tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1455434327401292348.post-35263938778636580372008-06-05T06:59:00.010-04:002008-06-05T07:20:35.089-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_SqUaMfSqxmg/SEfHRQqc3NI/AAAAAAAABfg/Gc5tzUIMyEs/s1600-h/P1010027.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_SqUaMfSqxmg/SEfHRQqc3NI/AAAAAAAABfg/Gc5tzUIMyEs/s400/P1010027.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208350593421991122" border="0" /></a><br />We're no Upper East Side, there were no falling crane cabs into penthouses, and no one died. But Flatbush is home to the latest crane-related snafu in New York City.<br /><br /><a href="http://flatbushpigeon.blogspot.com/2008/06/ocean-avenue-pavement-collapse-at.html">Flatbush Pigeon</a> was first on the scene with the report and some good photos (The Pige's photo above). The scene of the sinking-crane-carrying-truck was in front of a new condo project called The Waterfalls on Ocean, more coverage about which <a href="http://brooklynjunction.blogspot.com/search?q=waterfalls">here</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--cranesinks0605jun05,0,3589815.story">Newsday</a> swoops in with these informative details:<br /><br />A truck transporting a small construction crane has sunk into the ground in Brooklyn.<br /><br />Firefighters say the flatbed truck was carrying the crane in the <a href="http://www.newsday.com/topic/us/new-york/kings-county/brooklyn-%28kings-new-york%29/flatbush-PLGEO100100802012700.topic" title="Flatbush" class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO100100802012700">Flatbush</a> neighborhood on Wednesday when it fell several inches into a sink hole. They worried the crane would sink deeper and damage gas pipes.<br /><br />Emergency response crews slid steel plates under the crane to support it while slowly lifting it.<br /><br />No injuries have been reported.<br /><br />Read the Newsday piece <a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--cranesinks0605jun05,0,3589815.story">here</a>.Brooklyn Junctionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17946343406020598290noreply@blogger.com