NYC high-rise ‘collapse zone’ leaves guests and locals scrambling for hotel rooms as street closures continue - The high-rise previously housed offices for the pharmaceutical company Pfizer and was be

Fire officials said crews would begin working to stabilize the building after no additional movement was detected in two columns that had buckled.

A Midtown Manhattan high-rise building was evacuated Tuesday morning after authorities said it was at risk of collapsing. The 38-story building at 235 East 42nd Street was once the corporate headquarters for the pharmaceutical company Pfizer.

Two columns buckled and floors sagged in the former Pfizer headquarters in Midtown during an apartment conversion.

A Midtown high-rise on East 42nd Street whose support columns were discovered buckling Tuesday was dramatically evacuated during the morning rush, along with eight surrounding buildings.

The conversion of an office building on East 42nd Street would be the largest project of its kind in New York City’s history, according to the architectural firm behind the plan.

Indian UN Mission evacuated amid NYC high-rise collapse risk, with all diplomats safe as officials assess the unstable building.

The ambitious office-to-residential conversion added new construction to an existing building, causing supporting columns to buckle and steel beams to bend.

The buckling Midtown hi-rise dramatically evacuated over collapse fears Tuesday was cited multiple times last year for dangerous construction safety violations, The Post has learned. The city Department of Buildings slapped seven violations on the 38-story commercial building at 235 E.