Neighbors
Lauren Profeta. (Photo: Answer the Call)Sheepshead Bay native Lauren Profeta understands the daily perils faced by New York City’s first responders. Two of her three brothers are firefighters. The other is a police captain. Profeta was promoted this week to Director of Development for Answer the Call – The
fort greene
Photo courtesy of Scott Reiburn.It was all hands on deck at a fire at 149 Lafayette Avenue, at the corner of Carlton Street, this morning shortly after 8am. Fortunately, there were no injuries reported, a fire department spokesperson told us, and the cause of the fire is still under
fort greene
Image via rodenthour [http://www.instagram.com/rodenthour].A fast-moving fire engulfed the home(s) at 171 Adelphi Street, between Myrtle and Willoughby Avenues, on Sunday night, February 14, leaving seven people injured. According to an FDNY spokesperson, one civilian and six firefighters were treated for minor injuries in the
Police & Fire
2227 Homecrest Avenue. (Source: Google Maps)A 30-year-old woman died Sunday after being caught up in a basement fire at a two-story residential building on Homecrest Avenue, near Avenue V, the Daily News reports [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/hospitalized-blaze-tears-brooklyn-home-article-1.2531246] . The cause of the fire is still under
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Bensonhurst
Photo by Benjamin Cohn/Bensonhurst BeanA fire ripped through a two-story home in Dyker Heights this morning. Twelve trucks and 60 firefighters swarmed the building at 1178 72nd Street after the second floor blaze was called in at 11:01am, according to fire officials. Photo by Benjamin Cohn/Bensonhurst BeanNeighbors
Bensonhurst
> Scene of 2-alarm fire earlier this morning on Bay Parkway in #Brooklyn [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Brooklyn?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]. No injuries reported. Photo credit @nycoem [https://twitter.com/nycoem?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] pic.twitter.com/0bA080kyGR [https://t.co/0bA080kyGR] — FDNY (@FDNY) January
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Junie OrtizA fire broke out in a Queen Anne-style home on Argyle Road between Cortelyou and Beverley roads around 4am Friday morning, according to the FDNY. Ladder 147 and Engine 255 responded to the call at 4:07am and were able to put the fire out by 4:
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Don LogginsAll hands on deck when “Da Pride A Flatbush” needs to fix their air conditioner. Share photos with us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com, in the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/dpcorner], or tag them #ditmaspark on Instagram, and we’ll post them
News
The United Methodist Church of Sheepshead Bay. (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 neighborhood all week long. Just follow
Central Brooklyn
A 71-year-old-man was hit by the driver of white Ford E-250 van around 7:20pm Thursday evening as he crossed Ocean Avenue at the corner of Beverley Road, according to the police. The van, which was heading southbound on Ocean Avenue and had a green light, hit the man as
Police & Fire
Firefighters outside the Baku Boulevard restaurant on Avenue U. (Photo: Mike Wright [https://www.facebook.com/midwoodnewsnet/photos/a.435485473308800.1073741963.178373932353290/435485556642125/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Emergency responders swarmed the intersection of Avenue U and Homecrest Avenue Thursday night after a fire broke out in a restaurant on
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Photo by Mary BakijaThe driver who was behind the wheel of a school bus that crashed and flipped on its side last Friday [/blog/crime/updated-fdny-reports-7-injured-after-school-bus-flips-in-crash-on-4th-avenue-video/] has been suspended, according to the NYC Department of Education [http://schools.nyc.gov/default.htm]. “The NYPD will provide a final report to