FDNY members wait outside the building at 235 E. 42nd St. where construction workers spotted buckling steel beams and sagging floors that triggered a mass evacuation of nine nearby buildings. ( Photo: Reddit) Workers Shore up Building after Steel Beams Buckled, Streets Still Closed Steel beams that buckled on July 7 in the former Pfizer HQ that is being converted into a residential housing complex triggered... News 09 Jul 2026 | 05:28