it be considered a miracle?

  • CJP

    Trying to figure out some sort of comment with “ass” in it but couldn’t come up with a sufficiently worthy line. Can anyone help?

  • nabeguy

    Let’s try this…given that this occurred in front of a church, does that make it a mass hole?

  • CJP

    Now THAT’s what I was hoping for!

  • nabeguy

    Glad to accommodate you CJP

  • my2cents

    I saw that thing last week, and it is very hollow and very DEEP. I feel like a truck parking on there would cave in half the street!

  • Eason

    Hmm its on Cranberry St? i believe this falls under a Dept of Agriculture issue. Yeah, definitely. Sorry guys, lets pack up the truck.

  • AEB

    Actually, it ‘s the responsibility of the Ministry for Silly Walks.

  • my2cents

    I blame 2 trees. They are undermining our neighborhood. literally.

  • Eason

    I wonder how many things we can put in there…

  • AliG

    Eason, I think it already houses a family of 4 and 2 dogs.

  • Rochdalian

    Go look at the sinkhole at the manhole cover in Love Lane, next to CVS. DEP says that they’re taking care of it, but I’ve seen no evidence of that.

    And the curb at the northeast corner of Joralemon Street and Clinton Street is collapsing for the 98th time…

  • sbk3

    It must have been a sink hole since DEP filed it this AM.