Subway Station Ceiling Collapses, 1 Hurt: Officials

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, NY — A person was hurt after part of the ceiling of the Borough Hall subway station collapsed on top of them Wednesday afternoon, officials said.

The woman was standing on the platform of the Borough Hall stop of the 4 and 5 line when the ceiling collapsed about 3:30 p.m. and hit her on the shoulder, according to the MTA and FDNY.

Photos posted online show debris all over the subway platform and the lights nearly toppling onto the ground. Brooklyn Heights resident Jason Rabinowitz said he's noticed the station falling apart for months with tiles coming off, duct tape holding the turnstile together and the countdown clock shut down because of water damage.

"There seems to be some pretty significant issues that aren’t at all being addressed," said Rabinowitz, who wasn't in the station at the time. "Pieces of the wall fall off routinely."

The victim got minor injuries from the debris and refused medical attention on the scene, according to the FDNY.

Manhattan-bound 4 and 5 trains were skipping the Borough Hall stop because of the debris and the incident caused delays to the 2, 3, 4 and 5 lines, the MTA said.

"Earlier this afternoon debris fell onto a platform at the Borough Hall station," Andrei Berman, spokesman for the agency, said in a statement. "As a result, Manhattan bound 4 and 5 trains are currently bypassing the stop, but service is still running with slight delays."

The subway system has been falling apart the past few years with straphangers dealing with constant delays, crumbling stations, track fires and more. Last year, a recently renovated Bay Ridge station was hit with delays after a wall panel fell onto the subway tracks.

In May, the MTA's president of New York City Transit, Andy Byford, promised to release a "radical" plan to modernize the crumbling subways which would create long-term fixes to fix the system.

Patch has been documenting the disrepair of subway stations across the city with readers sending in photos of the nasty sights on their commutes.

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