What to Know
- The FDNY said it got a call around 8 a.m. about bricks falling from the building at 235 East 42nd Street, between Second and Third avenues. The NYPD says it got a 911 call about the incident less than 15 minutes later.
- When cops arrived, they were told that construction workers on the 21st floor of the 37-story building saw the columns starting to collapse. Raw footage from inside shows badly bent steel beams.
- The Department of Buildings said at least nine neighboring buildings were also evacuated as a precaution. It wasn’t immediately clear how long the evacuations might remain in place.
- Mamdani described the situation as “serious” and ongoing; a frozen zone has been implemented between 40th and 45th streets, from 1st to 3rd avenues.
- No injuries have been reported.
Two structural support beams on the 21st floor of a 37-story under-construction building in Manhattan started buckling Tuesday morning, triggering mass evacuations, street closures and a large emergency response.
Raw footage from inside, taken by a construction worker, shows an entire floor-full of badly bent steel beams. At least nine neighboring buildings were evacuated as a precaution.
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