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Brooklyn Building On Myrtle Avenue Collapses
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Jen Chung
Published Jun 21, 2009
Modified Jun 21, 2009
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A little before 2 p.m., a four-story building on Myrtle Avenue, between Hall and Ryerson Streets, collapsed in the Clinton Hill/Bed Stuy neighborhood. Vesper Bar & Lounge was on the first floor. It's considered a second-alarm "Major Emergency." Apparently the Fire Department has accounted for all people who were inside the building.
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According to folks on Williamsboard, there was "scaffolding on the side, old bldg being worked on apparently by people who didn't quite know what they were doing." The FDNY reported three civilian with minor injuries; one man who was hit by bricks was taken to the hospital.
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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