{"id":10150,"date":"2026-11-13T09:33:58","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T17:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/brooklyn-building-collapse-in-flatbush-what-we-know\/"},"modified":"2026-11-13T09:33:58","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T17:33:58","slug":"brooklyn-building-collapse-in-flatbush-what-we-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/brooklyn-building-collapse-in-flatbush-what-we-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Building Collapse In Flatbush \u2013 What We Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UQjYqNbmN64\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, November 11, a three-story building at Flatbush and Bedford avenues in Brooklyn collapsed into a construction site next door. Eight people were killed \u2014 including two children and two construction workers \u2014 and 18 others were injured, including four firefighters.<\/p>\n<p>Today we go through what we know so far: what happened, the nearly 24-hour rescue effort, and the questions investigators are now asking about the excavation work on the neighboring lot. We&#8217;ll also look at past construction-related collapses in New York and what safety rules are supposed to protect nearby buildings.<\/p>\n<p>In this live stream:<br \/>\n\u2022 What happened at Flatbush and Bedford<br \/>\n\u2022 The rescue and recovery effort<br \/>\n\u2022 The construction site next door<br \/>\n\u2022 What investigators are looking at<br \/>\n\u2022 Past collapses and NYC construction safety<br \/>\n\u2022 What happens next<\/p>\n<p>Our thoughts are with the victims, their families and the Flatbush community.<\/p>\n<p>Please keep the chat respectful. We will not speculate about blame before investigators report their findings.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc4d Subscribe for live coverage of the news that matters.<\/p>\n<p>Sources: FDNY, NYPD, NYC Department of Buildings, Mayor&#8217;s Office, ABC News, CBS New York, AP.<\/p>\n<p>#Brooklyn #Flatbush #NYC<\/p>\n<p>Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https:\/\/streamyard.com\/pal\/d\/5759717953503232<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, November 11, a three-story building at Flatbush and Bedford avenues in Brooklyn collapsed into a construction<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lisa-cabrera"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/hqdefault-150.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}