BREAKING: Collapse and Rescue at 316 Bergen Street
[nggallery id=”22314″ template=galleryview] A reader who lives across the street from a development site on Bergen Street just filed the following report: About 1:30PM today, part of the 3-story building being demolished at the 316 Bergen site apparently gave way unexpectedly, and 12 FDNY and NYPD vehicles responded within minutes. One man was bandaged and…
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A reader who lives across the street from a development site on Bergen Street just filed the following report:
About 1:30PM today, part of the 3-story building being demolished at the 316 Bergen site apparently gave way unexpectedly, and 12 FDNY and NYPD vehicles responded within minutes. One man was bandaged and led away on foot to an ambulance, apparently with minor injuries. Another man (apparently uninjured, but stranded at the top of the partly-demolished building) had to be rescued by the cherry-picker on a ladder truck.
As you may recall, this is to be the site of a new seven-story Karl Fischer building. We’ll have more photos up shortly.
Development Watch: 316 Bergen Street [Brownstoner] GMAP P*Shark DOB
Photos by Rich Mintz
must of been pretty scary for that dude.
Per the DOB Web site, there is indeed a stop work order still open on 304 Bergen from earlier in the year, which appears to be part of the same property (probably the parcel closest to the corner, since the use type on record for 304 is “Gas Station”). But a passel of demolition and construction permits were issued a month ago, which I imagine must effectively supersede the stop work order.
There was also a citation earlier in the spring for inadequate fencing, I think. They’re putting up new construction fencing this week, which should cure that one.
I’m watching this development closely, since I work at home, look out on it directly, and will have to hear and see everything that happens over there for the next few months. So far they have been polite, have kept the noise to a minimum before 8am, have not hogged more than a reasonable amount of parking frontage, and have taken steps to keep the dust from rising during demolition, all of which bodes well for a survivable construction process.
Better sorry than safe, kiddos!
I think this is part of a site that got shut down by DOB last summer for demolition/excavation without a permit. Southeast corner of Bergen + 3rd Ave.