What caused Brooklyn building collapse? City records offer clues
Nov. 12, 2026Updated Nov. 13, 2026, 11:16 a.m. ETThe cause of a three-story Brooklyn building’s collapse remains unclear, but permits, complaints and public records provide insight into the building's troubled past as the investigation unfolds into its deadly destruction.Two children and six adults, including two construction workers, died in the tragedy. Eighteen people − 14 civilians and four firefighters − were injured due to the collapse at 1321 Flatbush Ave. in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.A vacate order for the building on the New York City’s Department of...