ILTUWS was alerted of a Friday evening auto accident in front of The Gin Mill at 442 Amsterdam Avenue at 81st Street.
The operator of a white sedan appears to have driven right through the local bar’s outdoor shed — essentially wedging the car inside of it.
Here’s a video by @w_pappas which shows the car being pulled from the shed.
And here are photos we received from @dannydalynyc, who was there at about 9 p.m.
We’ve contacted The Gin Mill by phone and through social media for comment. We also contacted the NYPD’s media office about the collision, but they did not have any information to share as of about 11 p.m. on Friday.
A representative from the FDNY tells us there was one civilian patient treated at the scene. We’re awaiting details on the severity of this person’s injuries.
We’ll provide updates as more information comes out.
Were you in the area? Leave a comment below or send us an email to let us know what you saw.
Should be an automatic 10 years license revocation. You can’t drive down the street without doing that then you can’t drive. Take your SUV and leave.
Mindy,
You’re assuming the driver had a license, and any valid driving experience.
Also, the SUV’s driver was/is not necessarily the owner/lease holder.
I was there… it was chaos….CHAOS I tell ya! — jk seems no one was hurt thankfully…
Case in point why these ridiculous “sheds” should be banned. COVID is over. The sheds are a nuisance, unsanitary and unsafe. Time for these eye sores to go.
Keith,
It’s pretty easy to read your call for shed elimination as a justification for non-enforcement of the laws of the road by the NYPD.
This driving isn’t especially different than someone plowing down a sidewalk, but I don’t see you calling for banning sidewalks.
There are problems with the shed, but there are bigger problems with the NYPD’s attitude toward traffic (moving) violations.
Ummm, Covid is not over and some people are immunocompromised and need the outdoor seating.
Keith, You can’t be serious? This shed may have saved many lives on the sidewalk. The shed is not the problem here. We should ban cars from the UWS. That would actually make us all safer.
Gee, you mean non-enforcement of basic traffic (moving) laws by the NYPD has real consequences?
Quelle shock.
Yes, clearly this was the shed’s fault.
He’s facing the wrong way on Amsterdam. How the heck did the car end up like that?
Michael W:
Have you taken note of the NYPD’s traffic law enforcement over the last 2 years?