The Department of Buildings investigates a parapet collapse of multiple commercial buildings on Avenue T in Brooklyn Sunday night.
Photo by Lloyd Mitchell
The trend of collapses continued across New York City on Sunday evening, May 7, when the parapet of six Brooklyn storefronts came tumbling down.
Nearly a dozen people were standing in line for Dolly’s Ices, near the corner of East 58th Street and Avenue T, at around 5:15 p.m. when worker John Furman says he heard the business’ roof begin to buckle and crack.
“It was like a bomb went off,” he told amNewYork Metro. “I am a little shaken up at this point.”
The roof’s extension — connecting a string of Avenue T businesses in Old Mill Basin — quickly came down. While a few bystanders were evaluated by paramedics on the scene, no official injuries were recorded, according to Fire Department sources.
FDNY and the city’s Department of Buildings were quick to respond to the collapse, checking the buildings’ structural stability. Firefighters also worked to remove the free-standing debris and bricks.
DOB did not immediately respond to a request for further information.
It remains unclear what caused the collapse.
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