Helping Residents of 493 Myrtle Avenue and Vicinity

491 and 493 Myrtle Avenue, Clinton Hill, BrooklynSince the building at 493 Myrtle Avenue in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, collapsed with little warning on Sunday, various businesses, politicians, community members, and friends have been organizing to help put their neighbors’ lives back together.

No one suffered major injuries in the incident, but the residents of the collapsed building have been displaced from their homes and have lost most of their possessions. Adjacent buildings were also damaged, and those residents are not able to return to their homes either, for the time being. Here are a few ways to help out:

  • Chez Lola, the French restaurant at 387 Myrtle, will be hosting a fundraiser on Sunday, June 28 from 5:00 to 7:00p.m., with help from Council Member Letitia James and her staff.
  • P.S. 157, the elementary school at 850 Kent Avenue, is helping collect funds for the family of one of their graduating students who lived in the building adjacent to the collapse.
  • Save Mang is a website set up by friends of Anh Nguyen, an artist who was one of the residents of the collapsed building.

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