Giant sinkhole swallows up New York street

Construction crews work at the site of a sinkhole, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The Fire Department of New York said no injuries were reported after the sinkhole devoured part of the street around 7 a.m. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

New Yorkers living in the borough of Brooklyn have woken to a strange sight – a giant sinkhole had swallowed an enormous chunk of road.

The sinkhole, formed by the natural process of erosion, appeared shortly after 7am on Tuesday at an intersection in the neighbourhood of Sunset Park, according to the Fire Department.

The gaping hole exposed torn pipes and crushed asphalt at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and 64th Street. No one was hurt.

Sinkholes can be gradual but are often sudden.

A sinkhole in Guatemala in 2010, measuring 18m wide and about 30m deep, swallowed a three-story building and a nearby house when it suddenly formed.

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