NY Daily News – January 07, 2017 by AIDAN MCLAUGHLIN A fire that started in the basement of a restaurant tore through a three-story apartment building in the Bronx early Friday, officials said. The three-alarm blaze began just after 2 a.m. in the basement of Lotus Flame Restaurant on Morris Park Ave. near Bronxdale Ave. […]
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Multi-Car Accident in Bronx Leaves 5 Injured, 3 Critically
NY Post – January 07, 2017 by Christopher Sadowski The driver who caused a fatal multiple car pile-up in the Bronx Thursday night fled the scene on foot — but was nabbed by cops when he sought treatment at Jacobi Hospital, police said. The runaway suspect, 21, was driving on Boston Road near Barnes Avenue […]
Greenpoint Avenue Fire Breaks Out In Building With High-End Recording Studio
The Patch – January 07, 2017 by Sarah Kaufman GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN — Sirens echoed through central Greenpoint as a fire broke out in the western tip of Greenpoint Avenue on Friday morning in the two-floor commercial building at 13 Greenpoint Ave., the FDNY confirmed. The affected building houses a high-end recording studio, The End. Twelve […]
Early Morning Fire Rips Through 3-Story Building In The Bronx
CBS 2 – January 07, 2017 by CBS News NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — An early morning fire ripped through a multi-purpose building Friday in the Bronx. The three-alarm fire broke out in the basement of a restaurant called the Lotus Flame around 2 a.m. on Morris Park Avenue. “We had fire in the stairwell between […]
15 Year Summary of WTC Health Effects on Exposed UFA Members
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Vintage Photos Show Aftermath Of 1960s Explosion That Rocked Delancey Street
Gothamist – January 06, 2017 by JEN CHUNG VIEW PHOTOS The explosion occurred on the evening of January 3, 1969. According to a 1970 NTSB report, around 11 p.m., “a gas explosion erupted beneath a main downtown Manhattan Street, buckling the pavement for a distance of four blocks. The initial explosion was followed shortly by […]
Fire Burns Through Sunset Park Building on 39th Street
The Patch – January 06, 2017 by Patch.com Fire Burns Through Sunset Park Construction Supply Company (Updates) No injuries were reported as a result of the blaze, the FDNY said. By John V. Santore (Patch Staff) – January 5, 2017 10:38 pm ET SUNSET PARK, BROOKLYN — A fire burned through Tony’s Construction Supplies Corp. […]
14 Kew Garden Hills Small Businesses Destroyed in Five-Alarm Fire
TimesLedger.com – January 06, 2017 by Gina Martinez “This was the lifeline of the neighborhood — now where are you going to go? asked longtime Kew Gardens Hills resident Jimmy J. F. as he stared at the burned-out block of mom-and-pop stores. A five-alarm fire destroyed 14 businesses in Kew Gardens Hills right before the […]
Dyker Father and Author Seeks the Truth of Deutsche Bank Fire
Brooklyn Daily Eagle – January 06, 2017 by Jaime DeJesus A grieving father continues to wield his pen in his efforts to find the truth behind the devastating Deutsche Bank fire that killed his firefighter son almost a decade earlier. Author J.A. Graffagnino lost his son, firefighter and former Dyker Heights resident Joey, who was […]
LIRR Train Was Going More Than Twice Speed Limit at Time of Crash; Engineer Doesn’t Recall Crash: NTSB
WNBC 4 – January 06, 2017 by Ida Siegal and Michelle Kim The Long Island Rail Road train that derailed at Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn Wednesday morning was traveling at more than twice the speed limit when it slammed into a bumper at the end of the tracks, federal investigators said Thursday. More than 100 […]
