{"id":264121,"date":"2026-06-12T03:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T03:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/264121\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T03:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T03:43:09","slug":"family-of-teen-hit-by-piece-of-queens-building-facade-says-you-could-see-his-skull","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/264121\/","title":{"rendered":"Family of teen hit by piece of Queens building facade says “you could see his skull”"},"content":{"rendered":"

The family of a 14-year-old boy who was struck by a piece of a building facade on Queens sidewalk in May<\/a> is filing a lawsuit.<\/p>\n

It happened on a windy day in Jackson Heights.<\/p>\n

Victim needed 8 staples<\/p>\n

The family did not want to be identified due to their immigration status.<\/p>\n

The victims’ parents said on May 30, while walking on 82nd Street between Roosevelt and 37th avenues, a piece of concrete came crashing down on their son’s head.<\/p>\n

“You could see his skull, and I was desperate,” his mother said in Spanish.<\/p>\n

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A 14-year-old boy was struck by a piece of a building facade on Queens sidewalk on May 30, 2026.<\/p>\n

Photo provided<\/p>\n

She said her son, who is a twin, had to get eight staples to close the gash.<\/p>\n

Department of Building inspectors determined that part of the building’s decorative terracotta came loose, fell off the building, bounced off a store awning and struck the teen.<\/p>\n

According to the DOB, the building owner was issued a violation for failing to maintain the facade. Since the incident, scaffolding has been installed in the area. <\/p>\n

“He might have been killed”<\/p>\n

“I feel strongly that if the stone landed an inch closer to the center of his head, he might have been killed,” said Dan Smyth, a personal injury attorney representing the family.<\/p>\n

Smyth filed a lawsuit against Redman Associates, Inc., accusing the company of neglect.<\/p>\n

“Regardless of whether it’s landmarked or not, the building wasn’t properly maintained if this incident occurred,” he said.<\/p>\n

\"Piece<\/p>\n

A teenager was hit by falling debris in Queens on May 30, 2026.<\/p>\n

CBS News New York<\/p>\n

CBS News New York was unable to find an email address or phone number to reach the company.<\/p>\n

“I feel concern,” the victim’s mother said.<\/p>\n

The parents of the teen said he’s missed school, struggled to chew food, and has been experiencing headaches and vision problems.<\/p>\n

They believe this incident could have been prevented and hope the landlords take more preventative measures so something like this doesn’t happen again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The family of a 14-year-old boy who was struck by a piece of a building facade on Queens…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264122,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-264121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}