Wind turbine reported to have collapsed onto Bartow Avenue near Co-op City
2019Published 24 Sept 2026Responsible editor: Chief Editor
- Where
- Bartow Avenue in Co-op City
- What
- Wind turbine came crashing down
- Cause
- Not reported
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What happened
A wind turbine was reported to have come crashing down on Bartow Avenue about a month before a late January 2020 meeting. Elected officials, city agencies and Co-op City residents met to discuss the future of that turbine. The report does not give the exact date, the cause, whether anyone was hurt, or which company operated the turbine.
Contributing factors
Not reported.
Lessons learned
- A turbine collapse onto a public road should be treated as a public-safety event until the wreckage is made safe.
- Operators should be ready to tell residents and agencies what failed and what will happen to the remaining machine.
- Until a cause is known, similar turbines should be checked for the same mechanical risk.
More lessons on structural integrity and turbines, emergency response and public communication, from every incident on the register.
Not yet known
- Cause of the collapse
- Extent of damage
- Injuries if any
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Source
Published 2026-09-24. Written from public reporting. Descriptive, not investigative. See the data accuracy disclaimer.
