What we know about the building that collapsed in Brooklyn

Fox - 5 NY
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Nov 11, 2026
So, as we have been reporting,
there was obviously some sort of collapse that happened here.
Okay, so you were saying it's the wall.
We can see the building behind you.
That shared wall is what came down.
Yeah, it wasn't like a full building.
It was not a full building.
No.
What was going on in the area prior to the collapse?
From what I've been here, like, I've been here, like, my whole life.
So, before, like, I went through the empty lot.
It was, like, a furniture store years ago.
And then they tore it down and then made it
into something else and then tore it down again.
And I feel like...
I'm just assuming just because it
was probably the foundation was weak there
and it was messing up with the other building, but yeah.
So there was active work going on in the area.
Yeah.
Was this the kind of thing that you would drive by on a daily basis
and see them working around here?
Sometimes, yeah.
Because the wall was up, I wouldn't really see
who the workers that were in there,
but you knew if you see a vacant lot, you're like,
oh, okay, they're probably going to build
another building or something there, yeah.
But there has always been some sort of presence here.
Okay.
All right, so they were working at,
you said there was a furniture store.
They were working that.
And then there was a shared wall.
Obviously, we can see the wall here.
Yeah, it was connected to that building,
like, I want to say maybe over 10 years ago.
Got it.
Yeah.
Was there any other front facade or anything else?
No, not from what I remember.
Mm-hmm.
And what are you hearing about who may be impacted by this?
Obviously, we know it's a residential building
because we can see people's clothes and their beds hanging there.
Do you know of anybody who lives in that building?
Personally, I don't know anybody that lives in that building, no.
Okay, all right. Thank you, Natalie. I really appreciate it.
I'm sorry to bombard you as soon as I got here.
But, of course, as you might imagine, Natasha,
we rely on people here on the scene who live in the area,
who work in the area, to kind of explain what exactly is happening.
But from what we are also hearing here on scene,
those that might be injured
and potentially the person
Who is deceased here might be workers
who were working in that area on that vacant lot
and who may have been impacted by that falling wall.
That's the assumption here,
listening to people who live and work in the area.
