Authorities said the woman had just arrived at her Rockville Centre home when the ground opened up, swallowing her four-door Subaru.
A friend, who identified the driver as Gail Sorrentino, 65, said she was in shock but managed to call 911 after the car toppled into the hole.
The friend, Howard Osborne, said he was inside the home and came up the stairs to see the car sticking up in the air.
He rushed outside and she told him she had already called 911. Rescuers arrived and were able to pull her out the driver's side window, Osborne said.
Sorrentino was not hurt.
