{"id":289238,"date":"2026-07-07T15:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T15:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/289238\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T15:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T15:51:08","slug":"nyc-buildings-evacuated-as-support-beams-buckle-on-33-floor-high-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/289238\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Buildings Evacuated As Support Beams Buckle On 33-Floor High-Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Midtown Manhattan building, which formerly housed Pfizer offices and is being converted into apartments, and several nearby buildings were evacuated Tuesday morning after officials discovered support columns were buckling, sparking fears it may collapse.<\/p>\n

The Midtown building formerly housed Pfizer offices. (Photo by Beata Zawrzel\/NurPhoto via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

NurPhoto via Getty ImagesKey Facts<\/p>\n

The New York Fire Department said it received a call shortly before 8 a.m. EDT saying bricks were spotted falling from the 21st floor of the building, multiple<\/a> outlets<\/a> reported, where officials then discovered two support columns were buckling. <\/p>\n

The building, as well as several nearby buildings, were evacuated<\/a> Tuesday morning, while surrounding streets were closed. <\/p>\n

No injuries have been reported, fire officials said.<\/p>\n

Metro Loft Management, a real estate agency leading the building\u2019s conversion, told Bloomberg<\/a> in a statement it is \u201caware of what happened and are working closely with the Department of Buildings to understand the full scope of the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Topline A Midtown Manhattan building, which formerly housed Pfizer offices and is being converted into apartments, and several…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1289,7715,194,75,360,9,56,63,65,64,103,54147],"class_list":["post-289238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-building","tag-collapse","tag-fdny","tag-manhattan","tag-midtown","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-nypd","tag-pfizer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289238","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=289238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}