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CBS News
04-08-2025
- General
- CBS News
Clark Street subway station in Brooklyn closed indefinitely after awning collapse
Brooklyn's Clark Street subway station has been shut down indefinitely following the collapse a hotel awning above its entrance. Surveillance video captured the moment Sunday morning when the awning came crashing down in front of the 2 and 3 Clark Street station. Thankfully, nobody was nearby when it happened, and there were no injuries. A spokesperson from the Department of Buildings said the 15-foot by 20-foot awning showed signs of poor maintenance, but the investigation into the collapse is continuing. The station's entrances are located within the same building where the awning collapsed. A similar awning is on the other side of the hotel, and investigators are inspecting it, saying it shows similar signs of corrosion as the awning that collapsed. That means there's no way right now to get in or out of the station, hence its closure. The station's closure is frustrating businesses and residents in Brooklyn Heights, and adding inconvenience to the daily commute. MTA officials spoke about those concerns Monday morning after announcing they are not sure when the station would be able to be reopened. "We're as frustrated as they are. We have a service that we are willing and ready to provide, and so not having the ability to provide customers the transportation that they need and deserve is just unacceptable. We've elevated it to the top," the MTA President of NYC Transit Demetrius Crichlow added Monday after checking out the damage. "So the first thing is how do we get service back to this station. And there are two entrances that need to be addressed - which one can we get done the fastest to get customers safely into the station." Trains are still running though the Clark Street station, just not stopping there for now. City officials say the building is the responsibility of Educational Housing Services, and adds EHS has been responsible for the lobby entrance since 1915. Councilman Lincoln Restler said the building is the responsibility of Educational Housing Services, or EHS, which provides dormitory housing. Just this past Friday, Restler says he met with the NYC Transit president about a game plan to address issues with EHS. "We get complaints from our constituents, our neighbors, every week about the stench of sewage, about the grime and the filth," Restler said. CBS News New York reached out to EHS for comment but did not hear back Sunday evening. The DOB website shows two open violations from 2021 related to the building's façade, and a third from 2022 in violation of a local law related to façade safety. The DOB has issued a partial vacate order, which means small businesses like a shoe repair shop, bodega and florist, cannot operate for the time being.
CBS News
03-07-2025
- Automotive
- CBS News
6 injured after vehicle crashes into Bronx sidewalk shed
Six people were injured on Thursday morning when a vehicle crashed into a sidewalk shed in the Bronx. Chopper 2 flew over the scene just before 11 a.m. at the corner E. 149th St. and Cortland Ave. in the Melrose section. First responders blocked off the sidewalk, and the Department of Buildings arrived to assess the stability of the shedding. All of the victims were transported to Lincoln Hospital with minor injuries, officials said. Please stay with CBS News New York for more on this developing story.
Yahoo
11-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
2-alarm fire in upper Manhattan building injures 10, though not badly
A total of ten people — half of them firefighters — were injured, though not badly, in a fire in a residential apartment building in upper Manhattan Saturday morning, the FDNY said. More than 106 firefighters and EMS personnel, in a total of 25 vehicles, responded around 8:30 a.m. to the scene of the two-alarm blaze at 568 W. 149th St. in Hamilton Heights. According to an FDNY spokesperson, the blaze broke out on the building's third and fourth floors Five civilians and five firefighters suffered minor injuries. The civilians all refused medical attention at the scene while the firefighters were all transported to local hospitals. The flames were brought under control by around 9:20 a.m. FDNY fire marshals are investigating the cause of the fire. Saturday morning, a Department of Buildings partial-vacate order was visible pasted on the place's front door — specifically applying to one second-floor apartment. The notice stated that in the apartment's rear, there were 'sloping and sagging' floors, with a roughly 2-inch gap between the molding and floor. These 'potentially hazardous conditions' had rendered the apartment 'unsafe to occupy,' the order said.
