A sinkhole opened up shortly after a water leak on a Gravesend road, according to officials. The leak happened around 3:47 a.m. near Bay 37th Street and Cropsey Avenue, according to the FDNY.

“Situated as it is where 17th century Village Road North angles off from bustling Avenue U, it is probably the most visible of Brooklyn’s Dutch houses,” Gravesend historian Joseph Ditta told ...