Strong winds from recent storms caused part of a vacant home in Yonkers to collapse, raising new safety concerns for neighbors.<\/p>\n
The unoccupied house on Belknap Avenue could not withstand gusts that swept through the area over the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n
Residents say they heard a loud cracking sound during the storm and later found debris from the home\u2019s roof scattered across the street. <\/p>\n
Neighbors say the property has been vacant for several years and has long been a concern in the community. They describe it as more than just an eyesore, calling it a potential danger that has now become a reality. <\/p>\n
One neighbor says he was inside his home when the storm intensified and heard what sounded like a thunderous crash. Looking outside, he could see part of the structure had given way, with debris blown into the roadway.<\/p>\n
He said he hopes the collapse pushes officials to act before someone gets hurt. No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Strong winds from recent storms caused part of a vacant home in Yonkers to collapse, raising new safety…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77297,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,449,7715,9,24,63,129,131,130,3048],"class_list":["post-77296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-building-collapse","tag-collapse","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news","tag-yonkers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77296","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=77296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}