BREAKING: Partial Building Collapse at 170 Smith Street
We’ve just gotten word that there has been a partial building collapse at 170 Smith Street. A reader forwarded us an alert from the MTA, since subway service underneath the building has been impacted by the accident. There are currently NYCTA emergency workers and at least one person from OEM on the scene. There has…
We’ve just gotten word that there has been a partial building collapse at 170 Smith Street. A reader forwarded us an alert from the MTA, since subway service underneath the building has been impacted by the accident. There are currently NYCTA emergency workers and at least one person from OEM on the scene. There has been no confirmation whether anyone has been injured or killed in the building. Hope to have more shortly.
Update: This just in from DOB:
Initial reports from the scene indicate the building at 170 Smith Street is in poor condition, but it has not collapsed. The building’s façade has suffered from neglect. On Tuesday, the Buildings Department issued an emergency declaration to allow the Department of Housing Preservation and Development to install a sidewalk shed. The sidewalk shed is in place, and served to catch pieces of the façade that reportedly fell from the building today. On Tuesday after the emergency declaration was issued, Buildings ordered the owner to allow the Department access to the building to make sure it’s structurally sound. The owner failed to do so, and Buildings called the Fire Department gain access to the building. Buildings inspectors and engineers remain on scene, and operations continue.
Update: Curbed has posted some good photos here.
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I walked by there this week on Tuesday and could see the ceiling had previously collapsed. Not a reassuring sight.
It is not AY’s fault but I guarantee you, if Ratner wanted to build a stadium where this building now stands – or leans, the city would have condemned it years ago for eminent domain.
12:33
Actually, a savvy Corcoran broker could list it as Carroll Gardens, which its not, and ask 9.5 mil.
They could open a cannoli store.
Fuhgeddaboudit!
2:18:
I was in a similar situation and did call 311, DOB and my city counselman weekly, but nothing happened.
So your plan of ” become an absolute thorn in the side of the city until they finally do something. ” really doesn’t work. Sorry.
I wish I had the answer.
This is so typical. DOB issues fines and the owners do nothing until the building damages someone or something. A few years back a building on Wyckoff between Bond & Nevins partially collapsed and bricks went through the roof of an adjacent building (thank goodness noone was hurt) and bricks destroyed a few cars in a parking lot on the other side.
It took a few days for the DOB to order the building down.
I predict that the next collapse will be the building on the corner of Wyckoff & Hoyt Streets that has beeen under a shed for about 4 years now.
Must be atlantic yards’ fault.
corcoran will list it for $3.5 million
Sow day brownstoner?
I’m waiting for a broker to log in saying this building is “estate ready” and “edgy”.