LOWER EAST SIDE — A lump of concrete being poured inside an Essex Crossing construction site plunged onto the street below — smashing through the sunroof of a parked car while the driver sat inside Tuesday afternoon — according to the Department of Buildings website and witnesses.
The concreted leaked out of the site at 175 Delancey St. near Clinton Street a little after 2:30 p.m., falling onto the roof of a black minivan parked on the street below and shattering the sunroof, sending debris onto the passenger seat, according to officials and the man sitting inside the vehicle.
The man was uninjured, an FDNY spokeswoman said, and there no reports of any workers being hurt.
Delancey Builders LLC was issued several permits to do work on the building, according to the Department of Building’s website.
A worker at the company confirmed they are managing a project at the site, but said she did not know about the concrete accident.
The site is part of a 1.9 million-square-feet mixed-use construction project.
There will be nine buildings on six acres of land stretching from Delancey and Ludlow streets up to Essex and Stanton streets, according to the website for developers Delancey Street Associates.
Half of the planned 1,000 apartments will be set aside for affordable housing.
Workers at 175 Delancey St., known as Site 6, were set to pour concrete for the west half of the 4th-floor slab on Wednesday, according to a news release from Delancey Street Associates.
A spokeswoman for the developers said in a statement that the leak happened after a "concrete pump malfunction" and that a site safety manager immediately notified the Department of Buildings.
"We conduct ongoing training as part of our work at the site and will continue to reinforce our safety protocol with each of our workers," the spokeswoman added.
