Emergency teams that responded to prior complaints on the high-rise dismissed many of the complaints

Reports of falling bricks and buckling columns at a Midtown Manhattan high-rise have prompted evacuations in the surrounding area.

The office building, which once housed pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, was evacuated Tuesday morning after construction workers noticed cracks and buckling columns.

Firefighters evacuated the high-rise building at 235 E. 42nd St. due to concerns about floors 21 through 26 of the building caving in.

A high-rise under construction in Manhattan was evacuated on Tuesday after structural columns buckled and bricks fell onto the street, prompting officials to warn that the…