Crime & Safety
Video: Massive Metal Beams Collapse Onto Bed-Stuy Street
Video shows enormous metal beams falling onto Bedford Avenue Tuesday evening, as a massive storm approached New York City.
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN -- Metal and steel beams were blown off the roof of a Bed-Stuy building as an impending storm loomed over the city, officials said.
A massive metal structure atop a building at Bedford Avenue and Willoughby Street collapsed at about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, said FDNY, and witnesses caught it on camera.
"Dramatic footage of a partial construction site collapse in Brooklyn," wrote @yoliboropark. "Due to high winds and in-coming tornado."
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Dramatic footage of a partial construction site collapse in Brooklyn New York on Bedford Avenue due to high winds and in-coming tornado pic.twitter.com/Sl5Qj3ilt2
— yolibp (@yoliboropark) May 15, 2018
There were no injuries reported, said an FDNY spokesman.
The metal beams blew off the roof of 926 Bedford Ave., a building that was given a stop-work order in March for illegal construction that was later rescinded by the Department of Buildings, city records show.
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Photo courtesy of GoogleMaps/Sept. 2017
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