Hurricane Sandy has damaged a construction crane on 57th street in New York City, leaving it dangling precariously high above the city streets.

The crane is visible across New York City:

A crane on top of a building on W 57th street is breaking… please stay safe folks. #Sandy twitter.com/PiersTonight/s… — Piers Morgan Tonight (@PiersTonight) October 29, 2012

Here's the scene of the crane in Google Street View:

A Mashable staffer shot this from his nearby apartment:

View of crane through a telescope.. It's already broken off and is def going to fall twitter.com/cmwdotme/statu… — Chris Wade (@cmwdotme) October 29, 2012

Collapsed crane is at One57, which will be "NYC's tallest residential building and perhaps its priciest." nyti.ms/QQrzH8 — Jim Roberts (@nytjim) October 29, 2012

Direct view of crane from apartment window. Crane was never properly secured, blowing in the breeze. fb.me/1Ybwhz6bk — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 29, 2012

NotifyNYC, meanwhile, blasted out a text alert notifying residents to stay away from the area.

If you're in New York and you have — safely — snapped a picture of the crane, share it in the comments below.

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