One of Manhattan’s tallest and ritziest towers is full of cracks — and some engineers reportedly fear chunks of concrete could rain down on the Midtown sidewalks if a $160 million renovation isn’t undertaken.
The white concrete facade of 432 Park Ave. — the nearly 1,400-foot, 96-floor “Billionaires’ Row” tower that reaches high above Midtown’s skyline — has been splitting, fissuring and left with pieces missing since it was completed in 2015, an alarming study from the New York Times found Sunday.
And the problem is so bad that the supertall skyscraper could be left “uninhabitable” if a major restoration isn’t completed soon, one expert told the outlet.
“Chunks of concrete will fall off, and windows will start loosening up,” structural engineer Steve Bongiorno explained, cautioning water could begin seeping into the cracks and destroying the building from the inside out…