The final toll from the Brooklyn building collapse is eight people dead, including two children, and 18 injured, New York City officials confirmed on Thursday, as firefighters ended their search of the rubble and the investigation turned to the construction work next door. The Brooklyn collapse final toll closes the rescue phase of a disaster that has shaken Flatbush and raised fresh questions about building safety in New York.
The three-story building at 1321 Flatbush Avenue fell into the open excavation next door at 2625 Bedford Avenue at about 4 p.m. on Wednesday, November 11. The Fire Department said rescue operations concluded at 3:37 p.m. Eastern on Thursday after crews determined there were no more victims at the site, which was handed to the Department of Buildings and the Police Department. Mayor Zohran Mamdani said six of the dead were recovered from the rubble and two died after being taken to hospital. The 18 injured include 14 civilians and four firefighters.
Victims Named, Including Two Children
Police have identified all eight of the dead. They include Nicole Daniela Salvada Rodriguez, 9, and her cousin Kevin Santiago Reyes Gonzalez, 10, according to local reporting of the police identifications. The others were Juan Daniel Salvada Guzman, 31; Ndiaye Mamadou, 31; Barry Mamadou, 23; Gabriel Siguencia, 22; Edgar Sapon, 26; and Jose Luis Caguana Cosquillo, 26. Two of the dead were construction workers. The building, built in 1930, held four residential units above a ground-floor store selling medical uniforms, according to city records. City housing records list 98 open violations at the building, from leaks to bedbugs, CBS New York reported.
Unsafe Work Blamed in Early Finding
The Department of Buildings has put an early finding in writing: unsafe construction work at the excavation next door brought the 1930 building down, according to local reporting. City records show excavation permits for the adjoining site were issued in September 2026, and the work had drawn a violation for continuing during a stop-work order. Officials have stressed that a permit is not a finding of cause, and the formal investigation, now joined by the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office, continues. The possibility of criminal charges has not been ruled out, according to the BBC. Mamdani ordered inspections at about 100 construction sites linked to five entities tied to the neighbouring project. The Buildings Department has full vacate orders on 1323, 1325 and 1327 Flatbush Avenue, and engineers have to clear them before anyone moves back. This updates our earlier report, which recorded six dead and 19 hurt: https://reportrig.com/brooklyn-building-collapse-kills-6-and-injures-19-in-flatbush/
