Tenants, Management Worry Cracks In Queens Building Could Lead To Collapse

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) Tenants in Rego Park, Queens were living in fear Wednesday that part of their apartment could collapse.

As CBS 2s Vanessa Murdock reported, massive cracks appeared in the walls in the building at 94-01 64th Rd. in Queens. And they said they know who is to blame.

You have to understand the whole wall is moving, said Mike Santoro of Samson Management LLC. Its not just one area. Its the entire wall.

It was an unsettling sight in the basement of the building, with the huge cracks in the foundation.

This wall is about a foot three inches deep, and you can actually see daylight right through it, Santoro said.

Santoro said the company excavating the site next door, Booth Holdings LLC of Fresh Meadows, Queens, is to blame. He said the company cut corners, and now the entire wing of the apartment building is unlivable.

Every morning about 6 or 7 in the morning, youd hear pounding, and it would shake our building the whole time, said resident Martin Lee.

Lee had lived in the building for nearly 20 years, but now he does not. He was evacuated because the walls of his apartment were cracking and the floor was falling away.

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Tenants, Management Worry Cracks In Queens Building Could Lead To Collapse