GoKawiilBrooklyn building collapse at 1321 Flatbush Avenue kills 8
A building collapsed into an adjacent construction excavation site in Flatbush, Brooklyn, on Wednesday afternoon, killing eight people and injuring 18 others, including some firefighters. Mayor Zohran Mamdani said six people died at the scene and two more died after being pulled from the rubble alive. By Thursday afternoon, rescue crews had ended search operations after confirming no further victims remained in the debris.
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The victims spanned multiple immigrant communities in Flatbush, including construction workers from Ecuador and Guatemala and delivery workers from Guinea, underscoring how such disasters can disproportionately affect working-class immigrant neighborhoods. Officials have not yet determined the cause of the collapse, so questions about construction safety oversight near the excavation site are likely to follow once an investigation begins.
- Eight people died when a Brooklyn building collapsed into a nearby construction excavation site on Wednesday.
- Eighteen others, including firefighters, were injured; rescue operations ended Thursday afternoon.
- The cause of the collapse has not yet been determined by officials.
Source: nytimes.com — Liam Stack, 2026-11-13
Published there as: “Building collapses in Brooklyn with 8 people dead so far”
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