A teenage girl is in critical condition following a fall from the rooftop of an abandoned children’s court in Sydney’s inner-west.

Local residents have long expressed concerns about security at the site, which is slated for significant redevelopment.

Emergency services were called to Glebe Point Road in Glebe around 12:30 a.m. after reports emerged of a young woman falling inside the disused building, landing on concrete below.

According to police, the 17-year-old was exploring the premises when the glass roof gave way beneath her.

She became trapped on an upper floor, sustaining severe injuries to her chest, legs, and arms after plummeting from the second story.

“I could tell the cops were super stressed. They were pacing up and down the road and the way they were talking it seemed intense,” one resident said.

“With the ladder truck being able to get in, the recovery of the casualty from that level was relatively quick once stabilised by those paramedics,” Fire and Rescue NSW Superintendent Adam Dewberry added.

She was safely removed from the building with assistance from paramedics and firefighters. 

The building was constructed in the 1980s as a juvenile remand centre before being closed in 2017.

Since then, the increasingly dilapidated site has become an illegal urban exploring attraction.

“For four or five years, we always see young kids jumping the fence,” Sweeney said.

“The worst we’ve had to do is call in because someone lit a fire in there,” another resident told 9News.

Long-awaited plans to turn the block into housing have been approved by council.

Developers have told residents in this area that demolition will begin here in the first half of next year.

Sydney City Council has said the site’s security is the responsibility of developer Vision Land.