Identity Revealed of 20-Year-Old Man Who Plunged to Death in Fall from UWS Building
Police have not released the cause of death but noted he fell from high up and was pronounced dead outside 2182 Broadway. Known as the Larstrand, it is a 20-story luxury rental building with a rooftop deck.
| 30 Sep 2026 | 02:11
The intersection of Broadway and West 77th St. Police said the body of a 20-year-old man was discovered outside the Larstrand Building, a luxury rental building at 2182 Broadway on September 23. (
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A 20-year-old man who fell to his death outside the Larstrand Building on Broadway near West 77th St. on September 23 was identified by police a week after the fatal plunge.
Police identified the man as William Crystal who lived a short distance away on West 77th Street.
The Larstrand is a 20-story luxury rental building with a rooftop deck and retail establishments on the ground floor including the Japanese restaurant Ko Sushi.
Police said they responded to a 911 call short before 6 p.m. on September 23 and found the man later identified as Crystal “unconscious and unresponsive with injuries indicative of falling from an elevated position.”
EMS responded and pronounced him dead at the scene. A police spokesperson said the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death. “The investigation remains ongoing,” police said.
Some witnesses said the noise was so loud when the victim hit the pavement that it was mistaken for a gunshot.
”I didn’t see it but I heard the sound of the impact. Sounded like a gunshot or an explosion. Kind of Eerie,” wrote one poster on r/upperwestside.
”I was across the street,” one eyewitness posted on Citizen. “He hit the minivan then the pavement, shoes flew all the way across the street, one in the road and one by a tree next to me. Sounded like a car accident cuz the building was like 20 stories high and the airbags in the car were deployed. Thankfully, no one was in it. God rest that man’s soul.”
Said another online poster, “I was just walking by the intersection and saw a ton of FDNY, ambulances, and police. I was going to come here to ask if anyone knew what had happened. How horrible.”
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