FDNY members wait outside the building at 235 E. 42nd St. where construction workers spotted buckling steel beams and sagging floors that triggered a mass evacuation of that building and surrounding buildings.
FDNY members wait outside the building at 235 E. 42nd St. where construction workers spotted buckling steel beams and sagging floors that triggered a mass evacuation of that building and surrounding buildings. ( Photo: Reddit)

Building beams that buckled at an under-construction tower conversion in midtown posed a danger of a building collapse forcing a mass evacuation on July 7.

Chaos: Building Buckles on E. 42nd St. Forcing Evacuation
08 Jul 2026 | 12:06
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Steel beams that buckled on July 7 in the former Pfizer HQ that is being converted from a commercial building to a residential apartment complex forced the evacuation of nine buildings and the shut down of a dozen city blocks.

Experts say that some of the floors that were being added atop the 38 story...

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