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Crime & Fires: Dog kidnapped in Bushwick, Eggs Thrown at Boro Park Shul, Multiple Shootings, & More

Crime scene at Flatlands shooting. Lloyd Mitchell/Bklyner.BORO PARK — A group of neighborhood youths went on an egging spree targeting a shul, a girls’ school, a bus, and multiple residences [https://boropark24.com/multiple-locations-targeted-in-motzei-shabbos-egging-attacks-in-apparent-hate-crimes/] on Friday night around Dahill Road in Boro Park. The NYPD is currently investigating and

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Brooklyn Politicians Call on Mayor for Burn Unit Funding

The FDNY has seen a rise in fires over the last year, which prompted the new call for a Brooklyn-based burn unitBorough President Eric L. Adams and the Brooklyn delegates of the New York City Council are calling on Mayor De Blasio to allocate funding for a burn unit in

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Borough President Wants Brooklyn Burn Center Following Midwood Blaze

Source: Kathryn Kirk/Brooklyn BP’s OfficeBrooklyn Borough President Eric Adams yesterday launched a campaign to establish a burn center in the city’s most populous borough – and pledged funds for promising proposals – following the tragic Midwood fire that left seven children dead [/neighbors-mourn-death-seven-children-midwood-fire/] this weekend. Currently, the only burn

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Teen Wanted For Setting Fire To Bushes Of Marine Park Home

Source: DCPICops are turning to the public to identify an arsonist caught on camera setting fire to bushes in front of a Marine Park Home. The perp was strolling along East 56th Street when he casually pulled out a lighter and ignited the leaves of shrubs in front of the

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Bensonhurst Park Restrooms Bombed Out From Halloween Fire

An early afternoon fire destroyed the restrooms on the corner of Cropsey Avenue and Bay Parkway in Bensonhurst Park on Friday, October 31. All units were called in to fight the blaze at 1:45pm, and the fire was under control by 2:09pm, said FDNY officials. The cause of

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Lawyer: Cops Forced Teen To Confess To Setting Coney Island Fire That Killed Officer

The scene of the fire at 2007 Surf Avenue (Source: Google Maps)The confession offered by 16-year-old Marcell Dockery was coerced by cops who “broke him the same way prisoners of war are broken,” according to the teen’s lawyer. Dockery (Source: Facebook)Dockery is facing several charges including murder,

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One Taken To Hospital, Three Others Injured In Fire At 465 Ocean Avenue

65 firefighters brought a fire at 465 Ocean Avenue (between Caton Avenue and Saint Pauls Court) under control at 7:03am, says the FDNY. The blaze, which was called in at 6:25am on Tuesday, spread through the apartment building’s 4th and 5th floors. The FDNY says four injuries

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Man Dies In 73rd Street House Fire

The location of the fire. (Source: Google Maps)A 38-year-old man died in an early morning fire on 73rd Street near 18th Avenue on Saturday. Joseph Barbara was found inside his home unresponsive and unconscious by firefighters, who were summoned to 1759 73rd Street just after midnight for a second

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Marine Park Explosion Caused By Teens’ Attempt To Make Marijuana Hash

Scene of the explosion (Source: Google Maps)The explosion that rocked a Marine Park block yesterday [/two-critically-injured-in-marine-park-gas-explosion/]was caused by two teenagers’ attempts to make marijuana hash, the Daily News reports. The duo, a 19-year-old man and a 17-year-old high school student, were critically injured in the early morning blast

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BREAKING: Two Rescued From Sixth Floor Fire On Avenue W

Two elderly residents of a six-story building at 1900 Avenue W are being treated for smoke inhalation, after firefighters rescued them from a small blaze in their top-floor apartment. The fire broke out at approximately 9:45 a.m., and was brought under control shortly before 11:00 a.m.

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Two Years After Devastating Fire, Empire Beauty School Reopens On 86th Street

Talk about a makeover! Two years after a three-alarm fire swept through 2384 86th Street, the building’s primary tenant, Empire Beauty School, has reopened and the building has received a face-lift. The address was the site of a fire in June 2011 [/breaking-three-alarm-fire-on-86th-street/] that reportedly began in the restaurant

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Lawyer For Landlord In Deadly Tenement Fire Trial Says Reality Show About Brooklyn DA Will Sway Jury

The location of the 2010 fire. (Source: Google Maps)The lawyer for Vasilios and Argyrios Gerazounis, the landlords of the tenement building where five Guatemalan immigrants died in a 2010 fire [/after-two-years-wifes-death-in-fire-still-haunts-miguel-chan/], is seeking an injunction to prevent CBS from broadcasting a planned reality show about Brooklyn District Attorney Charles

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BREAKING: Fire At Avenue Y, East 12th Street Residence

Photo by Karen D.A fire broke out at approximately 11:30 a.m., and at least one person was carried out of the 1203 Avenue Y building by EMS, reports neighbor Karen D. The call came over the police scanners shortly after 11:30. By 11:50 a.m.

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Even With No Power, Electrical Fire Strikes On Bedford Avenue

Photo: Erica ShermanA fire broke out yesterday afternoon at 4740 Bedford Avenue, and a neighbor said FDNY told her it might have been from a loose wire in the powerless home. Lindsay H. writes: > One of the homes on Bedford btwn Voorhies and Shore Pkwy went on fire earlier today.

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Photo Reveals Ave U Smoke Condition Caused By Manhole Fire

After our report yesterday about a thick, black cloud of smoke billowing along Avenue U [/breaking-thick-smoke-envelops-avenue-u-near-bedford-ave/], near Bedford Avenue, we received the above photo from reader Ariela K. The photo clearly shows that the smoke was coming from a manhole, further suggesting some sort of utility-related malfunction as we speculated

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FDNY Squashes Garbage Fire Behind Bally’s Gym

Firefighters squelched a fire in a storage area behind Bally’s Total Fitness Gym (1720 Sheepshead Bay Road), adjacent to the Voorhies Avenue municipal parking lot this morning. The fire broke out shortly before 10:00 a.m. and was quickly put out by Ladder 169. A plastic storage shed

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“Suspicious” Fire In Gravesend Injures One

Photo by nolastnameA massive fire broke out at 1716 West 6th Street in Gravesend early this morning, hospitalizing one and taking more than 150 firefighters several hours to quell. Bensonhurst Bean is following the story. [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2012/03/gravesend-fire-4-alarm-west-6th-st/]

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Historic Dreamland Tours: Get Your Freak On!

Source: Wikimedia CommonsOnce upon a time, long before Thor Equities, the Coney Island Cyclone, and even before Rabbi Abraham Abraham [/brooklyn-mourns-the-loss-of-rabbi-abraham-abraham/] came into the world, there was Dreamland [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamland_(amusement_park)], an aptly-named Coney Island amusement park, which served as one of the area’s

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Photos: McCay House Fire Damage

Damage didn’t appear to be too bad to the exterior of the Winsor McCay “Hell House” (1811 Voorhies Avenue), and the structure seems salvageable. The second floor windows were boarded up along the front. On the side, only one window – the forward-most one – was boarded. All others were intact,