Brooklyn building collapse: What we know about the victims
Search and rescue efforts are ongoing in Brooklyn Thursday, a day after a building collapse left at least eight people dead and at least 18 others injured.
It happened in a three-story building at 1321 Flatbush Avenue in Flatbush around 4 p.m. Wednesday. The collapse caused damage to a neighboring building as well.
Here’s what’s known so far about the victims:
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Brooklyn building collapse victims
What we know:
At a press conference Thursday, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said six bodies were found in the rubble and two more victims were pronounced dead at a local hospital. The eight victims include six adults and two children.
Two of the victims who died were construction workers at the adjacent construction site at 2625 Bedford Avenue.
Mamdani said 18 people were injured, including four firefighters, with one person still in critical condition. FDNY said seven of the people injured were children. One of the victims rescued from the wreckage is a pregnant woman.
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City Council member Farah Louis said many of the building's occupants were immigrants.
"This is a very close-knit community," she told The New York Times.
Members of the New York City Fire Department and first responders work at the scene one day after a building collapsed in Brooklyn in New York on November 12, 2026. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP via Getty Images)
What we don't know:
It’s still unclear what caused the building to collapse, but investigators said Thursday they're looking into whether removing dirt from an adjacent construction pit caused the collapse in Flatbush.
What they're saying:
"This has been a devastating evening and morning for our city," Mamdani said Thursday. "These were our friends and our neighbors – parents and children, young families building their lives in our city. And immigrants from Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Trinidad and beyond. Let us continue to hold close those who have been plunged into unimaginable grief, and pray for a full and rapid recovery for every New Yorker injured."
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said his office is investigating "whether any criminal conduct contributed to this tragedy."
Search and rescue efforts continue
What's next:
As search and rescue efforts continue Thursday, FDNY officials said the rescue could become more challenging with fears of a secondary collapse and rain that could turn debris into heavy mud.
"This type of emergency is something our members trained extensively for, and we will be here until we are 100% sure there are no more people trapped," FDNY Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore said Thursday. "The FDNY mourns with those families and we promise with everything we have, we will not stop working until everyone is rescued or recovered."
The Source: This report includes information from FDNY and The New York Post.