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A partial floor collapse took place at 535 4th Avenue on Sunday, April 3 after high wind gusts. (Photo by Thom Widmann)A building currently under construction at 535 4th Avenue (between 14th and 15th Streets) sustained damage on the top floor this morning, according to the FDNY and several
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P.S. 204 (Photo via Google Maps)A local elementary school was evacuated due to a low-level gas odor inside an unoccupied part of the building this morning. Police tell us that 1185 school children were removed from P.S. 204 Vince Lombardi [http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/20/K204/
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A man who sustained minor injuries was sent to Methodist Hospital. (Photo by Jeff Bush)A two-alarm fire gutted a residential building and spread to the residence next door on Saturday afternoon. 25 units were sent to put out the blaze at 236 12th Street (between 4th and 5th Avenues)
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Fire fighter hosing down a brush fire next to the Cyclone. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Hours after elected officials christened the Cyclone to celebrate Luna Park’s spring opening [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/03/luna-parks-march-20-opening-day-postponed-due-noreaster/] , plumes of smoke began billowing from a parking lot next to the ride.
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Fire fighter hosing down a brush fire next to the Cyclone. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Hours after elected officials christened the Cyclone to celebrate Luna Park’s spring opening [/luna-parks-march-20-opening-day-postponed-due-noreaster/], plumes of smoke began billowing from a parking lot next to the ride. Cyclone riders were treated to a
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Firefighters emerging from Marine Park after Monday’s brush fire. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Scores of firefighters spent almost two hours battling a raging brush fire in the southern edge of Marine Park’s salt marsh Monday night. Lieutenant Dave Ostrowski, a member of the Gerritsen Beach Volunteer Fire
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An FDNY ambulance. (Photo: Tomás Fano [https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomasfano/4245678925/] / Flickr)Two adults and two children were hospitalized when an SUV collided with another car and then crashed into a flower shop on Gravesend Neck Road Saturday evening, the New York Post reports [http://nypost.com/2016/
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Starealty Estate snapped up three properties near Sheepshead Bay Road and Shore Parkway. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)In Case You Missed It (ICYMI): [/tag/in-case-you-missed-it/] Here are some of the big stories you may have missed this week. You can keep up with what’s going on in the
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An FDNY ambulance. (Photo: Tomás Fano [https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomasfano/4245678925/] / Flickr)A woman had to be taken to the hospital Friday morning after being dragged by a black sedan near Kings Highway and East 15th Street, DNAinfo reports [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160304/sheepshead-bay/female-pedestrian-hit-by-vehicle-sheepshead-bay-fdny-says] . The
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(Photo: Luigi Rosa [https://www.flickr.com/photos/lrosa/172087288/] / Flickr) Firefighters are battling a brush fire spreading through the southern end of Marine Park — and working to keep the flames from catching onto nearby homes. According to the FDNY, 60 firefighters were called at 4:16pm to Avenue x
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Photo by Konstantin Shatnyy [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153861294537332&set=o.125215944173471&type=3&theater] / FacebookIn Case You Missed It (ICYMI): [/tag/in-case-you-missed-it/] Here are some of the big stories you may have missed this week. You can keep up with what’s going
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The intersection at East 11th Street and Banner Avenue. (Photo: Google Maps)A 29-year-old man found dead outside a building near the Belt Parkway this morning may have died of a drug overdose, according to authorities. The medical examiner will determine the cause of death. However, cops say the man