The 2014 East Harlem gas explosion occurred at 9:31 a.m. on March 12, 2014, in the East Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The explosion leveled two apartment buildings located just north of 116th Street, at 1644 and 1646 Park Avenue, killing eight people and injuring at least 70 others. At least five other people were reported missing, but , officials stated that all missing persons have "likely" been accounted for.