Owners of a collapsed NYC garage — a 2023 tragedy that killed 1 — move to demolish an adjacent building

Two years after a fatal parking garage collapse in Lower Manhattan claimed one life, the property’s owners are moving to tear down a neighboring apartment building, according to city records.

Jeffrey Henick, co-owner of the former garage at 57 Ann St., submitted permits this week to the New York City Department of Buildings to demolish a four-story mixed-use structure at 55 Ann St., Crain’s first reported.

The building, which includes three residential units and ground-floor retail, stands next to the site where the garage once operated.

Records confirmed by The Post indicate that Henick and his brother Alan acquired the 55 Ann St. property for $3.7 million in 2014. The siblings also appear to have controlled the adjacent 57 Ann St. lot since 1989 through a company named after the address…

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