It also wasn't clear from which floor the elevator fell. Fire crews were on the scene within minutes of getting the call, a department spokesman said.
After sitting empty for years -- and after a change in billboard -- the former Ruppert Ice House has lately been undergoing renovations to become a functioning commercial space instead.
The building dates to the late 19th Century. It was once owned by Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert, and more recently by Lewis Katz, who owned the Nets and Devils.
NYC Department of Buildings elevator records show no violations since 2013. However, a worker did die in a fall at the building in late 2019.