A three alarm fire broke out in a city-owned building at 70 Mulberry St. last night, injuring three people and impacting several non-profit organizations housed in the property across from Columbus Park in the heart of Chinatown.
A fire erupted in a manhole on Norfolk Street, just outside Schiller's Liquor Bar, this afternoon, knocking out power to most of the block, between Delancey and Rivington streets.
Business owners on the block tell us it started at around...
Residents of 73 Monroe St., located near the Manhattan Bridge, were allowed to briefly return to their apartments yesterday. It was their first time back inside the tenement since a fire broke out Sunday, May 31.
The Department of Buildings...
A fire broke out tonight at Black Crescent, the restaurant and bar at 76 Clinton St. (at Rivington Street). According to witnesses, it was an electrical fire that started in the basement. Firefighters got the blaze under control quickly;...
Firefighters made quick work of a garbage fire at the Seward Park Extension housing complex on Essex Street this morning. They were on the scene quickly and extinguished the blaze in a matter of minutes.
Firefighters worked this afternoon for more than an hour to put out a fire that had been set inside a dumpster at the Vladeck Houses. The dumpster is located in a courtyard at the public housing complex, between Water...
An 87-year old woman was killed overnight during a fire at the Vladeck Houses. The blaze broke out at about 1 a.m. at 345 Madison St. According to firefighters, they found the woman in her apartment after the fire...
A fire broke out this morning in an air shaft at 40 Ludlow St., a tenement located on the block between Grand and Hester streets. There were no reports of injuries, but most apartments suffered some damage.
Firefighters busted...
