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What we know about victims of deadly Brooklyn building collapse

Samantha R. Patel
Reporter · Friday, November 13, 2026 at 6:39 PM · 2 min read
What we know about victims of deadly Brooklyn building collapse
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Two children, ages 9 and 10, were among those killed, according to authorities.

Authorities in New York City have identified the eight people who were killed when a three-story building in Brooklyn collapsed into an open construction site on Wednesday.

Two children, ages 9 and 10, were among those killed, according to authorities.

"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," New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said during a news conference on Thursday.

Two of the victims were construction workers, he said.

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The building collapse left a pile of rubble near the corner of Flatbush and Bedford Avenues in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, shearing off the wall of another three-story apartment building and touching off a desperate search-and-rescue operation for survivors.

Of the victims, six people were pronounced dead at the scene, including four recovered overnight, and two people died at the hospital overnight, authorities said Thursday.

Officials praised the work of first responders and those caught in the initial collapse.

"Construction workers who had only barely survived themselves turned back and dug victims out of the rubble," Mamdani said. "People are alive today because of their heroism yesterday."

Rescue operations concluded Thursday afternoon, after authorities determined there were no more victims, the FDNY said.

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