Best Value Hardware erupted into flames late last night, and things aren’t looking great for the store this morning. According to DNAinfo, the fire struck the first floor of 817 […]
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Block Party this Saturday! Save Bushwick Inlet Park Before CitiStorage is Sold to Developers!
Ok Greenpointers, we really need to step up our game. In the months since CitiStorage mysteriously went up in flames,we were warned that our promised 28 acre park was in […]
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Manhole covers explode along Norman Avenue!
Well there she blows–not once, not twice, but thirteen times! Yes folks, feel free to keep your dirty little minds in the gutter because that is where the […]
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Flowers or Towers at CitiStorage lot? Activists plan City Hall Rally.
A couple of weeks ago we reported a war was brewing at the former CitiStorage site, and while the flames have died down, the heat is on to reclaim our […]
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Grab your Pitchforks. A war is brewing over CitiStorage’s future.
Well I hate to say I told you so, but even as CitiStorage still burns, the 11 acre lot could be sold to private developers–as soon as tomorrow, warns City […]
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Poor Air Quality and Conspiracy Theories remain after CitiStorage Fire
Now with flames under control at CitiStorage, FDNY and local city agencies have started the arduous task of cleaning up and assessing what remains from the damage. Yet for […]
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6 Alarm Fire Rages on Williamsburg Waterfront! [UPDATE]
Update: The CitiStorage fire has reached 7 Alarms. Over 240 firefighters are at the scene battling the blaze. No injuries have been reported. Due to hazardous conditions near the fire, […]
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This Morning We Smelled New Jersey From Brooklyn
…And that will be the title of my forthcoming memoir. Until then, let us remember that the smell was caused by a brush fire, not Chris Christie. Just pretend […]
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10 Incredible Photos From Last Night’s Fire in Greenpoint
The sky over Greenpoint was lit up last night and the dark plume of smoke from the fire that burned over a 600 sq. foot industrial area could be seen […]
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Huge Fire Happening Now in Greenpoint (Greenpoint Ave & Humboldt St)
Firerighters are working right now to put out a HUGE fire at a Greenpoint recycling facility on Humboldt St. and Greenpoint Ave – right across from the Newtown Creek Sewage […]