Scooter driver killed on pothole-ridden NYC street that faced hundreds of complaints

A scooter driver was tragically killed this week on a busy Queens street lined with dangerous potholes — that locals have been complaining about for years, The Post has learned.The road ravine-riddled stretch of Liberty Avenue in Ozone Park has been the source of hundreds of 311 complaints since 2020 — and of at least a dozen gripes already just this year, city records show.On Monday night, a 46-year-old man driving a standing electric scooter eastbound on the decrepit thoroughfare was ejected from it after hitting a pothole near 106th Street, police said.Cops responded to a 911 call of an unconscious person in the roadway at about 9:30 p.m., and found the victim with “severe head trauma” on arrival, the NYPD said.The man, whose identity was being withheld pending family notification, was rushed to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center but could not be saved.The city Department of Transportation responded to the crash as well and made immediate roadway repairs, cops said.But the city has received a whopping 557 pothole reports along Liberty Avenue in the last six years, according to a Post analysis of city records.At least a dozen 311 calls regarding potholes on the 8-mile throughfare have been logged in 2026 so far, the records show.Those complaints, made between Jan.

1 and March 6, were all marked as resolved.A DOT spokesperson said no prior pothole complaints had been made regarding the part of Liberty Avenue where the crash took place in “recent years.”“This is a terrible tragedy, and our thoughts are with the victim of this crash and his family,” the spokesperson told The Post in a statement.“The high volumes of snowfall, salt and use of tire chains all contribute to wear and tear on our roads and we expect a high number of potholes this season,” the rep said.“We typically see more potholes form in the spring, following the winter and cycle of freezing and thawing conditions, and NYC DOT is taking action to make our roads smooth.”An investiga...