NYC Parking Garage Safety Under Scrutiny After Fatal Collapse
TL;DR
Four parking garages in NYC have been ordered to be partially or fully vacated due to structural problems that pose an immediate threat to public safety. The inspections were conducted after a deadly collapse of a parking garage in Lower Manhattan last week. The garages are located in Battery Park City, Chinatown, Coney Island, and Park Slope. The Buildings Department found deteriorated steel beams and cracked or crumbling concrete in the garages. The owners have been ordered to retain a professional engineer to compile a structural report and provide emergency shoring inside the buildings.
- Evacuations of 4 NYC Parking Garages Ordered After Earlier Collapse The New York Times
- ‘An inspection could have saved lives’: race to check buildings after New York garage collapse The Guardian US
- Drivers allowed to retrieve cars from building near collapsed parking garage Eyewitness News ABC7NY
- The aftermath of the Ann Street collapse Tribeca Citizen
- NYC closes number of parking garages over substantial structural issues after last week's fatal collapse New York Post
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