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Fire Dept. Investigates Tragic Mixup, Boost For Fulton Market, Sunday’s Lunar New Year Parade

The Fire Department is investigating why emergency crews rushing to help a 6-year old boy who had gone into cardiac arrest went to the wrong location. Instead of going to 277 Avenue C in Manhattan, they were dispatched to that same address in Brooklyn. The boy did not survive (NY Post).

An early morning fire destroyed a building on Greene Street (WABC).

In her State of the City address, Council Speaker Christine Quinn got behind a proposal to turn the old Fulton Fish Market into a regional food market rivaling Seattle’s Pike’s Place (NY Post).

Next week the Center for Urban Pedadogy officially launches its Affordable Housing Toolkit (Core 77).

Metropolis Vintage Apparel on Avenue B celebrates 20 years in business (EV Grieve).

The second floor unit in a former Beaux Arts synagogue on East 7th Street goes on sale for $1.29 million (EV Grieve).

Everything you need to know about the Lunar New Year Parade on Sunday (Better Chinatown).

The Hamilton-Madison House is looking for two volunteers to help out at their new Open Rec Night on Monday and Thursday evenings (Volunteer Match).

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