Around 9:30 a.m., the crane, at 157 West 57th Street, between Avenue of the Americas and Seventh Avenue, was being used to hoist a concrete counterweight weighing thousands of pounds when it stopped working properly, leaving the load hanging about 30 stories above the street for several hours.
A one-block stretch of 57th Street was closed to vehicular traffic. Eventually, workers were able to slowly lower the load down to the ground, and about 4 p.m., the street was reopened.
The authorities had said they were working the fix the problem as quickly as possible because winds were expected to pick up later in the day and New York City was under a tornado watch.
The crane is at the same 74-story luxury skyscraper where, one year ago, an 80-mile-per-hour gust of wind during Hurricane Sandy almost sent the boom of a crane crashing down to the streets below.
After the storm, a new crane was erected so work could continue on the building, one of the tallest construction projects in North America, where top-floor apartments have sold for around $ 100 million.
After the previous crane was damaged in the storm, the surrounding blocks were evacuated for six days as workers struggled to secure the crane and its boom before ultimately dismantling it.
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