{"id":289313,"date":"2026-07-07T16:58:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T16:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/289313\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T16:58:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T16:58:14","slug":"nyc-blocks-evacuated-after-beams-buckle-at-high-rise-construction-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/289313\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Blocks Evacuated After Beams Buckle at High-Rise Construction Site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Several blocks were evacuated in Midtown Manhattan on Tuesday, July 7, after structural support beams were found buckling on the 21st floor of a building under renovation, prompting fears it could collapse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The office building, located at 235 East 42nd Street, was formerly occupied by Pfizer but was being converted into an apartment building, according to <a data-ylk=\"slk:local reports.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2026\/07\/07\/nyregion\/pfizer-building-midtown-collapse\/pfizer-building-midtown-collapse?smid=url-share\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">local reports.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Crews from the New York City Fire Department and structural engineers from the Department of Buildings (DOB) were responding. DOB Commissioner Ahmed Tigani was on the scene, the <a data-ylk=\"slk:DOB said.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NYCBuildings\/posts\/pfbid0222mdayaHcsAY2VanKde5Eo76vqSeRnqqyY7PWiMNNK29pcMZg6P1fYTKbzvupA4ml\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">DOB said.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">People were asked to avoid the area. Credit: @fernando40tiktok.commarc via Storyful<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Several blocks were evacuated in Midtown Manhattan on Tuesday, July 7, after structural support beams were found buckling&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289314,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2824,3412,9,37283,56,63,65,64,110551],"class_list":["post-289313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-dob","tag-midtown-manhattan","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city-fire-department","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-structural-support-beams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289313","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=289313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289313\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}