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Woman Throws Oxygen Tank, Causes Subway Delays

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN/FORT GREENE — Earlier this week an incident at the Nevins Street subway station caused delays and inconvenienced the few commuters left during evening hours. https://bklyner.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1092-20-Arson-and-Explosion-88-PCT-TD-30-Reckless-Endangerment-03-17-20-Video.mp4 At 6:20 p.m. on Tuesday inside the Nevins Street

Woman Dead After Her Motorcycle Catches Fire in Crash

Scene of the crash. Via Citizen.GRAVESEND — Yesterday, a motorcyclist died after her bike caught on fire in a collision. On Thursday, February 27, around 11.30 a.m., police responded to a 911 call of a motor vehicle collision involving a motorcyclist around Bay 35 Street and Benson Avenue

Ditmas Park Neighbors Still Homeless a Year After Fire

Tuesday rally. Ben Brachfeld/Bklyner.DITMAS PARK — Tenants and housing advocates protested outside Brooklyn Housing Court on Tuesday, on the one-year anniversary of a Ditmas Park fire at 180 E 18 St that left 18 families homeless [/two-fires-within-hours-at-ditmas-park-building/]. The tenants remain displaced despite a January 31 court-mandated deadline for repairs

Man Dies In A Van

BP Station near Brooklyn Terminal Market, via Google Streetview.EAST FLATBUSH/CANARSIE – On Monday, February 17, 2020, shortly after 6 pm, NYPD responded to a vehicle fire at 401 East 80th Street – a BP Gas Station near Brooklyn Terminal Market. Upon arrival, officers report finding a white van with smoke

Death in Fort Greene Fire Deemed Homicide, Suspect Arrested

FORT GREENE — A man was arrested and charged in connection with the death of a Brooklyn man in a house fire. On Monday, January 20, just after 3 a.m., a suspicious fire broke out at 248 Adelphi Street in Fort Greene. Upon extinguishing the fire, firefighters discovered a man

Park Slope Jazz Club, Made in New York, Closed After Fire

UPDATE: The police informed us that the woman, named Destiny Marmolejo, passed away from her injuries this afternoon. She was not a resident of the building. Park Slope – Made in New York Jazz Cafe & Bar, located at 155 5th Avenue in Park Slope, was forced to shut down indefinitely

Fire in Park Slope Kills One Person, Injures Another

UPDATE: The police informed us that the woman, named Destiny Marmolejo, passed away from her injuries this afternoon. She was not a resident of the building. The police also informed us that the man was 22-year-old Steven Munoz, who lived in the building. The police had informed us yesterday that

Fatal Fire Claims the Life of 11-Year-Old Girl

A screenshot of a video of the fire, showing firefighters working inside the building. Courtesy of Citizen.com.MIDWOOD – A fire at an Ocean Parkway residence last night took the life of an 11-year-old girl, and injured one firefighter. The FDNY received the 911 call of a fire on the

Death in Fort Greene Fire May Be Suspicious

In the early hours of this cold morning, just after 3 am, a fire broke out at 248 Adelphi Street in Fort Greene. Upon extinguishing the fire, firefighters discovered a man inside the lobby of the building. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Both the cause of death and

Five Injured in Bensonhurst Apartment Fire

Woman escaping Bensonhurst fire. Courtesy of LoudLabs.BENSONHURST — A column of thick, black smoke billowed from a Bensonhurst apartment building [https://citizen.com/-LyUET-WWyKaRE2Gyh0t] yesterday morning. FDNY received the call of a fire at 2402 Benson Avenue, near 24th Avenue, at 9:06 a.m. Sixty firefighters and EMS personnel