The Bronx building that partially collapsed on Monday had been issued a summons related to the structural integrity of its sidewalk shed, according to a summons issued last month by city inspectors.

Scaffolding, or sidewalk sheds, have become part of New York City’s personality. These structures are an essential tool that gives workers a stable platform to work on while keeping pedestrians safe ...

The Department of Building is taking the property owners of a Crown Heights apartment complex to court after they allegedly failed to fix a 10-year-old, dilapidated sidewalk shed. After years of ...

The shed is finally hitting the fan. The city is dismantling the oldest sidewalk shed on public property – a rotting relic from 15-years ago when smartphones were cutting edge and Aaron Judge was in ...

Along with the charming historic buildings and modern skyscrapers, what one may notice when walking the streets of New York City are the “green boxes,” or scaffolding sheds, that riddle the city, ...

If the sidewalk shed around the Brooklyn Supreme Courthouse in Downtown Brooklyn were human, it might not be in Brooklyn anymore, but off at college, studying prelaw or engineering. That’s because ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — New York City has many laws aimed at protecting residents and the buildings they live in. After a residential building with seven open violations collapsed in the Bronx on Monday, ...

New rules and maybe a new law are coming to curb the city’s persistent sidewalk shed epidemic, the Adams administration announced Monday. The overhaul, dubbed Get Sheds Down, is the most ambitious ...

Mayor Eric Adams and the New York City Council are continuing to pursue their goal to “Get Sheds Down.” The Get Sheds Down initiative was originally announced in July 2023 to overhaul the sections of ...