Oct. 16, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell An exploding lithium-ion battery sparked a fire that killed one person and injured two others in Brighton Beach on Wednesday morning, according to the FDNY. The battery was charging inside a bedroom in a second-floor apartment at 3110 Brighton 3rd St. at about 3:30 a.m,…
Sep. 5, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell Brooklyn’s school bus fleet was one short on the first day of school after a fire broke out on board an empty bus in Canarsie. The squat yellow bus was parked in a driveway beside a private residence on the 1400 block of East 93rd…
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…
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.
Jul. 29, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell
Three separate fires across Brooklyn from Friday night to Saturday morning left 12 residents injured.
May. 2, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell & Kirstyn Brendlen
A dilapidated garage in “The Hole,” a small neighborhood on the border of Brooklyn and Queens, went up in flames on Tuesday afternoon.
Apr. 29, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell & Kirstyn Brendlen
A tractor-trailer crashed into multiple telephone poles and ripped down power lines in Manhattan Beach on Monday morning, leaving hundreds of people without electricity.
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. 16, 2024 By Dean Moses & Brooklyn Paper staff
A Brooklyn merchant wound up in fire marshals’ handcuffs for improper storage of highly-flammable lithium-ion batteries inside his business — the first arrest of its kind ever reported in New York City, FDNY officials announced Monday.
Apr. 1, 2024 By Dean Moses & Christian Murray
A five-alarm fire broke out at a Catholic church in Williamsburg on Easter Sunday, injuring five people.