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Tag: Fire

Posted inCommunity, News

Block Party this Saturday! Save Bushwick Inlet Park Before CitiStorage is Sold to Developers!

by Kim MMay 15, 2015May 15, 2015

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 […]

Posted inCommunity, News, Uncategorized

Manhole covers explode along Norman Avenue!

by Kim MMarch 5, 2015March 5, 2015

    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 […]

Posted inCommunity, News, Uncategorized

Flowers or Towers at CitiStorage lot? Activists plan City Hall Rally.

by Kim MFebruary 26, 2015February 27, 2015

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 […]

Posted inCommunity, News, Uncategorized

Grab your Pitchforks. A war is brewing over CitiStorage’s future.

by Kim MFebruary 12, 2015February 12, 2015

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 […]

Posted inCommunity, News

Poor Air Quality and Conspiracy Theories remain after CitiStorage Fire

by Kim MFebruary 4, 2015February 5, 2015

  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 […]

Posted inCommunity, News

6 Alarm Fire Rages on Williamsburg Waterfront! [UPDATE]

by Kim MJanuary 31, 2015January 31, 2015

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, […]

Posted inCommunity, News

This Morning We Smelled New Jersey From Brooklyn

by GinaApril 7, 2014April 7, 2014

  …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 […]

Posted inNews

10 Incredible Photos From Last Night’s Fire in Greenpoint

by Jen GMarch 19, 2014March 19, 2014

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 […]

Posted inCommunity, News

Huge Fire Happening Now in Greenpoint (Greenpoint Ave & Humboldt St)

by Jen GMarch 18, 2014March 18, 2014

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 […]

Posted inCommunity, News

Firefighters Save Rottweiler From Inferno at Greenpoint Lumber Yard Last Night

by Jen GJanuary 4, 2014January 4, 2014

While you were cozy under your blankets, 200 firefighters worked for over 4 hours to put out an inferno at a lumber yard in Greenpoint early this morning. And they […]

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