11 Injured When Wall Collapses into Harlem Building

Photograph of the rubble from the collapse inside Pizzeria 123 from Harlem Hybrid

Yesterday afternoon, a concrete wall collapsed into a pizza parlor at 2280 Frederick Douglass Boulevard at West 123rd Street yesterday afternoon, injuring 11 people. Construction was taking place at the lot next to the pizza parlor's five-story building, and the eatery was filled with bricks. The Daily News says the chunk of wall that collapsed was about 16' by 10' and that the injured were both pizza parlor customers and construction workers.

The Department of Buildings has issued a stop work order at the construction site, and DOB spokeswoman Kate Lindquist told the AP that inspections on the planned 12-story building were taking place. The building at 2280 Frederick Douglass Boulevard is also being inspected.