The Fire Department is currently operating at a fire in the UA multiplex at 106 Court St. The fire is reportedly on the first floor and has been extinguished, but a smoke condition has pervaded the building, and an evacuation is in progress. UPDATE (4:00 p.m.) – FD reports the fire originated in a popcorn […]
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Marc Hermann is a Brooklyn Heights native who works as a photographer and photo editor for the New York Daily News. Starting out as a teenager who would chase the local fire companies to emergency scenes, Marc's first news photos appeared in the Packer Collegiate Institute's school paper, before he made the jump to the Brooklyn Paper, Brooklyn Eagle, and, finally, the Daily News. "weegee" is a tribute to the moniker of legendary New York press photographer Arthur Fellig,Author Archive | weegee
Smoke Break
Barney’s Smoke Shop, once a staple institution of Court Street, now a hole-in-the-wall on Schermerhorn Street, was burglarized this hour. The Panatela Perps were seen leaving with a large white bag of merchandise. Share this Story: Tweet
Garden Pl. Mug
Police are looking for three teens who held up a person near the intersection of Garden Pl. and State St. shortly before 8:00 tonight. The perps were wearing hoodies, displayed “what appeared to be firearms” (although they may have been fakes), and fled east on State St. Share this Story: Tweet
Dryer, Dryer. Pants On Fire?
Things got a little hot around 11:00 this morning in the basement of 52 Orange St. A clothes dryer caught fire, with some slight extension to another room. It took fewer than 10 minutes for the Fire Department to put out the flames. Share this Story: Tweet
DUMBO Death Plunge
Shortly before 9:40 this evening, a man jumped from the ninth floor of 70 Washington St., near York St., in DUMBO. Cops discovered the man in a rear yard, where paramedics pronounced him dead. Detectives are responding to conduct an investigation, but sources say he left a suicide note, apparently citing financial hardship and the […]
Boro Hall Takes Energy Conservation “Lightly…”
Pardon us for asking, but wasn’t Brooklyn Borough Hall supposed to go dark for Earth Hour? The photo was taken at 8:45, and at 9:00, nothing had changed. The Brooklyn Bridge, however, did what it was supposed to do. Share this Story: Tweet
Person Killed in Apparent Train Leap
A short while ago, a person was pronounced dead after he was struck by a Manhattan-bound train at the Borough Hall station on the Lexington Avenue line. Witnesses are stating that the unidentified man appeared to have intentionally jumped in front of the train. Share this Story: Tweet
Attempted Robbery at Citibank
A man entered the Citibank at 181 Montague St. shortly after 4:00 this afternoon and passed a note demanding money. None was turned over, however, and the would-be robber fled out the Pierrepont St. exit. Cops are mobilizing at the time of this posting. Share this Story: Tweet
High Heat for 90 Minutes
Firefighters battled a blaze that started mysteriously in a pile of clothing in the laundromat at 132 Montague St. tonight. The laundromat was closed at the time of the fire, and the clothing, located on a table toward the rear of the building, was likely smoldering for some time before the flames grew and eventually […]
“Cottage Row” Fire
An early morning fire did damage to one of several historic structures, once referred to locally as “Cottage Row.” The building, located at 9 Columbia Pl., near Joralemon St., is one of nine of its kind built in the 1840s. Firefighters were on the scene shortly before 2:30 this morning, and discovered fire between the […]
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