Jun. 3, 2025 By Robert Pearl About 1,500 demonstrators marched through southern Brooklyn on Sunday to protest a trio of issues: the city’s proposed “City of Yes” zoning changes, the placement of homeless shelters in residential neighborhoods, and the siting of lithium-ion battery storage facilities near homes and schools. The demonstration, dubbed the “Battle…
Dec. 27, 2023 By Ximena Del Cerro
In November, a fire caused by a lithium-ion e-bike battery in Crown Heights killed three people and injured 14. Lithium-ion batteries were also to blame for a Bushwick blaze that injured five people in October, and for an inferno that destroyed a Sunset Park storage facility just a few days later.
Nov. 13, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell
A devastating fire that killed three family members in Crown Heights on Sunday was caused by an e-bike battery, according to FDNY commissioner Laura Kavanagh.
Oct. 23, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell
One firefighter was injured after lithium-ion e-bike batteries sparked a three-alarm fire at a Sunset Park storage facility on Sunday.
Aug. 15, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell
Firefighters made quick work of what appeared to be another lithium-ion battery fire in Bensonhurst on Tuesday morning.
May. 22, 2023 Lloyd Mitchell & Adam Daly
Firefighters battled a pair of large blazes in Cypress Hill and Borough Park on Sunday, leaving five people and one FDNY member injured.
Apr. 26, 2023 By Adam Daly
A fire broke out on the first floor of an e-bike store in Sunset Park on Saturday, displacing two families who lived on the floors above.
Apr. 12, 2023 By Lloyd Mitchell & Kirstyn Brendlen
The pandemic of e-bike fires continued on Wednesday morning in Cypress Hills.