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Building Collapses On Conselyea Street In Brooklyn

We hear that a four-story building at on Conselyea Street, between Union and Lorimer, in Brooklyn collapsed around 1:30 p.m. Some workers were trapped, but all have been rescued. There's a little confusion about where the collapse occurred—we were hearing it was either 31 or 36 Conselyea, but, via the Department of Buildings website, there's a complaint for 34 Conselyea today: "NYPD REPORTED A BUILDING COLLAPSED 2 WORKERS TRAPPED." (WABC 7 says it's 34 Conselyea, WCBS 2 reports 31 Conselyea, 1010 WINS doesn't give a street number.)

There was a previous complaint about the neighboring building, 36 Conselyea, from February 4: "CLLR STS THE ABV LOC IS DOING CONSTRUCTION AND THEY ARE UNDERMINING THE FOUNDATION TO THE BLDG, THE BLDG IS A 4 STORY BLDG BUT ITMAY BE IN DANGER OF FALLING DUE TO THE UNDERMINING, PLS INVST ASAP." The DOB tried to gain access twice, but was unable to, so the complaint was closed.

One worker is in serious condition while the other three are in stable condition.

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  • goteamdagger

    Well the DOB is concerned about one thing...outdoor advertising. I mean who cares if cranes and buildings are falling? There are legal signs to ticket!

  • brooklynjl

    I agree why not shut down the DOB entirely! I have several buildings (in williamsburg) being illegally renovated and built on my block that I've called the DOB on. Nothing ever happens. I even tried calling the police at 3AM when the building 2 doors down was being illegally excavated. This is a building that was condemned and deemed unsafe for habitation. The police basically told me it wasn't their problem and that I should report them to the DOB. Not the answer I was looking to hear, as this building could have easily collapsed. It's quite discouraging to know that nothing will ever happen to this delinquent landlord until the building collapses, which by the looks of things could be any day now.

  • Actually, Commissioner LiMandri is the best chief the DoB has had in a long time - he actually makes an effort to protect the workers and the community, unlike his predecessors, who were always in the pockets of the developers and the contractors.

  • nicemarmot

    Why don't we just shut down the DOB entirely? How much of a difference would it really make, since they seem to have no power to do anything except accept bribes?

  • Elizabeth

    So, being unable to gain access to a building is the new standard for the DOB closing cases? No wonder the building collapsed.

  • jaycjay

    Nothing new about it; it's always been that way. The problem is that the DOB has no authority to compel anyone to give them access.

  • FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

    Another Bloomberg's legacy, it's not about politics but collapsing buildings and falling cranes

  • Greenpoint60

    Rain did it

  • FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

    LOL

  • Nikki-Jae

    Dick Chicken is an artist...his girlfriend is Pussy Ham...they tag all over the trendy ass parts of BK...FYI Dick Chicken is also a term used to refer to girls w/ loose as a goose poon as well. ;)

  • squatch

    proving that any asshole can call himself an artist

  • Cautious Pessimist

    The DOB tried to gain access twice, but was unable to, so the complaint was closed.



    Sigh. The DOB is so fucking easy to give the run-around to, I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often.

  • Gotham Extremist

    One must wonder if dick chicken tastes like real chicken

  • mingusahum

    the dickchicken tag is all over williamsburg, i think its the new pork-industry/p diddy viral marketing campaign



    if you ain't eatin' pork you eatin' dickchicken!

  • jaycjay
  • elpollodiablo

    Holy shit, I walked _right_ by this spot this morning! Crazy



    Dickchicken is some loser who's been tagging up the neighborhood like crazy for about a year and a half. Has a fine arts degree, no doubt.

  • RoboticInsides

    And very uncreative. He is a dick for defacing other people's property and a chicken for the way that he stalks around at night, hiding his wiry frame in the shadows.

  • Stewart

    I hope the workers are OK. What is a dickchicken?

  • cxb

    FUN FACT:

    the "immunity" convicted criminal Bloomberg enjoys is NOT LEGAL. (See: 14th Amendment's Equal Protection clause which says the laws must be applied equally, black or white, rich or poor, govt employee or civilian. What the hell are all the lawyers doing in this town?)



    AND BLOOMBAG IS A CONVICTED CRIMINAL. He has been found guilty by numerous judges and juries of serious crimes but they don't cuff him b/c of these legal semantics.



    [author has an aneurism and tries to jump off a building but it collapse before he can...]

  • cxb

    Technically I think the workers and others can SUE THE BLOOMBAG ADMINISTRATION for criminal negligence etc.



    (Of course our mayor says he cannot be arrested nor punished no matter what --- that he has sovereign immunity!!! And the media has no problem with that!)



    I was called Looney Giuliani's #1 enemy for 8 years and Gothamist and others mocked me for trying to stop and expose a massmurdering psycho just as they mock me today for exposing the super-crimes of psycho mike.



    DUH: Rudy and Mike GUTTED the DoB inspection rules, arguing "WE CAN TRUST CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES AND DEVELOPERS TO NOT CUT CORNERS TO SAVE MONEY and we can trust them to do SELF-inspections!"



    STILL think I was exaggerating how sick these two criminals were? They bankrupted this city and you don't know 1% of what they did to you.



    "I always get the last laugh. But by then, it's no longer funny." - CXB 1994

  • matty

    dickchicken?

  • cxb

    THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS WHEN 100% OF THE MEDIA SAYS TAX HIKE MIKE IS GREAT AS HE FIXES AND REFORMS NOTHING.



    Even Gothamist has covered up literally tens of thousands of super Bloombag scandals.



    Hey, what INCENTIVE do politicians have to fix anything if the entire media will never hold them accountable.



    REMEMBER:

    someday Bloombag will be gone, but the MEDIA will just put in NEW CROOKS just as they did in 100% of elections over the last 200 years.



    MEDIA IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL, and it was MEDIA who even put the Nazis into power in Germany.



    Maybe someday y'all learn from the past (no you won't).



    I warned you all about over the last 15 years and y'all called me crazy.



    Looks like someone got the last laugh again while City Hall steals your life savings!



    [author laughs behind new yorkers backs like Bloomberg does...]

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