Sunset Park Building Collapse: Huge Warehouse Falls Near Waterfront (VIDEO)

Photos courtesy of the NYPD

SUNSET PARK, BROOKLYN — A huge, abandoned warehouse at 1 43rd Street along the Sunset Park waterfront, formerly home to the Mod Restoration upholstery shop, came crashing down around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday night.

Sgt. Carlos Nieves, head of the NYPD's press division, tweeted dramatic photos and video late Wednesday of firefighters searching through mountains of rubble at the scene, as a "precaution." (His footage is included below.)

By 10 p.m., the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) had determined the building was unoccupied at the time of collapse, and that no one had been injured, an FDNY spokesman told Patch.

The collapsed building is located inside a fenced area in Bush Terminal Park, a couple blocks south of the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal and Industry City.