Two Workers Fell on Manhattan Jobsites Three Days Apart

Two construction workers fell on Manhattan jobsites within three days of each other this month, according to DOB Construction-Related Incidents records.

The first fall happened October 2 at 245 Park Avenue in Midtown East (BIN 1036205, block 1301, lot 1), per DOB records. The incident is logged under record type "Accident" with the check description "Worker Fell" and one injury noted. The address sits in Manhattan Community District 105 and City Council District 4.

The second fall happened the same day, October 2, at 235 East 42nd Street (BIN 1037552, block 1316, lot 23), per DOB records — less than half a mile from the Park Avenue site. That incident is also logged as an "Accident" with "Worker Fell" as the check description and one injury recorded. The address falls in Community District 106, also Council District 4.

DOB's incident dataset does not include narrative detail beyond the check description, injury count, and fatality count — there is no cause, no named contractor, and no indication of severity beyond "injury: 1" in either record. No fatality was recorded in either incident.

Separately, DOB logged two non-injury incidents on October 5: one at 1 Rodmans Neck Road in the Bronx (BIN 2130835, accident report 46539), categorized as "Other Construction Related" with no fatality or injury reported, and one at 178 Montrose Avenue in Brooklyn (accident report 46545), also with no fatality or injury listed. Neither record specifies further detail.

A third October 2 entry, at 2995 Botanical Square in the Bronx (BIN 2016301, accident report 46534), is logged as "Not DOB Jurisdiction" with one injury noted — meaning the incident fell outside DOB's regulatory authority for this record, per the dataset's own classification. The address sits in Community District 207 near the Bronx Zoo.

For contractors working in the East 40s corridor, two falls logged three days apart and blocks apart is worth knowing before bidding or staffing work nearby — DOB's permit and violation history at both addresses is public record and worth a pull before sending crews in.

DOB's construction incident data is available at NYC Open Data (dataset bf97-mjsy); records for a given date typically post with several days' lag, so this is the current state of the public record as of October 6.