The owners of a Lower Manhattan parking garage that collapsed two years ago, killing one person, plan to raze the still-standing apartment building next to it, records show.
Jeffrey Henick, one of the owners of the now-demolished garage at 57 Ann St., filed permits with the Department of Buildings Tuesday to knock down the property at 55 Ann St., a 4-story mixed-use building with three apartments and retail on the ground floor, records show.
Henick and his brother Alan purchased 55 Ann for $3.7 million in 2014, according to a deed from that time. They appear to have acquired the adjacent lot, No. 57, in 1989 through an entity named after the address, records show. That property made headlines in April 2023, when the nearly 100-year-old parking garage sited there came crashing down, killing 59-year-old Willis Moore, who had served as the facility manager, and injuring five others.
Officials ordered the Henicks to fully demolish the site and issued a vacate order for 55 Ann St. It doesn’t appear as though the tenants were ever able to return. The vacate order was partially rescinded last year to allow for an electrician to enter, according to information from the Department of Buildings, which also shows two open violations for damage to the building related to the parking garage collapse.
The collapse also sparked a citywide inspection of old parking garages, including one at 220 E. Ninth St. in the East Village, which Crain’s reported last year is slated to be converted to residential.
It’s unclear what the Henicks now have in store for the two adjacent Ann Street lots, between Nassau and William streets. No other construction permits have been filed at this time, records show, and Jeffrey Henick declined to comment.
