# WATCH: Brooklyn community leaders, residents hold meeting on building collapse

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7 outlets covering · First listed: PBS NewsHour, Nov 13, 2026, 2:44 PM · Read it: <https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/watch-brooklyn-community-leaders-residents-hold-meeting-on-building-collapse>

New York officials, from building inspectors to prosecutors, say they're investigating what caused the three-story building to come crashing down as workers were digging at an adjacent construction site. Those who lost family, neighbors and their homes demanded answers.

## Who's covering it

In the order they published:

- Nov 12, 2026, 7:54 AM: [Death toll rises to 8 in Brooklyn building collapse](<https://www.ms.now/news/death-toll-rises-in-brooklyn-building-collapse>) — MS NOW (TV network, United States, rated Left)
  The dead included two children after the 3-story mixed-use structure went down near a construction site Wednesday, the mayor said. At least 18 others were injured.
- Nov 12, 2026, 11:19 AM: [Brooklyn Apartment Building Collapses, Killing 8: What To Know](<https://time.com/article/2026/11/12/brooklyn-new-york-apartment-building-collapse-death-toll-search-rescue-operations/>) — Time (Magazine, United States, rated Lean left)
  Eighteen people were wounded in the incident, including one person who is in critical condition, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
- Nov 12, 2026, 1:49 PM: [‘Who will be held accountable?’: fatal Brooklyn building collapse devastates community](<https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/12/nyc-building-collapse-reaction>) — Guardian (Newspaper, United Kingdom, rated Lean left)
  New York City officials have confirmed at least eight casualties – six adults and two children – in the collapseFlatbush Ave in Flatbush, New York, stood still and in shock after a three-storey apartment building collapsed on Wednesday afternoon near a construction site.“The last time I saw something like this was when I went to work at 9/11,” Prudence Foster said.
- Nov 12, 2026, 9:53 PM: [What we know about victims of deadly Brooklyn building collapse](<https://abcnews.com/US/victims-deadly-brooklyn-building-collapse/story?id=138098954>) — ABC News (TV network, United States, rated Lean left)
  Two children, ages 9 and 10, were among those killed, according to authorities.
- Nov 12, 2026, 10:59 PM: [How the Deadly Brooklyn Building Collapse Unfolded](<https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/12/nyregion/building-collapse-brooklyn-flatbush.html>) — New York Times (Newspaper, United States, rated Lean left)
  The sudden collapse of a Brooklyn building turned a busy neighborhood into a disaster zone and left families devastated.
- Nov 13, 2026, 7:55 AM: [Building collapses in Brooklyn with 8 people dead so far](<https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/11/12/nyregion/building-collapse-nyc-brooklyn>) — Hacker News (Aggregator, United States)
- Nov 13, 2026, 2:44 PM: [WATCH: Brooklyn community leaders, residents hold meeting on building collapse](<https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/watch-brooklyn-community-leaders-residents-hold-meeting-on-building-collapse>) — PBS NewsHour (Public broadcaster, United States, rated Lean left)
  New York officials, from building inspectors to prosecutors, say they're investigating what caused the three-story building to come crashing down as workers were digging at an adjacent construction site. Those who lost family, neighbors and their homes demanded answers.