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Central Brooklyn

Ivanka Trump Donates $1K To Fundraiser Honoring 7 Children Killed In Midwood Fire Last Year

(Photo via Rafael Lopez Jr. / RLJRNews.com)Ivanka Trump, entrepreneur, author, and daughter of present-elect Donald Trump, made a tax-deductible $1,000 donation to a Gofundme campaign [https://www.gofundme.com/the-sassoon-7-project] honoring seven children who died in a hot-plate fire in Midwood last year. [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2015/

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,

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

Police & Fire

‘Bored Teen’ Who Set Deadly Mattress Fire Gets 19 Years To Life

Photo via Google MapsThe “bored teen” [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2014/04/bored-teen-accused-of-setting-coney-island-fire-now-faces-armed-robbery-charges/#.V2BlyOYrLe0] who set a deadly mattress fire in Coney Island in 2014 has been sentenced to 19 years to life in prison for his felony murder and arson conviction, announced Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson today. Marcell

fort greene

FDNY Called To 461 Dean Street Twice Within 1 Week

There was a fire at 461 Dean Street on June 9. (Courtesy Twitter/Norman Oder [https://twitter.com/AYReport/status/740610845336580096/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] .)A fire broke out at the world’s largest [http://pacificparkbrooklyn.com/living/] modular building Wednesday. A small fire broke out on the

Central Brooklyn

Community Mourns Devoted Father Who Died In Ditmas Childhood Home

(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)On June 7, the day after neighbor Abiel Harry, father of four, died from smoke inhalation at 106 Marlborough Road [/blog/news/37-year-old-man-dies-in-blaze-at-106-marlborough-road/], the street was eerily quiet. A breeze ruffling through the enormous trees was the only sound on the residential street between Albermarle

Police & Fire

Fire Breaks Out In 14th Floor Of Trump Village Building

A fire broke out in an apartment on the 14th floor of the Shorecrest Towers. (Photo by James Wall)More than 60 firefighters swarmed the Shorecrest Towers in Trump Village Tuesday evening after a fire broke out in one of the apartments, according to the FDNY. First responders were called

Police & Fire

Three Hospitalized In House Fire On Bedford Avenue

> 2 injured in house fire in Sheepshead Bay https://t.co/FFiCEQlQSL pic.twitter.com/DnTNroudnJ [https://t.co/DnTNroudnJ] — Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) May 23, 2016 [https://twitter.com/ABC7NY/status/734691701084852224] Three people were hospitalized Monday morning after a fire broke out on the first floor of a

Bensonhurst

Fire Breaks Out On Roof Of 18th Avenue Peruvian Eatery [Video]

A small blaze broke out in the ductwork at a popular 18th Avenue Peruvian restaurant on Tuesday. The fire started on the roof of El Pollo III [/food-stuffs-sweet-crumbly-empanadas-at-el-pollo-iii/#.Vzyvv5MrI9c] (8603 18th Avenue) at 11:54am, and it took 12 truck units and 65 firefighters to battle the flames, according to

Business

Kitchen Fire Temporarily Closes Restaurant That Replaced Ming’s

Firefighters responded to a kitchen fire at Dumpling King, located at 2017 Avenue U. (Photo: Mike Wright [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10208248224540516&set=pcb.10154234556309038&type=3&theater] / Facebook)A fire erupted Thursday in the kitchen of Dumpling King — the Chinese restaurant that replaced