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A wall collapse at a construction site on Jefferson Street near Central Avenue in Bushwick has left two families facing unimaginable hardship.

One 47-year-old worker lost his life. A 40-year-old worker was critically injured when rubble from a neighboring building’s foundation collapsed into a trench where the men were performing debris removal as part of foundation work. The Department of Buildings has issued a full stop-work order and partial vacate orders while the site is stabilized.

While the criminal or regulatory investigations move forward, the legal rights of both families must be protected immediately.

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The building where the deadly collapse occuredA fatal construction accident in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, has placed the spotlight squarely on the property owner’s failure to maintain a safe structure. Following the collapse of a parapet wall that killed a 58-year-old worker, New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) inspectors documented severe façade defects at the one-story garage located at 113 Sunnyside Avenue.

The Deadly Collapse

The accident occurred just before 3 p.m. on Tuesday, when the worker was struck in the back by a collapsing parapet wall while on the roof of the garage, which shares a lot with a six-story building at 224 Highland Boulevard. Emergency responders removed him from the roof using an aerial ladder, but he was pronounced dead at Brookdale Hospital.

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