The moment an elderly woman shoveling snow off the steps of her Brooklyn townhouse was fatally crushed by falling bricks was captured by surveillance video obtained by The Post.
Dale Singer, 74, was seen removing snow from the front entrance of her apartment building in Sunset Park Tuesday when a massive pile of bricks fell on top of her and pushed her to the ground, surveillance footage from a nearby business shows.
The bricks had fatally hit Singer in the head after coming loose from the concrete molding during the heavy snow earlier this week, which saw parts of Brooklyn get 6 inches of accumulation.
Singer, who retired from the Department of Education, was taken to the hospital in critical condition and later died at Maimonides Hospital.
Video footage shot by The Post of the Sixth Avenue home shows a mess of gigantic bricks still lying on the front steps Friday, including one brick that appears to be completely intact. The stairs appear to have minimal damage to them.
Singer’s husband Jonathan was seen at the residence Friday with two men but was not allowed inside due to the vacate order taped to a window on the first floor.
When approached by The Post, he said he was “doing fine” and declined to comment further.
Neighbors said the woman was known to always be sweeping the steps and are “heartbroken” to have learned she has died.
“She was a beautiful lady, she talked to everyone,” Albert Lereno, 75, who has lived on the block for 25 years, told The Post Friday.
“Before the snow [Tuesday], she was always sweeping outside — in front and around the side of the building, so I’m not surprised she was out there cleaning the snow,” Lereno said. “One day, I told her, ‘You are cleaning too much.'”
A man named Joe, who helps Singer’s neighbor, agreed she was “always” cleaning outside.
“Everybody on the block knew her. It’s very sad, everybody here is sad. It’s a shame the way she died. She was a good person.
“I was here cleaning the sidewalk half an hour before that happened and then I went home. That day I didn’t see her,” he continued. “They told me and I came back and saw the bricks on the steps.”
Joe said the roof was leaking in the building and the tenants were complaining, but no one has seen anyone do exterior work on the residence in years, neighbors said.
Neighbors said the Singers have lived in the neighborhood with their daughter, who is a nurse, for almost 10 years.
Dale Singer was constantly talking and greeting neighbors and the couple frequented Lucero Deli Grocery, where they bought three non-toasted bagels daily.
“The man came almost every day to buy three bagels,” an employee said. “She was here Sunday in the morning. She was a good woman. She was friendly. She smiled and said hi.
“It’s a shock to everybody,” they continued. “I feel bad about what happened to her.”
Anthony Bua, whose daughter is engaged to Singer’s son Aldo, said he feels “absolutely horrible” after hearing about her death and said her son is “torn up completely.”
The Post has attempted to contact Singer’s children.