After the collapse of a Parking structure in lower Manhattan, New York City building officials swept through dozens of Parking Garages and ordered four of them to immediately shutter because of structural defects that "deteriorated to the point where they were now posing an immediate threat to public safety." Two of the parking garages have apartments above them - a 25-story high-rise in downtown Manhattan and an eight-story building in Chinatown - but officials said the residential areas appear to be in no danger. City officials directed the owners of the parking facilities to make immediate repairs to corroded concrete and other damage. Inspections were launched soon after a three-story stand-alone parking structure, about a century old, imploded into shards of concrete and twisted metal on April 18, crushing to death its manager.

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