A 74-year-old woman died Tuesday after she was hit by falling bricks outside a brownstone on Sixth Avenue and 54th Street.
Dale Singer was clearing snow from the steps at 12:20 p.m. when part of the building’s façade collapsed and hit her in the head. She was pronounced dead at Maimonides Medical Center.
The Dept. of Buildings is investigating.
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