Two Bushwick Street Corners Got Rocked By Explosions
About an hour and a half ago, reports of a loud explosion at the corner of Jefferson Street and Evergreen Avenue in Bushwick lit up social media. Many witnesses, including the rapper Kitty (that’s her...
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There’s a Building Ablaze in Bushwick Right Now (Update: Bushwick Collective OK)
Fire at 449 Troutman Fire at 449 Troutman Fire at 449 Troutman Fire at 449 Troutman Fire at 449 Troutman (Photo: Erin Kelley) Bushwick’s week of mayhem continues: A tipster just alerted us to a...
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Firefighters Gathered at McSorley’s to Remember 9/11
New York City firefighters outside McSorley’s Old Ale House today. (Photo: Natalie Rinn) Members from fire rescue units across New York City congregated at McSorley’s Old Ale House today in...
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Bushwick Storefront Collapses, Injuring One
(Photo: Kate Beaudoin) The front of a vacant building collapsed into the street at 11:05 a.m. this morning in Bushwick, injuring a woman who was struck by falling debris. Photo: Kate Beaudoin The...
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Steve Buscemi Premiered His FDNY Doc, Offering an Eye Into His Firefighting Days
Steve Buschemi at the New York City Fire Museum. (Dave Allocca/Starpix) A day after Boardwalk Empire’s season premiere party at the Ziegfeld, Steve Buscemi returned to his old Lower East Side stomping...
View ArticlePhotos + Video: Seven-Alarm Fire Raging On Williamsburg Waterfront [Update]
Over 200 firefighters were still battling a blaze that broke out at a storage facility on the Williamsburg waterfront this morning. According to the fire department, the blaze started at the...
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Williamsburg Fire Declared Under Control, ‘Air Quality Has Returned to Normal’
The scene on Saturday. (Daniel Leinweber of Razberry Photography) The seven-alarm fire that sent smoke billowing across North Brooklyn has finally been put out some five and a half days after it...
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Gas Line May Have Been ‘Inappropriately Accessed’ Before Blast, Mayor Says
Bill De Blasio’s Instagram.Officials are investigating the possibility that a gas line was accessed without authorization before the blast that leveled three East Village buildings yesterday. “There is...
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A Superfun(d) Rave Got Kiboshed at Greenpoint’s Notorious NuHart Factory
(Photo: @jonbonkvj on Twitter.) As we lurked in the barren northern reaches of Greenpoint on Halloween night, a stranger stopped us in the shadows and told us, “The big party is going to be over on...
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Yuca Bar Remains Closed After Fire Torches Building
(Photo: Suzanne Rozdeba) Popular East Village brunch spot Yuca Bar remains closed today after a fire ripped through the upper stories of its building on the corner of East 7th Street and Avenue A last...
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