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Photo by fastenyourascot [https://instagram.com/p/1RO0n3R3UP/?taken-by=fastenyourascot]The Union Street company out and about, as captured by fastenyourascot [https://instagram.com/p/1RO0n3R3UP/?taken-by=fastenyourascot]. Take any photos in the neighborhood lately? Send them to editor@bklyner.com, add them to the Park Slope Stoop Flickr group
Engine 239
If you and the kids are looking for a fun, distinctively city-like way to beat the heat this summer, you can, with the help of the FDNY, crack open a fire hydrant. While it might be tempting to open one up yourself, don’t do it — just opening one up
9/11
In hindsight, it was an act of great foresight. The wooden statue which sat outside the firehouse on Union between 6th and 7th Avenues was removed for repair and restoration the week before Hurricane Sandy struck. Good timing – the statue was safe from the Superstorm. Squad Company 1 predicts it
empire beauty school
Here’s some footage of the fire that tore through several storefronts, including the Empire Beauty School, on 86th Street near 24th Avenue on Saturday [/breaking-three-alarm-fire-on-86th-street/]. The video above, posted on Youtube by the Daily News, shows firefighters from Squad Company 1 and Rescue Company 5 [http://backstepfirefighter.com/2011/