Fatal New York garage collapse prompts city’s closure of four at-risk structures

Two Manhattan and two Brooklyn parking garages ordered closed due to deterioration that poses ‘threat to public safety’

Four New York City parking garages were ordered emptied last week amid inspections prompted by a deadly garage collapse that killed one person and injured five.

The four parking garages – two each in Manhattan and Brooklyn – were determined to have “deteriorated to the point where they were now posing an immediate threat to public safety”, said the city’s buildings department spokesperson, the New York Times reported.