Frightening elevator malfunctions at Queens high-rise scare tenants: "It's a ticking time bomb"

Recurring elevator problems are back and worse than ever at one New York City high-rise, according to tenants.

Residents at Queens high-rise say recurring elevator issues have become frightening

It's been nearly two years since we first told you about elevator outages at a Queens high-rise, leaving tenants on upper floors struggling to get home. Now, they say the problems are back and what ...
MassLive

11 people rescued after getting stuck in Cambridge hi-rise elevator

Eleven people were rescued on Friday after getting stuck in an elevator in a Cambridge hi-rise. At about 6 p.m. on Friday, the Cambridge Fire Department responded to the elevator rescue in a hi-rise ...
The Daily Gazette

High-rise’s elevator back up and running

SARANAC LAKE – The only operational elevator at the DeChantal Apartments high-rise was shut down due to a malfunction Wednesday night, leaving wheelchair-bound seniors and other residents who couldn’t ...
abc7NY

FDNY rescues construction worker who fell down apartment elevator shaft

MIDTOWN (WABC) -- The FDNY rescued a construction worker who fell down an elevator shaft in a high-rise apartment on Thursday. The FDNY said they responded to the construction site at the apartment ...
Penn Live

Broken elevators at Harrisburg high-rise once again leave some residents stranded

Hundreds of elderly and disabled residents at a Harrisburg high-rise apartment building were trapped inside their homes, forced to use the stairway, or stuck outdoors after a second elevator stopped ...
FOX 5 Atlanta

Luxury downtown high-rise residents frustrated over building’s faulty elevators

ATLANTA - Some residents of a luxury high-rise apartment building in Downtown Atlanta say getting into their homes has become a hassle in recent months, with elevators in the building regularly out of ...
Bdcnetwork.com

Novel 'self-climbing' elevator operates during construction of high-rise buildings

Elevator and escalator manufacturer KONE Inc. announced the first North American installation of the company's JumpLift technology. The system is being implemented on the One Bloor project, Great Gulf ...
The Chosun Ilbo on MSN

Hyundai Elevator stacks high-rise elevators like LEGO, halving construction time

Hyundai Elevator has commercialized a modular construction method, stacking high-rise apartment elevators like "LEGO blocks," ...
NBC Washington

‘A real slap in the face': Elevator outages in Navy Yard high-rise frustrate residents

Residents of a 14-story high-rise in Washington, D.C., are raising concerns about their lack of consistent elevator access. The three elevators at the Onyx on First apartments in Navy Yard have been ...
WTAE-TV

'I can't climb six, eight flights': Pittsburgh high rise residents stuck for hours without elevator service

RESIDENT WHO SAYS THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE. WELL, ALL IS WORKING AS IT SHOULD HERE AT THE PRESSLEY STREET HIGH-RISE. BUT RESIDENTS TELL US THAT WAS A DIFFERENT STORY YESTERDAY AFTER THE ELEVATOR ...