One person was killed when a parking garage partially collapsed Tuesday in lower Manhattan’s Financial District, Mayor Eric Adams said, according to The Associated Press.
Five people were injured in the incident, which occurred around 4:15 p.m. local time on Ann Street, between Nassau Street and William Street, a few blocks from City Hall and the Brooklyn Bridge.
Multiple people were trapped after the parking garage collapsed, officials said, according to The New York Post.
A Citizen app image showed vehicles piled on top of each other after the collapse, reported PIX11.
Footage from the scene showed multiple cars on top of the concave roof as a woman get can be heard screaming, “Get out!”
New York City Council member Christopher Marte tweeted from the scene that there are a “few” people stuck in an elevator and in the building.
“At 57 Ann St, people are currently trapped in a parking garage due to an internal collapse,” Marte said. “Hoping everyone is able to get out safely.”
Mayor Eric Adams was en route to the scene as of 4:40 p.m. local time, according to a City Hall spokesman.
The New York City Sheriff’s Office uses the deck to park their cars while working at the Manhattan office.
“We accounted for all our personnel,” Sheriff Anthony Miranda told The Post, adding his office had four cars parked there.
“Our members have been pulled out because of concerns about the structural stability of the building,” an FDNY spokesperson said.
“OPI responding. Currently conducting searches to account for everyone.”
Gov. Kathy Hochul tweeted that she is in close contact with Mayor Adams and with local officials.