brownsville
SUNSET PARK/BROWNSVILLE – High temperatures made fighting a pair of two-alarm fires in two Brooklyn neighborhoods much more difficult this morning, injuring six people and leaving numerous homeless, fire officials said. Firefighter Jesus Sanchez of Ladder 176 cools down after fighting a fire on Pacific Street. (Photo by Todd Maisel)
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5th Avenue at Prospect Place (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)PARK SLOPE – A bicyclist was hit by a truck on 5th Avenue Tuesday morning in Park Slope. The incident was caught on the surveillance camera at Milan Optique at 83 5th Avenue. At 7:44am on July 16, the video captured
Coney Island
CONEY ISLAND – A three-alarm fire raced through the ceilings and roofs of three homes in Coney Island early Monday morning, injuring two firefighters, neither seriously, fire officials said. Firefighters look up into ceiling trying to find where the fire had spread in the homes on West 19th Street. (Photo: Todd
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GRAVESEND – A multi-million dollar Gravesend home that was just about to close on a sale suffered a serious fire Wednesday afternoon, causing heavy damage to the kitchen and numerous windows of the modern home, fire officials said. Firefighter with mask exits the home. Photo: Todd MaiselThe house at 1944 East
Big Story
MARINE PARK – A five-alarm fire erupted from a sushi restaurant today morning. Thankfully, nobody was seriously hurt. At about 6:15 a.m., the FDNY got an alarm for a fire inside the E Sushi restaurant at 2118 Flatbush Avenue. Assistant Chief Richard Howe said the “challenging” and “stubborn” fire,
Development
RED HOOK – The Gowanus Landmarking Coalition [https://www.gowanuslandmarks.org] sent out a notice over the weekend showing photos of demolition scaffolding going up around the S.W. Bowne Grain Storehouse building at 595 Smith Street, a 133-year-old structure that was damaged by a suspicious fire last summer. Photo courtesy
Central Brooklyn
RED HOOK – An FDNY firefighter was arrested yesterday for choking his girlfriend. His girlfriend was also arrested — for choking the firefighter. On Sunday, February 17 at about 11:30 a.m., 34-year-old James Samuel, who was off duty, was arrested and charged with criminal obstruction of breathing and unlawful imprisonment.
Announcements
SEAGATE – Two people were injured in a fire that broke out just after midnight on January 23 at 3709 Laurel Ave on the first floor of the two-story house. The fire was extinguished by about 12:44 a.m. According to the FDNY, two people were hurt but they were
East New York
A fire broke out last night on one of the upper floors in East New York’s Boulevard Houses on Linden Boulevard (Photo via PropertyShark)EAST NEW YORK – Just after midnight on Tuesday, December 18, a fire broke out on the 12th floor of a NYCHA high-rise in East New
Bushwick
BUSHWICK – Two young girls were tragically killed during a visit to their grandfather in Bushwick when a fire broke out in the man’s apartment while they slept. The blaze broke out in Vincente Gomez’s apartment on Schaefer Street just before 11:00 pm on Saturday, December 8, officials
Announcements
Photo: Katie MillerBROOKLYN BRIDGE – One person is dead and five are injured after three cars crashed and erupted into flames on the Brooklyn-bound side of the Brooklyn Bridge this morning at 7:15 a.m. Photo: Katie MillerBoth sides of the bridge were forced to shut down the day before
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CROWN HEIGHTS – An argument in the Utica Avenue subway station Monday morning spilled onto the street as a man assaulted another with a cane and a knife, police said. The incident occurred around 9:20 am on Monday, September 24, when the suspect struck his 23-year old victim with a