What to KnowThe FDNY said it got a call around 8 a.m. about bricks falling from the building at 235 East 42nd Street, between Second and Third avenues. The NYPD says it got a 911 call about the incident less than 15 minutes later.When cops arrived, they were told that construction workers on the 21s t floor of the 37-story building saw the columns starting to collapse. Raw footage from inside shows badly bent steel beams. The Department of Buildings said at least nine neighboring buildings were also evacuated as a precaution. It wasn’t immediately clear how long the evacuations might remain in place.Mamdani described the situation as “serious” and ongoing; a frozen zone has been implemented between 40th and 45th streets, from 1st to 3rd avenues.No injuries have been reported. Two structural support beams on the 21st floor of a 37-story under-construction building in Manhattan started buckling Tuesday morning, triggering mass evacuations, street closures and a large emergency response. Raw footage from inside, taken by a construction worker, shows an entire floor-full of badly bent steel beams. At least nine neighboring buildings were evacuated as a precaution. Track the latest developments in our live blog below: ...read more read less