Local TV reports confirm what we indicated earlier -- the roof of 240 East Houston was undergoing renovations. There's speculation on firefighter message boards tonight that air conditioners running at full tilt, in the middle of a heat wave,...
We've just returned from the fire at 240 East Houston Street. As we noted a few minutes ago, it does not appear any of residents were hurt, but three firefighters were treated for minor injuries. Parvez Ahmed, whose family...
We are on the scene of a huge fire that broke out on the roof of a building on the northeast corner of Avenue A and Houston Street. The fire department was on the scene and had it under...
At about midnight last night, a police car and a small sedan were involved in a collision at the intersection of Grand Street and Pitt. The occupants of the car - a man and woman, an infant and a...
A new haven awaits pedestrians, picnickers, cyclists and sunbathers this Fourth of July weekend along the East River, where the new and improved riverfront promenade is (finally!) open for business all the way south to Grand Street.
The wide paved esplanade...
We've just returned from the scene of that traffic accident at the intersection of Grand and Pitt streets. According to witnesses, a man on a motorcycle was riding the wrong way (southbound) on Pitt, a one-way street. He collided...
The fire actually happened at the Masaryk Towers, not the Baruch Houses, as we reported earlier. A woman was being treated inside a Beth Israel ambulance, most likely from smoke inhalation.
Residents sitting on a bench outside the apartment complex...
