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Harlem man critically injured when bathroom floor collapses

A Harlem man was critically injured Tuesday after his bathroom floor collapsed and he helplessly plummeted to the apartment below, authorities and witnesses said.

The 58-year-old victim was in his second-floor apartment on Broadway near West 151st Street when the floor gave way.

His neighbor, Felipe Pena, rushed to the victim’s aid after hearing the noise.

Pena, 19, went into the first-floor apartment with two construction workers and heard the victim’s calls for help.

“He told me, ‘Felipe, I think I’m going to die.’

“I said, ‘No no no, if you die how are you going to get the money when you sue the s–t out of them?’

“He was lying on the floor full of blood. He said ‘Hold me Felipe.’

“No one else wanted to touch him because he was covered in blood,” Pena said.

Before being rushed to the hospital, the victim was able to yell at the building’s super for allegedly ignoring problems.

“I told you there was a lot of water, I was telling you all the time,” he screamed, according to Pena.

“Then the super said ‘I told the landlord. I told the landlord,’ ” Pena said.

The victim — who lives with his elderly father who was not injured — was listed in serious but critical condition at St. Luke’s Hospital, the FDNY said.

Permits were filed with the Department of Buildings last week for construction in the six-story building — including replacing drywall and renovations to apartments on the third-, fifth- and sixth floor apartments, according to online records.

A spokeswoman for the DOB said a preliminary investigation showed that the floor beams underneath the second-floor bathroom were rotten and had been supported by partition, which were recently removed during construction.

The agency is investigating whether the building’s owners had the correct permits for the work that had been done, the spokeswoman said.

A stop-work order has been issued and the building’s owners have been issued a violation for failing to protect all persons during construction, the spokeswoman said.

The building’s landlord refused comment and its owners did not return requests for comment.