Crime & Safety

66-Year-Old Found Dead In Williamsburg Construction Shop: Cops

Police are investigating the death of a man whose body they found in a construction company's building on Johnson Avenue.

Adam Construction on Johnson Avenue.
Adam Construction on Johnson Avenue. (GoogleMaps)

WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN — Police are investigating the death of a man whose body they found in a construction company building on Thursday afternoon.

Officers were called to 589 Johnson Avenue, where the company Adam's European Contracting is headquartered, around 1:20 p.m., police said. When they arrived, the officers found an unconscious and unresponsive. 66-year-old man in the building. Emergency responders pronounced him dead at the scene, police said.

Police said the medical examiner will determine the cause of death and the investigation is ongoing.

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