Apr. 22, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell
An all-hands fire tore through a Bath Beach apartment building on Sunday night after a resident said she dropped a candle inside her apartment.
Apr. 22, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell
An all-hands fire tore through a Bath Beach apartment building on Sunday night after a resident said she dropped a candle inside her apartment.
Nov. 20, 2023 By Adam Daly
Firefighters quickly doused an all-hands fire that broke out on the first floor of a residential building in East Flatbush Sunday morning.
Aug. 11, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell
Firefighters battled an all-hands fire at the top of an East Flatbush apartment building with a long history of safety violations on Aug. 10.
Jun. 2, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Three years into a pilot program launched in East New York to convert illegal basement apartments into safe and regulated dwellings, the scheme has shown minimal progress, according to a new report.
Mar. 23, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith
On August 12, 2022, Mercedes Toribio woke up early to feed her elderly mother and was hit by the smell of smoke in her Bushwick apartment. She immediately got her mother out of bed and onto the street and called 911. She then frantically alerted her neighbors to get them out of the building, she said.