A Bronx building partially collapsed on Monday afternoon, prompting a response from city emergency crews.<\/p>\n
The FDNY said it received a call just before 3 p.m. about a collapse at 57 East Burnside Ave. According to the department, part of the wall gave way and collapsed on top of scaffolding and the street below.<\/p>\n
No injuries have been reported. Photos shared by elected officials in the area show debris scattered on the sidewalk and street.<\/p>\n
According to a preliminary report from the city Department of Buildings, the collapse occurred at a site undergoing full demolition under an active DOB permit. Inspectors said debris extended roughly 15 feet onto the sidewalk and into Walton Avenue, partially collapsing the sidewalk shed.<\/p>\n
City Department of Buildings records show a Stop Work Order was already in place at the property. Inspectors issued two recent complaints, on Jan. 6 and Jan. 7, for unsafe demolition and scaffolding without proper guardrails, permits or safety zones, according to the Department of Buildings website.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for the DOB said those complaints stemmed from a proactive construction safety audit earlier this month. Inspectors issued multiple violations to the general contractor, and a Full Stop Work Order was issued on Jan. 7 for several site safety issues, including demolition work performed out of sequence and contrary to approved plans, improperly built scaffolding and missing guardrails.<\/p>\n
Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson said city agencies, including the Department of Buildings and emergency management, responded to the site and are monitoring the situation.<\/p>\n
City Councilmember Pierina Sanchez also said officials were coordinating the response.<\/p>\n
Officials urged people to avoid the area due to street closures.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for the city Department of Buildings said an investigation was underway.<\/p>\n
Phil Corso contributed reporting.<\/p>\n
This story has been updated with new information from the city Department of Buildings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Bronx building partially collapsed on Monday afternoon, prompting a response from city emergency crews. The FDNY said…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":512713,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-512712","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-newyork","12":"tag-newyorkcity","13":"tag-ny","14":"tag-nyc","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115886799451786603","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}