Five separate construction accidents resulting in worker injuries were logged with the city Department of Buildings between October 15 and October 19, according to DOB's Construction-Related Incidents dataset. No fatalities were reported in any of the five records.

In Manhattan, DOB recorded an accident on October 19 at 1440 Madison Avenue (BIN 1083922, East Harlem, Block 1604, Lot 6), classified as "Other Construction Related," with one injury listed and no fatality. A separate accident at 227 West 19th Street in Chelsea (BIN 1091948, Block 769, Lot 22) on October 16 was classified as "Worker Fell," also with one injury and no fatality, per the same dataset.

In Brooklyn, DOB logged an incident on October 19 at 38 Varick Street in Greenpoint (BIN 3397148, Block 2664, Lot 9), classified as "Worker Fell," with one injury and no fatality recorded.

In Queens, a DOB accident report dated October 16 covers 29-10 Northern Boulevard in Long Island City (BIN 4624330, Block 239, Lot 6), classified as "Other Construction Related," with one injury and no fatality.

In the Bronx, DOB recorded an accident on October 15 at 2160 Walton Street (BIN 2013969, Block 3180, Lot 9), classified as "Worker Fell," with one injury and no fatality. The dataset's address fields for this record do not include a ZIP code or community district.

A sixth record, also dated October 15, covers an excavation and soil work incident at 809 Madison Avenue on the Upper East Side (BIN 1041234, Block 1382, Lot 7502), with zero injuries and no fatality listed, per DOB records.

Separately, DOB's Complaints Received dataset shows roughly 100 new complaints entered citywide over the same two-day window, spanning categories from illegal conversions to boiler and elevator issues — routine volume that provides context for enforcement activity citywide but is not connected to any of the six incident records above unless otherwise noted.

None of the six incident reports name a contractor, owner, or individual, and DOB's public incident data does not attribute cause or fault for any of them.

What to do next

Contractors working at or near any of these six addresses — 1440 Madison Avenue, 227 West 19th Street, and 809 Madison Avenue in Manhattan; 38 Varick Street in Brooklyn; 29-10 Northern Boulevard in Queens; and 2160 Walton Street in the Bronx — can pull the full incident and complaint history for each BIN through DOB's online BIS/DOB NOW portal before bidding adjacent work or scheduling inspections nearby.

Supervisors citywide should treat the three "Worker Fell" classifications in this batch as a reminder to walk fall-protection compliance on active sites this week, particularly on any job with open scaffold or elevated-work permits.

Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these incidents can review the underlying DOB accident reports directly via NYC Open Data's Construction-Related Incidents dataset (dataset ID bf97-mjsy) for the official record.