The BQE carries roughly 150,000 vehicles daily and includes a deteriorating triple cantilever section that has been the focus of debate for years.
Long Island City residents remain concerned over the outdated sewer system that has caused flooding whenever there is rainfall.
Andrew Wold is also among several parties facing at least two lawsuits from building residents.
The fire was so big it had overtaken both northbound and southbound lanes on the highway, witness Lisa Taormino, who was commuting southbound on I-95 about 20 minutes before it collapsed, told ABC News.
The suit, filed by tenant Dayna Feuerbach, said the owners of the building, Andrew Wold and his companies, "recognized the imminent danger residents faced, yet allowed the building to deteriorate while failing to warn residents that their lives were in danger."
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