NEW YORK (WCBS 880) — A woman died Thursday after being hit by a piece of plywood that was blown off a building in Queens.
The building is no stranger to trouble, WCBS 880's Sean Adams reported.
The building has a history of 40 complaints on the website of the City Department of Buildings, Adams reported. A new complaint was filed after Thursday's incident.
That site is getting a new sidewalk shed under city orders. The Department of Buildings has issued a stop work order for the site after strong winds blew the 3x3 piece of wood onto Main Street in Flushing.
The construction site was issued a stop work order in August, after a crew was caught working in the middle of the night without a permit.
The death sparks some fears, coming just weeks after another woman was killed in Midtown when a piece of building façade suddenly dislodged and struck her in the head.
Debris was also blown from a high-rise going up along 57th Street, Adams reported. It punched a hole in the roof of a cab. Luckily, nobody was injured.