Three more NYC parking garages ordered to vacate following deadly collapse in ManhattanBy Nolan Hicks
May 3, 2023
NYC’s Buildings Department ordered three more parking structures to be partially or completely vacated due to severe structural issues Wednesday following last month’s fatal collapse of a garage in Lower Manhattan.
Seven parking structures have now been partially or completely closed since the April 18 collapse, which killed the garage’s manager, Willis Moore, and injured five others.
Two of the garages are located on the East Side of Manhattan, while the third is in Brooklyn.
Inspectors ordered the complete clearance of the five-story parking garage at 228 East 9th St. after discovering it “in a state of disrepair” so bad there were cracks in support beams and the elevator shaft. Investigators also noted exposed steel reinforcements in the building.
The Buildings Department not only discovered structural issues with the concrete slabs and brick columns in a garage attached to an 11-story residential building at 148 Madison St. on the Lower East Side — the city review found that operators had crammed in twice as many cars as allowed, fitting 71 when only 32 are permitted.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/05/03/more-nyc-garages-get-vacate-orders-after-deadly-collapse/
