Construction Worker Killed in Brooklyn Collapse April 3, 2012, 12:35 pm The man, whose name was not immediately released, was pronounced dead at Lutheran Medical Center, the police said. He was working on a two-and-a-half-story house at 40 Frank Court in Gerritsen Beach when the upper portion fell off the foundation. It was not clear what caused the accident. Three other workers were injured, none of them seriously. The building has a city permit for "enlargement and interior renovation," issued March 27. Department of Buildings officials were investigating whether the work was being done in compliance with the permit.