Central Brooklyn
Via Google Maps (October 2016)An early morning fire in a four-story Crown Heights brownstone has left one resident dead and another injured. The FDNY responded to a call at 12:32am on Thursday, August 10 reporting a fire at 1347 Pacific Street between Nostrand and New York Avenues. They
Business
Rocky’s Pizzeria, 474 Coney Island Avenue. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)A neighborhood-staple pizza joint is temporarily closing its doors for repairs after a fire tore through its basement on Saturday night, said owners. The flames sparked in the basement of Rocky’s Pizzeria just after 5:30am on
Central Brooklyn
The basement of a residential building in Borough Park caught fire on Thursday, June 1 at 2:20am, leaving three people (two children) trapped, until two Probationary Firefighters went in and saved them. Two rookie firefighters Dominic DiBiase (left) and Christopher Rossi (right) rescued an adult and two children. (Photo:
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Kings County Criminal Court, 120 Schermerhorn StreetA fire broke out at the Kings County Criminal Courthouse located at 120 Schermerhorn Street Wednesday afternoon, forcing the building to be evacuated. Firefighters responded to the scene at approximately 4pm and found the fire on the sixth floor of the 13-story building, an
Bensonhurst
(Photo via City of New York [https://twitter.com/nycgov/status/858065217162551297/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dbrooklyn%2520fire] /Twitter)On Friday afternoon, a damaging fire tore through a home in Bensonhurst, causing thick clouds of smoke to gather
Central Brooklyn
Cortelyou Road & East 17th Street, Friday April 14. (Photo by Dina Rabiner/BKLYNER)A Brooklyn contractor has been arrested for sparking the blaze on Friday in Ditmas Park [/kitchen-fire-causes-traffic-backup-cortelyou-road/] that had traffic backed up on Cortelyou Road. Though a witness originally heard from firefighters that the flames sparked in
Central Brooklyn
Cortelyou Road & East 17th Street, Friday April 14. (Photo by Dina Rabiner/BKLYNER)This afternoon, a kitchen fire tore through an apartment on East 18th Street and Cortelyou Road, closing down the busy thoroughfare. The fire sparked just after 2pm on Friday, April 14, at 380 East 18th Street,
Police & Fire
> Brooklyn: 3801 Nautilus Ave. (Seagate) @FDNY [https://twitter.com/FDNY] operating at a 2nd Alarm Fire in A Synagogue pic.twitter.com/KYKqv3V8qf [https://t.co/KYKqv3V8qf] — NYRRT (@NYRRT) April 13, 2017 [https://twitter.com/NYRRT/status/852390297015332865] A blaze interrupted overnight worshippers celebrating Passover at a synagogue in
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> Prospect Park pic.twitter.com/grfT9iHBVh [https://t.co/grfT9iHBVh] — Adam Gurri (@adamgurri) April 9, 2017 [https://twitter.com/adamgurri/status/851158752699064321] A second brush fire broke out in Prospect Park Monday evening at approximately 6:20pm, the FDNY reports. Twelve engines and 65 firefighters arrived at the scene
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> Prospect Park pic.twitter.com/grfT9iHBVh [https://t.co/grfT9iHBVh] — Adam Gurri (@adamgurri) April 9, 2017 [https://twitter.com/adamgurri/status/851158752699064321] Brooklynites out enjoying Sunday’s pleasant weather got a surprise when a fire ignited in a wooded area in Prospect Park. Three engines and one ladder responded
Central Brooklyn
1 Parade Place on Saturday, April 1. (Photo by Carly Miller)A short-lived by smokey fire tore through the first floor of a four-story apartment building near Prospect Park on Saturday. The flames sparked at 1 Parade Place at the corner of Parkside Avenue on Saturday, April 1. About 60
Central Brooklyn
Argyle Road between Cortelyou and Beverley Roads, Monday, March 27 at 10:45am. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)An underground transformer fire is spewing smoke clouds up and down Argyle road this rainy morning, near the Cortelyou Public Library and P.S. 139. Firefighters were called to the address 322