The floor was opened: woman fell from her bathroom to the basement in a New York building

“Meanwhile, when the victim is released from the hospital, she can’t return home.

No one is allowed in the apartment until it’s deemed safe.”. #bronx https://t.co/6Ej

gi— Agnes Johnson (@ajohon) August 30, 2022

“He crossed the floor from the bathroom to the basement,” said resident Raysa Mota, aged 37, stunned. “She fell into the basement! I heard some trucks came to help.”

The accident left a 2 foot by 4 foot hole in the bathroom floor, according to a DOE eviction order issued the same Sunday, published in the front of the structure. “The Department of Buildings has determined that conditions within these facilities are immediately dangerous to life,” the order says. “These facilities have been vacated and re-entry is prohibited until such conditions have been eliminated to the satisfaction of the department.”

The building of 39 apartments on six floors have a total of 38 complaints and 34 violations. Six of those violations are open.

Residents said they had previously complained of dangerous conditions in their homes and neglect of the brick building. “Every apartment has something broken,” said a first-floor neighbor who asked not to be identified. “My apartment has a lot of broken things. Very dangerous. They don’t fix anything!”

Another person commented that the Superintendent in charge of the building was “ hidden” and not available to the press.

NYC woman falls through apartment’s bathroom floor into basement https://t.co/UP2X2RTGBw pic.twitter.com/oYHbC7J6b2— New York Post (@nypost) August 28, 2022