Recap: Support beams buckle in Manhattan high-rise, triggering temporary evacuations

The building, formerly part of Pfizer's global headquarters, is being converted into a 1,500-unit luxury rental complex. It was evacuated, along with neighboring buildings. It's not clear when people might be able to get back into their homes.

What to Know

• The FDNY said it got a call around 8 a.m. about bricks falling from the building at 235 East 42nd Street, between Second and Third avenues. The NYPD says it got a 911 call about the incident less than 15 minutes later.
• When cops arrived, they were told that construction workers on the 21st floor of the 37-story building saw the columns starting to collapse. Raw footage from inside shows badly bent steel beams.
• The Department of Buildings said at least nine neighboring buildings were also evacuated as a precaution. It wasn't immediately clear how long the evacuations might remain in place.
• Mamdani described the situation as "serious" and ongoing; a frozen zone has been implemented between 40th and 45th streets, from 1st to 3rd avenues.
• No injuries have been reported.

Two structural support beams on the 21st floor of a 37-story under-construction building in Manhattan started buckling Tuesday morning, triggering mass evacuations, street closures and a large emergency response.

Raw footage from inside, taken by a construction worker, shows an entire floor-full of badly bent steel beams. At least nine neighboring buildings were evacuated as a precaution.

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