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Marine Park Fire Dept Inspector Arrested For Bribing An Undercover DOI Agent

The greeting card and cash Young used to try and bribe the DOI investigator. Photo via DOI.An FDNY [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/fdny/index.page] fire prevention inspector was arrested yesterday for bribing who he thought was a Department of Buildings (DOB) [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/buildings/

Police & Fire

[UPDATED]: Worker At Coney Island Wastewater Treatment Plant Died After Falling Into A Tank

Photo screenshot from Google Maps.There was a scene of major disarray [http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/10/26/worker-trapped-at-water-treatment-plant/] at the Coney Island Wastewater Treatment Plant [/?s=coney+island+wastewater+treatment+plant] on Knapp Street in Sheepshead Bay this afternoon. A worker at the plant fell into a 35-foot-deep

Central Brooklyn

March Fire At 474 Stratford Road Was Not Accidental, Says FDNY

Thick smoke at the March 23rd fire which destroyed 474 Stratford Road. (Photo: Ditmas Park CornerWe’re continuing to follow the story of a fire this Spring that tore through a turn-of-the-century house on Stratford Road. The two-alarm fire that destroyed 474 Stratford Road [/blog/crime/turn-of-century-house-consumed-by-flames-on-stratford-road/], located between Dorchester

Central Brooklyn

[Update: Videos] Arsonist Caught Sparking Fire At Newkirk Medical Plaza Last Night

(Photo by Carly Miller / Ditmas Park Corner)Last night, an arsonist was arrested for sparking a fire at the Newkirk Medical Center, on Newkirk Avenue between Marlborough and Rugby Roads. “I was watching the live surveillance video and saw him moving from room to room,” said Yehuda Miller, executive director

Central Brooklyn

Two People Hit By Cars In Separate Kensington Crashes

Dome Playground at Dahill Road and Cortelyou Road. (Screenshot via Google Maps)A 12-year-old student was hit by a car Wednesday morning, next to the Dome Playground in Kensington. The boy was riding his bicycle to yeshiva, and was struck by a Lexus near Cortelyou Road and Dahill Road, just

history

Gerritsen Beach Vollies Get Grant Money From Schumer, And Gillibrand

Photo via Facebook/Gerritsen Beach Fire Department. [https://www.facebook.com/gerrittsenbeachfiredepartment/photos]The Gerritsen Beach Volunteer Fire Department, known as the “Vollies,” [/?s=gerrittsen+fire]will receive a portion of a $500,000 grant given to seven volunteer fire departments throughout the city by the Department of Homeland Security’

Central Brooklyn

Fire Decimates Second House In Two Years At 519 East 5th Street [Updated]

(Photo by Donny Levit / Ditmas Park Corner)A devastating fire ripped through a newly built two-story home at 519 East 5th Street on Friday night, two years after another fire destroyed the previous house at that same address. No one was home during the fire, and there were no injuries,

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Ambulance Injures Pedestrian After Jumping Curb On 8th Avenue

Debris from the crash still remained on 8th Avenue late Tuesday morning. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)A private ambulance careened into another vehicle and then landed on the sidewalk early this morning, the Daily News reported [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/ambulance-jumps-curb-accident-brooklyn-injures-1-article-1.2762081] . According to an

Business

After Fire Damage In April, Businesses Shuffle At 5th Avenue Storefront

The fire took place at 561-563 5th Avenue on April 28, 2016. (Photo by Thom Widmann)A late April fire shuffled around a series of businesses on 5th Avenue, and a damaged storefront is coming to life. On April 28, 60 firefighters were called to 561 and 563 5th Avenue

Central Brooklyn

Flatbush Landlord Indicted For Manslaughter Over Fatal Fire

(Photo courtesy Miami Dade Corrections)A Flatbush landlord and pastor was charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide last week, in connection with a fatal fire in his overcrowded, illegally subdivided building on Flatbush Avenue two years ago. The fire left one man dead and nine others injured, including four

Bensonhurst

Watch Firefighters Battle Early Morning Electrical Blaze In Dyker Heights [Video]

Last week’s heat wave sparked an electrical fire on 13th Avenue and 75th Street in Dyker Heights Friday morning, Con Edison has confirmed. Too many customers having their air conditioners on blast at the same time caused a light pole to rain down sparks on the street corner in

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Young Boy In Stable Condition After Being Struck By Car On 5th Avenue

Image via Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6745701,-73.9818016,3a,75y,26.3h,89.66t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sw_GYutgUYv2gl4dAGk1AyQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1] A young boy was struck by a car this morning at the intersection of 5th Avenue and Garfield Place, according