Eight Injured in Eastern Parkway Building Collapse

Eight workers were seriously injured today in a construction accident while working on a decrepit building, located on the corner of Eastern Parkway and Prospect Place.

From the NY Daily News:

The men fell from the third floor to the first floor of 1916 Prospect Place about 1 p.m., Fire Department officials said.

Some of the injured were taken to Kings County Hospital, a department spokesman said. None of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening.

One neighbor said he warned the men that the structure was unsound on their way in.

“I saw a few guys go in, and I remember telling them, ‘Be careful because the building is unstable,” said Emanuel Kerns, 49, who lives next door. “Later, I saw a guy running out to get his cellphone from his car to call 911. They were working in there. I could hear.”

Rescuers were searching the rubble for any additional victims, officials said.

Leslie Barker, 49, another next-door neighbor, saw the injured being treated by paramedics.

“A lot of men were laying on the ground,” she said. “Some were bleeding. They were taken out of the building. It was bad.”