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Three injured in partial wall collapse along a commercial strip in Bellerose

Inspectors from the city’s Department of Buildings were back in Bellerose Thursday to conduct additional inspections and hold an emergency meeting a day after the facade on a commercial strip on Jericho Turnpike partially collapsed, injuring a man and two children.

Police from the 105th Precinct in Queens Village responded to a 911 call at around 5 p.m. Wednesday after approximately 175 linear feet of the parapet wall above a furniture store at 245-13 Jericho Tpke. and several adjoining businesses suddenly collapsed onto the sidewalk and street below, according to the DOB.