Settings

Theme

Building collapses in Brooklyn with 8 people dead so far

nytimes.com

34 points by bmitc · 5 comments

Reader

3 threads
O1111OOO

Alternative sources: A few among the 100s of non-paywall sites:

https://abc7ny.com/live-updates/brooklyn-building-collapse-l...

https://www.cnn.com/2026/11/11/us/live-news/brooklyn-buildin...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm20v66jq611o

madaxe_again

Looks like a soft storey failure from the before photos - the ground floor shop looks like it has no interior walls. Happens commonly in earthquake zones, and here, losing the lateral support of the adjacent building may have been enough for it to creep until it collapsed.

  • linksnapzz

    It may well have had interior walls at some point; it's possible that some landlord decided that they were superfluous (to him).

cromka

Another one?

Keyboard Shortcuts

j
Next item
k
Previous item
o / Enter
Open selected item
?
Show this help
Esc
Close modal / clear selection