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Midtown Manhattan buildings evacuated after beams found buckling at high-rise construction site
ABC7 New York • • nation
Key Points:
- Several floors (21st to 26th) of a 38-story office building under construction at 235 E. 42nd St. in Midtown Manhattan are caving in, leading to evacuations and street closures.
- The building, formerly Pfizer's headquarters, is being converted to residential use; construction workers noticed structural cracks and self-evacuated early Tuesday morning.
- Multiple adjacent buildings, including a hotel (Hampton Inn Manhattan Grand Central) and a school with about 400 children, have been evacuated as a precaution.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani confirmed no injuries so far and urged the public to follow first responders' instructions; affected streets including East 42nd and East 44th between Second and Third avenues are closed.
- The FDNY continues to monitor the situation and manage evacuations to ensure public safety in the area.
