Nonsponsored
Photo by Mary BakijaAccording to the Home Reporter [http://homereporter.com/fdny-responds-to-flipped-school-bus-in-park-slope/], a yellow school bus flipped onto its side after being involved in a crash. The bus was reportedly struck by another vehicle. The crash happened at the intersection of 4th Avenue and 1st Street. Officials say the first
Central Brooklyn
> #Breaking [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Breaking?src=hash] #fire [https://twitter.com/hashtag/fire?src=hash] in #Flatbush [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Flatbush?src=hash] – everyone is accounted for and no one is hurt. @News12BK [https://twitter.com/News12BK] https://t.co/2o73e5x5Ec pic.twitter.com/OJi28200jR [https://t.
Business
Franchezka Unisex Salon reopened on Monday, December 28 by Helen Figueroa, daughter of Francisca Figueroa. (Photo by Donny Levit / South Slope News)The lights were on at Franchezka Unisex Salon [http://www.yelp.com/biz/franchezka-unisex-brooklyn] (500 5th Avenue near 12th Street), a business which had been shuttered since early
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Ditmas Park CornerUpdate: This event has been rescheduled for Friday, December 18 at 5:30pm. The Flatbush Development Corporation [http://www.fdconline.org/] and the Newkirk Plaza Merchants Association are hosting a holiday celebration in the plaza on Thursday, December 17, from 6-8pm. Activities include a tree lighting
Central Brooklyn
The FDNY responded to a crash on Coney Island Avenue near Ditmas Avenue around 10:30am on Thursday morning after an SUV slammed into another car in front of the McDonald’s at 880 Coney Island Avenue. The driver of a Ford Explorer swerved to enter the drive-thru and hit
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Melody HouleDa Pride A Flatbush, aka the FDNY Engine 281 & Ladder 147 picked up a 12 foot Christmas tree for the station! 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
Bensonhurst
https://twitter.com/kellystuart/status/673505144898723841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw A 3-alarm fire deemed “suspicious” by fire officials tore through a vacant building on New Utrecht Avenue early Sunday morning, impacting subway service in both directions. More than 100 firefighters battled to the blaze, which began at 7:11am at
341 10th Street
> Firemen have arrived @KatieLusso [https://twitter.com/KatieLusso] pic.twitter.com/lcCPG1B177 [https://t.co/lcCPG1B177] — Gerard May (@GerardMay5) November 2, 2015 [https://twitter.com/GerardMay5/status/661281802527580160] One person was injured when a fire broke out this afternoon on the top floor of a high-rise apartment building located
Police & Fire
A 2-year-old was sent to the hospital in critical condition after a fire broke out in a Marine Park home. (Photo: Mike Wright [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10206443108173735&set=oa.10153613325804038&type=1&theater] / MIDWOOD – FLATBUSH NEWS BLOG)The 2-year-old boy rescued from a
fdny
Photo by David GurzynskiA giant tree cracked at the base and fell at 1801 Dorchester Road, at the corner of 18th Street, a little after 9:30pm Thursday night, the FDNY and neighbors told us. Fortunately, no one was hurt in the accident, according to the FDNY, but one parked
fdny
Photo by fastenyourascot [https://instagram.com/p/1RO0n3R3UP/?taken-by=fastenyourascot]The Union Street company out and about, as captured by fastenyourascot [https://instagram.com/p/1RO0n3R3UP/?taken-by=fastenyourascot]. Take any photos in the neighborhood lately? Send them to editor@bklyner.com, add them to the Park Slope Stoop Flickr group
North Western Brooklyn
https://twitter.com/AndreJamieLewis/status/562562347181830144/ Yet another manhole explosion rocked Park Slope, setting at least one car on fire and causing several homes to be evacuated in the early morning hours. The FDNY tells us they responded to a call at about 4:18am on Tuesday on 6th Street