by Lucie Levine 
Yesterday afternoon, a residential building in Greenpoint, at 113 Java Street, was evacuated as the facade of the building collapsed. Residents living on either side of the damaged building had to be evacuated, also. According to reports from NBC 4 and ABC 7, nobody was injured.
The collapse left the building’s front porch covered in bricks, and damaged a car in the driveway. Both the FDNY…
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Neighbors on either side did not need to be evacuated, only the residents of 113.
They should have hired a very experienced contractor to anticipate and avoid this kind of incidents. Also, using Good quality bricks/Concrete/cement would make buildings like this to be more sturdy.