Fire on 23rd Street
[nggallery id=”42706″ template=galleryview] At around 2:30 pm on Wednesday a raging fire broke out in the abandoned building on the corner of 23rd St and 5th Avenue in Greenwood Heights. After about twenty minutes of spewing out giant flames from its top the fire was extinguished. About four firemen had to use a chainsaw and…
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At around 2:30 pm on Wednesday a raging fire broke out in the abandoned building on the corner of 23rd St and 5th Avenue in Greenwood Heights. After about twenty minutes of spewing out giant flames from its top the fire was extinguished. About four firemen had to use a chainsaw and axe to bust down the boarded doors before being able to get into the building. The whole area was surrounded with police, firemen and onlookers. GMAP
What I love about my neighborhood is exactly what some of you decry. I love that it doesn’t look like your precious Park Slope. I love the seemingly nonsensical array of vinyl, brick, stucco, etc. Nothing is the same. Uniformity stinks in my opinion. The day Greenwood Heights starts to lose it’s variety is the day I bounce on outta here.
Gee, if the adjacent condos (23rd St) or multi-families (5th Ave) may have caught on fire, been damaged enough a vacate order may have been issued, smoke inhalation by neighbors/bystanders, firefighters hurt?
Need anymore?
AJ;
I didn’t express any concerns because the building was BOARDED UP. Perhaps you can explain how people are displaced when an abandoned building burns.
Benson, such a nice ass you turn out to be on a daily basis. Rather than inquiring about anyone getting hurt, property damages, people displaced, you snarkily attack me. You’re a real winner! Of course I guess I took the bait.
Across the street from the old White Eagle tavern (where the fire took place) are some outstanding (albeit run-down) turn-of-the-century brick/metal cornice buildings. Yes, a lot of vinyl on the block, but the 1/2 finished Scarano puts them all to shame.
Back on topic, went into the corner bodega to pick up some times and chips and the owner said no one was hurt.
Been driving by this place for years. The story goes the family sold the property after the proprietor passed away in 2003. The buyers applied for a variance to expand the structure which was turned down by the BSA, additional plans scrubbed by DOB. They were looking to do a condo conversion, which would have been some nice reuse of an interesting structure.
6 years later, property has been up for resale for 4 years and slowly falling apart. Real shame as I’ll bet DOB will issue an emergency dec and HPD will take the building down.
Hopefully a lovely contextual vinyl sided development will go in its place, right benson?
Wow, it took six posts for anyone to express some humanitarian concern. I’m with you, BB. I hope no one was hurt. Anyone have news?
I hope that nobody got hurt.
The googlemaps link is to 4th Ave & 23rd. I had to double check the address to make sure it wasn’t near that great burrito place down there (nope, that’s at 5th & 22nd). Really, really good burritos.
Many of those building do have some nice original details under the siding.
No, Snaps is nearer 19th St.
doesnt snappy live on that block!?
*rob*