A high-rise under construction in New York City and nearby buildings are evacuated after structural columns buckled on the 21st floor of the 33-story building, sending bricks falling onto the street below,

The complex, which once housed offices for the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, is being converted to residences. Officials inspecting it found that support columns were buckling and upper floors were sagging.

What to Know The 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.

Officials have observed additional movement at the Midtown Manhattan building, the former headquarters for Pfizer, which is being converted into apartments.

Two structural support beams on an under-construction building in Manhattan started buckling Tuesday morning, triggering a large emergency response, officials say.

The 37-story Manhattan building was under construction when two support columns on the 21st floor buckled. Engineers are developing plans to reinforce the structure.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the FDNY received reports that bricks were falling from a high-rise building under construction in Midtown Manhattan. No injuries have been reported and the building and others nearby have been evacuated,

Plans have been to add a dozen more stories atop the 38-story office building that's being converted into apartments.