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New sewers. New drainage. New green space. And up to 5,000 new apartments.

Those elements could fill The Hole, a low-lying and long-neglected neighborhood on the border of Queens and Brooklyn that will be the target of a proposed rezoning, Mayor Eric Adams announced Tuesday.

Residents of The Hole — otherwise known as the Jewel Streets area for avenues named after amber and sapphire — have suffered from flooding even on sunny days and are not connected to the city sewer system. They’ve navigated standing puddles of water and relied on septic tanks, whi

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