Falling garage bricks injure a child in Maspeth

Buildings officials cited the owner after masonry fell onto a sidewalk near 59th Street.

A six-year-old girl suffered a broken leg when falling bricks struck her in Maspeth on Thursday, October 22, Gothamist reported the following day. Police said she had been walking with her mother. Officials said she was taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition.

The Buildings Department told the outlet that a section measuring about four feet by three feet fell from a one-story garage on Maspeth Avenue near 59th Street. The department cited the owner for failing to maintain the garage.