Three-Story Building Collapses in Flatbush, Brooklyn: 1 Dead, 12 Injured, One Still Trapped as Rescue Continues Into the Night
A three-story mixed-use building collapsed into the excavation pit of an adjacent construction site in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, on the afternoon of November 11. Fire Department of New York (FDNY) officials said the collapse occurred at about 4 p.m. Eastern Time at 1321 Flatbush Avenue, next to a construction site at 2625 Bedford Avenue. As of Wednesday evening, one person had been killed and 12 others injured, six of them critically, with one person still trapped as firefighters continued searching the rubble into the night.
The FDNY received the first call at 4:01 p.m. and mounted a major technical-rescue response; by 7 p.m., about 250 fire and EMS personnel were operating at the scene. Most of the injured were construction workers at the adjacent site, though nearby residents were also hurt, and the injured were taken to Kings County Hospital and other area hospitals. New York City Council member Farah N. Louis said a child was among the injured. Mayor Zohran Mamdani said first responders were working quickly to secure the location and assist New Yorkers.
The collapsed building housed a store at street level and apartments above. The neighboring site at 2625 Bedford Avenue was being excavated and shored for a development project. City records show that in April a demolition contractor at that site was issued a violation for continuing demolition work despite a Department of Buildings stop-work order; the violation was resolved in October and the contractor paid $10,000 in penalties. The cause of the collapse has not been determined, and officials have not said whether the neighboring construction work contributed. Inspectors from the New York City Department of Buildings were at the scene investigating, and the city's emergency management office set up a Red Cross help center for affected residents.
The incident is still developing, and the toll may change as the search continues. Officials have not yet released the identities of the person killed or of the injured.
Source: FDNY
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Photo: 图：事发地一带、布鲁克林 Flatbush 社区 Bedford Avenue 与 Parkside Avenue 路口街景（资料图，非事故现场）。Jim Henderson 摄，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Bedford Avenue at Parkside Avenue in Flatbush, Brooklyn, near the collapse site (file photo, not the scene). Photo by Jim Henderson, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
