Lower Manhattan

Citywide safety inspections conducted in the wake of last week’s deadly parking garage collapse in lower Manhattan have resulted in orders to partially vacate the structures of at least four other sites. The Department of Buildings dispatched teams to conduct sweeps of parking facilities in hopes of preventing another collapse like the one on April 18. A lone parking manager…

Investigators looking into the lower Manhattan parking garage that collapsed a day ago, killing one worker and hurting seven others as concrete floors pancaked atop one another, say initial findings indicate the age of the building and the number of vehicles parked on the roof deck contributed to the disaster, officials said Wednesday. The Ann Street garage — which was…

One person died and multiple people were injured after a parking garage collapsed in Lower Manhattan Tuesday afternoon, FDNY officials said. The collapse took place on Ann Street near Nassau Street around 4 p.m. when, according to senior FDNY officials, the second floor of a five-story parking garage collapsed into the first floor. Ultimately, the top floor would fall all…

One person has died and three others were injured following a wall collapse in Lower Manhattan Tuesday, the FDNY said. According to the FDNY, the back wall of a three-story building under demolition collapsed around 1 p.m. near Lafayette and Canal streets in SoHo. The collapse trapped four workers, who were freed by firefighters using basic tools and their bare…