Crime & Safety
Hell's Kitchen Vacant Building Partially Collapses, FDNY Confirms
A vacant building partially collapsed near West 52nd Street and Eighth Avenue, the FDNY told Patch.
HELL'S KITCHEN, NY — A building partially collapsed in Hell's Kitchen Sunday. Firefighters were called to the under-construction building at West 52nd Street and Eighth Avenue just before noon.
No injuries were reported.
The city's Buildings Department last week deemed the vacant building "unsafe,"WCBS-TV reported, and warned it could potentially collapse. The agency also ordered two adjacent businesses to leave the premises because they were located in a "collapse zone."
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West 52nd Street was closed to vehicles and pedestrians Sunday, police said.
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(Columbus Circle, Manhattan) Partial Building Collapse —Firefighters on scene confirm a three-story under-construction building has partially collapsed. All workers have been accounted for and no injuries have been reported. Following here: https://t.co/063LdYREFB #CitizenAppNYC pic.twitter.com/7orVN2pt5I
— Citizen NYC (@CitizenApp_NYC) June 9, 2019
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