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Two-alarm fire leaves Brooklyn home uninhabitable

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Jan. 14, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen A two-alarm fire tore through a Bath Beach residence on Sunday evening, leaving the building severely damaged and uninhabitable.  The blaze started on the porch of the three-unit, two-story home on Cropsey Avenue around 4 p.m., per the FDNY. Flames engulfed the front of the home, requiring a…

Separate residential fires leave 24 displaced in East Flatbush days before Christmas

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Dec. 23, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell Two separate residential fires left 24 people displaced in East Flatbush over the weekend. On Friday, Dec. 20, shortly before 8 p.m., a two-alarm fire broke out at a single-family home on the 800 block of New York Avenue, near Linden Boulevard. When firefighters arrived…

DOB cracks down on Brooklyn construction violations, issuing nearly $1 million in penalties

The DOB filed petitions to padlock this East New York site after inspectors observed dead storage of motor vehicles installed in a vacant lot in a residential district.

Dec. 12, 2024 By Adam Daly The New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) ramped up enforcement actions in Brooklyn during October, issuing almost $1 million in penalties and three stop-work orders related to construction violations at sites across the borough. The DOB released its enforcement bulletin for October on Dec. 9, highlighting significant…

Prospect Lefferts Gardens tenants living without gas for a year accuse landlord of neglect, urge city to take control of building

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Nov. 18, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell Residents at one Brooklyn apartment building are fired up and fed up, saying they have endured years of neglect and denial of basic necessities from their landlord.  Tenants at 22 Hawthorne St. in Prospect Lefferts Gardens spoke out on Sunday against what they called a pattern of neglect…

City issues vacate order for Brooklyn building with ‘large hole’ in facade

The FDNY evacuated the building on Oct. 1 after the public raised the alarm following a viral video of the facade

Oct. 4, 2024 By Adam Daly A Crown Heights apartment building was evacuated on Monday after residents discovered a massive hole in the facade being held up by a single wooden beam. The Department of Buildings (DOB) responded to multiple complaints and issued an immediate vacate order for the property at 40 Hampton Place,…

Coney Island Cyclone closed indefinitely after malfunction leaves riders hanging

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Aug. 26, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld The Coney Island Cyclone remains closed indefinitely after the iconic rollercoaster malfunctioned and riders had to be evacuated. The near-century-old wooden coaster’s train got stuck on the rails mid-ride on Thursday. Staff from Luna Park, which operates the historic coaster, escorted passengers off the steep, rickety tracks and…

Greenpoint’s Saint Vitus Bar closes permanently, months after abrupt shutdown

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Aug. 19, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen Saint Vitus Bar, a heavy metal music venue in Greenpoint, has closed permanently — at least in its original physical location. The bar’s three co-owners posted what seemed to be a farewell on Instagram on Saturday, writing “1120 Manhattan Ave. 2011-2024. Saint Vitus Bar to be continued…” along…

Crane collapses onto Borough Park apartment building

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Aug. 1, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell

A crane partially collapsed in Borough Park and smashed through the roof of an apartment building on Thursday afternoon.