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…
Nov. 25, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen Three years after the Gowanus rezoning was formally approved, its impacts are sweeping through the neighborhood. Construction is underway at dozens of sites across the neighborhood and some all-new buildings have already topped out and filled with tenants. But the rezoning included more than just new residential buildings.…
Sep. 18, 2023 By Lloyd Mitchell Three people were injured in a house fire in East New York early on Monday morning. Flames erupted on the second floor of an attached two-story home at 106 Louisiana Avenue just after 6:15 a.m., according to the FDNY, and were burning through to the exterior of the house when firefighters arrived on the scene. The blaze left three residents with minor injuries, per the FDNY, but all civilians were able to evacuate and non were trapped inside the building as the fire progressed. Using four hose lines, firefighters were…
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