NY - Parking garage collapses in Lower Manhattan, multiple injuries, 18 April 2023

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1 dead, multiple injured in parking garage collapse in Lower Manhattan

Officials said at least six parking garage workers were pulled from the garage. One was pronounced dead on the scene, five others were injured.

abc7ny.com

''LOWER MANHATTAN, Manhattan (WABC) -- A parking garage has partially collapsed in Lower Manhattan leaving multiple injured.

The parking garage is located at 57 Ann Street between Nassau Street and William Street.

The floors of the three-story building on Ann Street collapsed at around 4:15 p.m., sending cars crashing down.

Several people inside the garage were injured.

Firefighters were working on reaching the victims.''

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.

Lower Manhattan parking garage collapses; Several injuries reported

Video from the scene showed multiple cars stacked on top of one another amid crumbled concrete.

www.cbsnews.com

''Video from the scene showed multiple cars stacked on top of one another amid crumbled concrete. The second floor of the structure collapsed onto the first, according to the FDNY.

Building Collapse: Expect traffic delays & emergency personnel in area of Ann Street & Nassau Street, Manhattan. Avoid the area.

 

[dotr]

One dead and multiple injured as parking garage collapses in New York City

A parking garage collapsed in New York City's Financial District.

metro.co.uk

1 dead, multiple injured in parking garage collapse in Lower Manhattan

Officials said at least six parking garage workers were pulled from the garage. One was pronounced dead on the scene, five others were injured.

abc7ny.com

''Officials have evacuated the university building that is next to the garage that's collapsed.
The upper levels of the three-story building collapsed around 4:15 p.m., sending cars crashing down.''

''A parking garage has partially collapsed in Lower Manhattan leaving multiple injured Tuesday afternoon.
Officials said there's one person dead, one person injured and at least one missing.

Firefighters are working on reaching the victims but are navigating the unstable building and hazardous conditions from gasoline and potentially explosive car parts.

Records show there are open hazardous building violations from 2008 for cracks in the concrete.''

 

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[whitelilac]

On the live feed the official said they have at least one DOA confirmed.
This is shocking....violations since 2003

 

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According to StreetEasy, built in 1925:

57 Ann St. in Fulton/Seaport

57 Ann St.: Real Estate, school zoning and more information about 57 Ann St. in Fulton/Seaport

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DM coverage:

Parking garage collapse in NYC leaves dozens trapped and one dead

Multiple people are trapped and one person is dead after the floor of a parking garage collapsed on to another leaving cars piled up in New York City on Tuesday afternoon.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Video from the initial aftermath of the collapse showed a woman screaming: 'Get out!'

People were also trapped in the elevator shaft which caved in.

 

[Gemmie]

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Ugh. Those kinds of parking garages have always given me the creeps. I've always avoided them if at all possible.

 

[Gemmie]

DM coverage:

Video from the initial aftermath of the collapse showed a woman screaming: 'Get out!'

People were also trapped in the elevator shaft which caved in.

I wonder how they are going to retrieve all of those cars.

 

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NYC Dept. of Buildings entry:
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The Post has extensive photo coverage:

1 person killed, multiple injured in NYC parking garage collapse

One person was killed and multiple others trapped Tuesday after a parking garage collapsed in Lower Manhattan, officials said.

nypost.com

 

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[Erutan]

This is horrible.
Rest in peace to the deceased.
It sounds like there may be more casualties ?
Sorry for anyone trapped under the rubble, and hoping a fire doesn't start !

All over this country there is an aging infrastructure that is largely being ignored.
IMO.

 

[Eli9]

This is horrible.
Rest in peace to the deceased.
It sounds like there may be more casualties ?
Sorry for anyone trapped under the rubble, and hoping a fire doesn't start !

All over this country there is an aging infrastructure that is largely being ignored.
IMO.

Your comment got me thinking. I'm not a car person but the cars that we drive have gotten heavier over the past 40 years, by about 1000 lbs. Add that with more EV's which weigh more than combustible engines and I think we may see more of this type of tragic event especially with older structures. yikes.

 

[Erutan]

Your comment got me thinking. I'm not a car person but the cars that we drive have gotten heavier over the past 40 years, by about 1000 lbs. Add that with more EV's which weigh more than combustible engines and I think we may see more of this type of tragic event especially with older structures. yikes.

Agreed !
Parking garages scare me, even without the threat of a collapse.
People whiz around inside of them, driving like they're at an amusement park ride.
We nearly collided with someone once.

I've thought about the recent railroad tragedies and if those rails are even being properly maintained by the owners ?
"Tragedy" as in while I don't know if there have been any deaths, innocent people have been basically thrown from their homes due to the chemical pollutants.
Imo.

 

[Gemmie]

This is horrible.
Rest in peace to the deceased.
It sounds like there may be more casualties ?
Sorry for anyone trapped under the rubble, and hoping a fire doesn't start !

All over this country there is an aging infrastructure that is largely being ignored.
IMO.

This collapse reminds me a lot of the Champlain Towers collapse in Surfside, FL. It too had structural issues. Spalling, for one.

Re NYC's garage collapse: One violation, issued in November 2003, was labeled “hazardous.”

Inspectors found concrete “slab cracks” in the first-floor ceiling, missing concrete covering steel beams and defective concrete with “exposed rear cracks,” according to the document.

A Cancer Spread Through the Building. Champlain Towers Had Evidence of Major Structural Damage.

Condo board waits 40 years to request a structural inspection and then is slow to react to its findings

www.engineering.com

What is spalling? Spalling is a term used to describe areas of concrete which have cracked and delaminated from the substrate.

Champlain's issues were described as a cancer spreading through the building.

When you can visually see the concrete spalling that means that the rebar holding it together is rusting and deteriorating beneath the surface,” said Wodnicki in a letter to residents.

A Cancer Spread Through the Building. Champlain Towers Had Evidence of Major Structural Damage.

Condo board waits 40 years to request a structural inspection and then is slow to react to its findings

www.engineering.com

I think we'll see a lot more of these due to the age of some buildings and the lack of money to fix them up like Champlain and others. It's scary. I'm glad I no longer have to deal with these sorts of buildings.

 

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rbbm.

Body recovered from rubble of collapsed NYC parking garage

NEW YORK (AP) — Crews pulled a body from the rubble of a New York City parking garage Wednesday, as building inspectors sought to pinpoint a cause for the century-old structure’s deadly collapse.

www.thestar.com

''Workers searched for a garage worker presumed dead under tons of concrete and crumpled vehicles. Late Wednesday, the Fire Department said it had recovered a body and turned it over to the city’s chief medical examiner’s office. The identity of the victim was not immediately released, and it wasn’t immediately known if it was that of the missing garage worker.

“Right now we’re transitioning to how we safely take down that building,“ Emergency Management Commissioner Zach Iscol said at a news conference, a day after the multilevel parking lot collapsed just as a stream of customers were returning from work to retrieve their cars.

It was a delicate operation to remove as many as 90 vehicles scattered on the structure’s buckled top deck and amid tons of shattered concrete.''

Theories abounded, and officials said they would consider all potential explanations — including the possibility that the structural integrity of older parking structures might be undermined by today’s fleets of bigger, heavier SUVs.
The mayor said that could be a matter worthy of investigation.
“We are living in a new environment and we have to constantly analyze and upgrade everything from weight capacity to how many cars can be there,“ Adams said.''

 

[Eli9]

rbbm.

Body recovered from rubble of collapsed NYC parking garage

NEW YORK (AP) — Crews pulled a body from the rubble of a New York City parking garage Wednesday, as building inspectors sought to pinpoint a cause for the century-old structure’s deadly collapse.

www.thestar.com

''Workers searched for a garage worker presumed dead under tons of concrete and crumpled vehicles. Late Wednesday, the Fire Department said it had recovered a body and turned it over to the city’s chief medical examiner’s office. The identity of the victim was not immediately released, and it wasn’t immediately known if it was that of the missing garage worker.

“Right now we’re transitioning to how we safely take down that building,“ Emergency Management Commissioner Zach Iscol said at a news conference, a day after the multilevel parking lot collapsed just as a stream of customers were returning from work to retrieve their cars.

It was a delicate operation to remove as many as 90 vehicles scattered on the structure’s buckled top deck and amid tons of shattered concrete.''

Theories abounded, and officials said they would consider all potential explanations — including the possibility that the structural integrity of older parking structures might be undermined by today’s fleets of bigger, heavier SUVs.
The mayor said that could be a matter worthy of investigation.
“We are living in a new environment and we have to constantly analyze and upgrade everything from weight capacity to how many cars can be there,“ Adams said.''

Oh yes, that's what I was talking about! The weight of our vehicles has changed, slowly over time but that could be escalated in the near future.

 

[dotr]

Oh yes, that's what I was talking about! The weight of our vehicles has changed, slowly over time but that could be escalated in the near future.

Yes, i got excited when i read that thinking about the astute observation in your post!

 

[Eli9]

Yes, i got excited when i read that thinking about the astute observation in your post!

honestly, I saw a tik tok today referencing EV fleet/cargo vehicles today and the weight of those is absurd. They were talking about bridges but it got me thinking and reading. I don't like bridges now! Never have but I have never given one ounce of consideration to the safety of a parking garage. I really should as I would imagine bridges have many more safety checks than parking garages. again, yikes!