A piece of material fell and struck someone at 280 Bergen Street in Brooklyn on October 14, 2026, according to DOB records.
The Department of Buildings logged the event as Accident Report ID 46562 under its Construction-Related Incidents dataset, with a check description of "Material Failure (Fell)" and one injury recorded. No fatality was reported.
The address sits on Block 388, Lot 20 in Brooklyn's Community District 302, City Council District 39, zip code 11217 -- the Boerum Hill area. The building identification number is 3430106.
DOB records list this as an "Incident" record type, which is the agency's category for events reported at active construction or demolition sites, as distinct from a complaint, which is an unverified report that may or may not be investigated and confirmed.
The record does not identify a general contractor, a specific cause, or the nature of the material involved, and DOB has not posted any associated violation tied to this report as of this writing.
For contractors and site supervisors working in Boerum Hill, the incident is a reminder that DOB's incident log -- not the complaint log -- is the agency's record of confirmed on-site events with injuries, and it's worth checking whether a job has any open incident history before bidding adjacent or follow-on work at the same address.
Anyone with information or a stake in the property can look up BIN 3430106 and BBL 3003880019 directly in DOB NOW or the Building Information System for permit status and any further filings.