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White Plains Police Photo shows damage  to three vehicles when portion of the New York Life Parking Garage adjacent to Westchester One partially collapsed this morning. No one was injured. The Department of Public Safety said they were “accessing” the situation. The Department put in a support column as a precautionary measure, the Westchester Business Journal reported.

The Westchester One complex was opened in 1976.

In a news conference Thursday, according to White Plains Mayor Thomas Roach, the privately owned garage is a 785,000-square-foot structure that accommodates office tenants on South Broadway (also known as Westchester One). A roughly 1,200 square-foot concrete section of the fifth-floor parking deck collapsed onto the fourth-floor parking deck. “

That collapsed piece is a bit smaller than the size of a regulation court.

It wasn’t immediately clear how many vehicles were inside the garage at the time of the 9 a.m. collapse on Hale Avenue near South Broadway. Aerial views showed the center of the roof level having caved in. Fortunately, no injuries were reported. About 15 cars were in the immediate affected zone, officials said.

Currently no persons are allowed to enter the garage to claim their cars. The structure is being inspected. Cars will be removed by authorities and drivers will be notified when their cars have been retrieved from the garage.

(Editor’s Note: The collapse comes within two  weeks of a city decision to shore up the northeast corner of the city-owned City Center Garage.)