NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) — A large FDNY response is underway in Midtown after two columns buckled and five floors caved in at a building under construction Tuesday morning.
FDNY said the call came in at 7:57 a.m. for reports of bricks falling from a 33-story high-rise at 235 East 42nd Street.
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Floors 21 through 26 of the building caved in, according to FDNY. The building is the site of the former Pfizer location.
The site is an active, permitted construction project to convert the existing commercial office building into residential units, the city’s Department of Buildings press secretary told PIX11 News…