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# Two-Alarm Fire At 33 Hinckley Pl. Last Night
- URL: https://bklyner.com/2nd-alarm-fire-at-33-hinckley-pl-last-night-ditmas-park/
- Published: 2013-05-01T13:11:33.000Z
- Updated: 2014-09-30T15:20:48.000Z
- Author: Nora Whelan
- Tags: 33 hinckley place, #API-Imported

![33 hinckley fire harlanerskine](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Screen-Shot-2013-05-01-at-10.12.37-AM.png)

*Photo by [harlanerskine](http://instagram.com/p/YwSJJLhMOh/?ref=bklyner.com) / [harlanerskine.com](http://harlanerskine.com/?ref=bklyner.com)*

A fire in an abandoned house at 33 Hinckley Pl. (between Coney Island Ave. and E 8th St.), called in at 10:44pm, summoned 25 units and 106 firefighters total, said a spokesman for the FDNY. The fire in the house’s 2nd floor and attic [was brought under control](https://twitter.com/fdny/status/329444016104038400?ref=bklyner.com) shortly before midnight.

The house has a bit of a past: [as far back as 1911, owners were looking to sell](http://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%207/Brooklyn%20NY%20Daily%20Eagle/Brooklyn%20NY%20Daily%20Eagle%201911%20Grayscale/Brooklyn%20NY%20Daily%20Eagle%201911%20Grayscale%20-%204932.pdf?ref=bklyner.com), with the attractive pitch of “people leaving town.” In the summer of 2011, neighbor [Valerie Gallaher](http://comicspaladin.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-end-of-murder-house.html?ref=bklyner.com) says, a prostitute was killed behind the house, and [this June 2011 police blotter](http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/nypd%5Fblotter/nypd%5Fdaily%5Fblotter%5FkO3ATW31ZzVN4gFCuMk1wI?utm%5Fcampaign=everyblock&utm%5Fmedium=everyblock&utm%5Fsource=everyblock&CMP=OTC-rss) mentions a murder behind a building on Hinckley and E 8th.

The other interesting thing to note about the house is that [it was part of the lot designated for PS/IS 338K](/blog/education/city-moves-forward-with-eminent-domain-on-new-cia-school), scheduled for completion in late 2016.

Last week, the house looked like this:

![33 hinckley before fire](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/photo.jpg)

And now:

![33 hinckley fire](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/IMG_1034.jpg)

![33 hinckley fire](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/IMG_1030.jpg)

Neighbors responded to the fire in [different ways](http://instagram.com/p/YwSJJLhMOh/?ref=bklyner.com):

> Oh neat — the abandoned house across the street from us (where someone was murdered years back) nearly burned to the ground last night!
> 
> — David Gallaher ? NYCC D-11 (@DavidGallaher) [May 1, 2013](https://twitter.com/DavidGallaher/status/329543959309340673?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com)

> listening to chainsaws and firetrucks as that poor old house is swallowed in smoke…
> 
> — Crissa-Jean Chappell (@crissachappell) [May 1, 2013](https://twitter.com/crissachappell/status/329435400047316992?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com)

> “[@FDNY](https://twitter.com/FDNY?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com): BKLYN 2-ALARM 33 HINCKLEY PL, VACANT FIRE ON 2ND FLR AND ATTIC,” Right behind my building! [pic.twitter.com/lEku6o1Sz7](http://t.co/lEku6o1Sz7?ref=bklyner.com)
> 
> — Lindsay M (@reed029) [May 1, 2013](https://twitter.com/reed029/status/329435671137751041?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=bklyner.com)

The cause of the fire is under investigation.