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April 26, 2007
Section of building under demolition crashes onto street
WABC, Eyewitness News
The parapet of a vacant building under demolition as part of the Atlantic Yards project collapsed onto the street in the Prospect Heights section of Brooklyn Thursday morning.
Officials say the parapet on the former Ward Bread Bakery Complex came crashing onto the sidewalk and Pacific Street just after 9:45 a.m.
The parapet is the barrier at the edge of a structure employed to prevent persons or vehicles from falling over the edge.
No workers were reported injured, and there were no pedestrians struck, officials said.
Emergency services personnel are now in the process of evacuating nearly 100 apartments after a parapet fell.
Officials are worried about the stability of the building and the possibility of additional collapse, so they are evacuating the building next door at 800 Pacific Street. There are unconfirmed reports that perhaps 350 people could be displaced.
Pieces of the parapet littered the sidewalk and crashed onto some cars.
Posted by lumi at April 26, 2007 11:24 AM