Manhattan Parking Garage Collapses, Multiple Injuries

April 18, 2023 Disaster, New York City

New York City’s CBS affiliate reports:

Emergency responders have rushed to the scene after a collapse at a parking garage in Lower Manhattan Tuesday afternoon. It happened shortly after 4 p.m. at Ann Street near Nassau Street in the Financial District.

FDNY officials say several people are injured and others may be trapped. Video from the scene showed multiple cars stacked on top of one another amid crumbled concrete.

The second floor of the four-story structure at 57 Ann Street collapsed onto the first, according to the FDNY. The exterior of the structure is still standing, but the front of the building facade has buckled and is in danger of collapse.

The New York Post reports:



Shocking footage from the scene shows multiple cars on top of the concave roof as a woman get can be heard screaming, “Get out!” “Injuries, deaths expected to change rapidly,” a fire official said.  Mayor Eric Adams was en route to the scene as of 4:40, according to a City Hall spokesman.

The New York City Sheriff’s Office uses the deck to park their cars while working at the Manhattan office. “We accounted for all our personnel,” Sheriff Anthony Miranda told The Post, adding his office had four cars parked there.

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