Conselyea Street Collapse Injures Four Workers
At about 1:30 p.m. yesterday, the three-story building under renovation at 34 Conselyea Street in Williamsburg collapsed, placing one worker in critical condition and injuring three others. The Department of Buildings has yet to issue a formal report, but commissioner Robert Limandri told The Times that structural members must have been compromised for the structure…
At about 1:30 p.m. yesterday, the three-story building under renovation at 34 Conselyea Street in Williamsburg collapsed, placing one worker in critical condition and injuring three others. The Department of Buildings has yet to issue a formal report, but commissioner Robert Limandri told The Times that structural members must have been compromised for the structure to collapse in this manner. Gothamist reports that there had been an earlier complaint about the impact of the construction on the neighboring building at 36 Conselyea Street.
Williamsburg Building Collapse Injures 4 [NY Times] GMAP
Building Collapse Injures Hardhat [NY Post]
Williamsburg Building Collapse Injures Workers [Curbed]
Building Collapses On Conselyea Street [Gothamist]
Brooklyn Building Collapse Injures Three [NY1]
Photo by R. Goche for Gothamist
Sorry, I hope all 4 workers live (first) and sue (second).
A stalled site next to a gut rehab with a vertical enlargement next to another gut rehab with a vertical enlargement in Williamsburg – what could possibly go wrong?
Rob – Conselyea was one of the founders of the Village of Williamsburgh back in the 1820s. I forget his first name. A lot of the street east of Union are similarly named.
Well, gee…I think this has be the first collapse in recent memory that did not involve a Scarano site next door. Brooklyn building is definitely improving.
Simple: excavation next store (see BIS) undermined the foundation and the “renovation” was obviously meant to repair structural damage.
Funny thing about bricks, they’re not elastic like wood.
Damn shame and I hope the worker lives…to sue the shit out of the developer, engineer, architect and his boss.
Wild, wild west, once again.
If this building is part of the development footprint, why wasn’t it demolished when the others were???
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 30, 2010 10:09 AM
I think they were trying to build an extention on top of it.
If this building is part of the development footprint, why wasn’t it demolished when the others were???
Add water and stir…
Looks like the same architectural firm that did this Fifth Avenue SSlope building http://www.gateliers.com/admin/showProject.php?id_project=1
Dont mess with basements. they’ll own you.
Man. I’m never having any excavation work done. Ever.
Sheesh, don’t they hire engineers to prevent shit like this?
***Bid half off peak comps***