235 East 42nd Street
Coverage of 235 East 42nd Street in the Nexus archive.
- New York construction scare highlights the challenges of converting offices into housing
A buckled support beam at a New York construction site halted work on a major office-to-housing conversion project, underscoring engineering challenges in adaptive reuse. The project aims to convert two midtown Manhattan office buildings, one built in 1909 and another in the 1960s, into 1,600 apartments by adding stories and redesigning structures.
- ‘Failures happen during construction’: Office-to-residential conversions are all over NYC, but failures usually get fixed before they get worse
A Midtown NYC building undergoing office-to-residential conversion experienced structural issues, including buckling columns and sagging floors, attributed to added construction weight. Emergency measures were taken, but no injuries were reported. Experts suggest the failure stemmed from engineering or construction loading errors rather than material quality.
- Street closures, transit changes after old Pfizer building caves in
The partial collapse of the old Pfizer building in Midtown Manhattan caused multiple street closures and transit adjustments. The NYPD and MTA reported the closures, and the FDNY was notified around 8 a.m. The incident occurred at 235 East 42nd Street.
- Falling bricks and buckling columns at a Manhattan high rise force evacuations
Reports of falling bricks and buckling columns at a Midtown Manhattan high-rise under conversion to luxury apartments forced evacuations, including a nearby school with 400 children. No injuries were reported, and city officials confirmed inspections at the 38-story former Pfizer headquarters. The building's structural issues prompted street closures and ongoing safety assessments.
- 'Buckled' beams and 'sagging' floors at a NYC high-rise building force evacuations
Bricks fell from a Manhattan high-rise at 235 East 42nd Street, leading to evacuations and the discovery of buckled columns and sagging floors. No injuries were reported, and all construction workers were accounted for. The building, former Pfizer headquarters, is being converted into a residential rental development.
- Columns buckle at Midtown building: FDNY
Two columns buckled at a building under construction in Midtown, prompting a large FDNY response on Tuesday morning. The incident occurred at 235 East 42nd Street, where workers were evacuated, and no injuries were reported.