As we lurked in the barren northern reaches of Greenpoint on Halloween night, a stranger stopped us in the shadows and told us, “The big party is…
Williamsburg Fire Declared Under Control, ‘Air Quality Has Returned to Normal’
The seven-alarm fire that sent smoke billowing across North Brooklyn has finally been put out some five and a half days after it engulfed a Williamsburg…
Steve Buscemi Premiered His FDNY Doc, Offering an Eye Into His Firefighting Days
A day after Boardwalk Empire’s season premiere party at the Ziegfeld, Steve Buscemi returned to his old Lower East Side stomping grounds to unveil his…
Bushwick Storefront Collapses, Injuring One
The front of a vacant building collapsed into the street at 11:05 a.m. this morning in Bushwick, injuring a woman who was struck by falling…
Firefighters Gathered at McSorley’s to Remember 9/11
Members from fire rescue units across New York City congregated at McSorley’s Old Ale House today in commemoration of September 11. Paul Sainsbury of FDNY…
Two Bushwick Street Corners Got Rocked By Explosions
About an hour and a half ago, reports of a loud explosion at the corner of Jefferson Street and Evergreen Avenue in Bushwick lit up…
A Fire Broke Out at the Bowery Hotel This Morning
Our favorite Bowery hotspot got even hotter this morning. Around 11:40 a.m., an electrical fire started on the 14th floor of the Bowery Hotel. Firefighters…
FDNY Cracks Down On Bossa Nova’s Ability to ‘Rave With You Full Throttle’
If you were one of the people who thought, “Ugh, that’s the end of that place” when the Bossa Nova Civic Club got that write-up…