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Partial building collapse on 5th Avenue

bookistan
bookistan
edited November -1 in Park Slope
It looks like the attic floor of an old brownstone being renovated on 5th Av. between 2nd and 3rd streets collapsed this evening. There is a big pile on the sidewalk. I don't know if anyone was hurt but we did see someone being loaded into an ambulance (the reason I don't know if anyone was really hurt was because I heard a cop saying something to the effect of, "imagine if someone had been walking by..." so the ambulance connection is a mystery to me. Many fire trucks on the street; it was blocked off for a while.

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  • ljnd
    ljnd
    It's on Gothamist - http://www.gothamist.com/labs/map - don't think there were major injuries as I'm on 5th St. and 5th Ave and I'm sure I would've heard sirens....