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Deadly NYC Building Collapse Leaves Crews Searching For Survivors

Deadly NYC Building Collapse Leaves Crews Searching For Survivors

<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> <br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"post-body-text">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"enky3uh0 css-dz2o6h" style&equals;"position&colon;relative" data-narration-container&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">At least two people were killed&comma; and 17 others were injured&comma; four critically&comma; when a three-story mixed-use building in Brooklyn collapsed just after 4 p&period;m&period; Wednesday&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nytimes&period;com&sol;live&sol;2026&sol;11&sol;11&sol;nyregion&sol;building-collapse-nyc-brooklyn&num;brooklyn-building-collapse" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">according<&sol;a> to the New York Times&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">The building&comma; built in 1930&comma; stood near the corner of Bedford and Flatbush Avenues in Flatbush&period; It housed a ground-floor store and four apartments&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">The collapse left a staircase&comma; bedrooms&comma; and closets fully exposed&period; Authorities continued searching the rubble for victims&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">New York City Democrat Mayor Zohran Mamdani <&sol;span><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;x&period;com&sol;FoxNews&sol;status&sol;2120691070535180407" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">gave<&sol;span><&sol;a><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400"> remarks at the scene&comma; calling for prayers for the victims and their loved ones&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I am heartbroken to share that at this time at least two New Yorkers have passed away&period; More than ten New Yorkers have been transported to local hospitals for critical and non-life-threatening injuries&comma;” said Mamdani&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I want to ask New Yorkers to please take a moment to pray for those who passed away today and all those mourning their loss as well as for a fast and full recovery for all those who were injured&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn said she knew a family that lived in the building&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There’s a family of six who lives there who comes to the block party every year&comma;” she said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It’s very emotional and triggering for us to know that we know someone there&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>First responders were reportedly combing through the rubble brick by brick&comma; and witnesses reported seeing a pregnant woman and a child pulled from the debris&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">The lot next door had been demolished for a planned development&period; In April&comma; the Department of Buildings cited the demolition contractor for continuing work in violation of a stop-work order&semi; the contractor paid &dollar;10&comma;000 in penalties in October&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">It is not clear whether the demolition damaged the structure of the building that collapsed&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><br &sol;>&NewLine;<br &sol;><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;dailywire&period;com&sol;news&sol;deadly-nyc-building-collapse-leaves-crews-searching-for-survivors">Source link <&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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