A broken scaffolding in Times Square shut down streets and rerouted buses for the past several hours, officials said.
The scaffolding’s motors burned out at about 8:30 a.m., stranding two window washers on the 30th floor of a building near 7th Avenue and 43rd Street. Authorities closed down the streets and rerouted buses as a precaution as rescuers worked for almost two hours to remove a window and get the window washers inside at 10:30 a.m., police said.
No one was injured, including the window washers who were checked out before being released. Police have not released the identities of the men.
The following bus routes are delayed and remain rerouted as authorities try to remove the faulty scaffolding:
--M10, M20-Southbound regular route, right on West 57th Street, left on 9th Avenue, left on West 42nd Street, right on 7th Avenue and then regular route.
--M27-Westbound regular route, left on 7th Avenue, right on West 42nd Street and then regular route.
--M42-Westbound regular route, left on 7th Avenue, right on West 41st Street, right on 8th Avenue and then regular route
--M104-Southbound regular route, left on West 50th Street, right on 7th Avenue to Broadway, right on West 42nd Street, left on 7th Avenue and then regular route.
