TODAY’S FORECAST Thursday: Overcast with a chance of rain, then a chance of a thunderstorm and rain showers in the afternoon. Fog early. High of 77. Breezy. Winds from the SSW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 70% with rainfall amounts near 0.3 in. possible. Thursday night: Overcast with a chance of a [...]
A fire broke out at the future Queens police academy Tuesday while more than 600 workers were on site, authorities said. Flames erupted at 128-11 28th Avenue in College Point around 1:30 p.m., according to the FDNY. Police and fire officials at the scene said the building’s exterior suffered the brunt of the blaze. There [...]
Jack Kirrane took a five year break from the FDNY’s Bravest Boxing team. From 2007 to 2012, the Queens-born firefighter focused on being a father and doing his normal duty at Ladder 38 in Harlem. Over the last year, however, Kirrane, 37, has been staging a comeback into the sport he started in as a [...]
A two-story building partially collapsed in Woodhaven Friday evening, disrupting J train service for several hours, according to reports. The FDNY responded to the incident around 6 p.m., but after digging through the debris determined that no one was injured in the collapse. The commercial structure, located at 78-19 Jamaica Avenue, has reportedly been vacant for [...]
The Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge was closed for several hours Sunday evening after a truck caught fire and caused an explosion. Around 7 p.m., the vehicle was attempting to cross the Queens-bound lower-level of the bridge when the truck’s engine caught fire, according to the FDNY. As a result, several gas tanks inside the vehicle [...]
FDNY officials are investigating a Tuesday morning residential fire after they discovered a man dead inside the burned home. The fire broke out around 8:15 a.m. at 76-37 268th Street in New Hyde Park, according to police. After firefighters put out the blaze, they found a 63-year-old man in the attic with severe burns throughout [...]
Ding, ding: the bell goes ring. Some of New York’s Bravest are going against London’s Finest in a Battle of the Badges at Resorts World Casino New York City on Friday, April 12. Ten blaze battlers will trade blows with bobbies on the Racino’s third floor to raise money for Building Homes for Heroes, which [...]
An early morning blaze at a Fresh Meadows residence left 11 injured, including four seriously. The fire broke out at the two-story, two-family private home at 169-03 65th Avenue around 1:46 a.m., and was under control by 2:19 a.m., said an FDNY spokesperson. Four victims were taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. Six other people [...]
BY BRADLEY HAWKS The Thirsty Koala, Astoria’s new Australian restaurant, brings Queensland to Queens. Adorned with indigenous artifacts like boomerangs and didgeridoo (a long woodwind instrument) among vibrantly lit blonde onyx and pinewood-planked walls, the new menu reads like a comestible glossary of Australian terms, from jaffles and crosti to kakadu, kumara, and even kangaroo [...]
FDNY Captain Paul Miller knew he had to act quickly when he got word that 77-year-old Panta Getejanc was still inside his burning Glendale home. Getejanc’s son, also named Panta, returned to their two-family home on January 25 around midnight. He didn’t fall sleep right away, and just before 2 a.m. heard his mother scream [...]
