BY BEN BRACHFELD
A construction worker
died Thursday morning after
he fell from the top of a
Flatbush construction site.
The 49-year-old Bronx
man was working with a
crew on the roof at the Flatbush
Savings Bank building
construction site at around
8:30 am on May 27 when the
fl oor gave way and he fell approximately
four stories to
the ground, police said.
The man, whose identity
has not yet been released,
was found by EMS
with trauma to his head and
body. He was taken to Kings
County Hospital, where he
was pronounced dead.
The bank, built in 1927, is
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currently being demolished
to make way for a nine-story,
86,000-square-foot mixeduse
building. The building
is owned by hotel developers
Nehalkumar and Anish
Gandhi, who are spearheading
the redevelopment project.
Demolition of the bank
building began in March,
after an effort by a local
community group to get the
building landmarked failed.
A neighbor who often
walks by the site told Brooklyn
(Above) An offi cer investigates the construction site of the former Flatbush
Savings Bank, where a worker fell to his death on May 27. (Left) A
worker boards up the site. Photos by Lloyd Mitchell
Paper that the construction
work has been done in
“a very unsafe manner.”
“They would throw debris
every which way without
regard,” said the resident,
John Silver. “I called
311 several times to report
them.”
Offi cials on-site said work
was stopped for the day.
Calls to a phone number
for Ameristar Construction,
listed on the site’s scaffolding,
were unreturned as
of press time. Attempts to
reach the developers were
also unsuccessful.
Additional reporting by
Lloyd Mitchell
FATAL FALL
Construction worker
dies after accident at
Flatbush Savings Bank
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