The Heights Is Burning
This is totally unscientific, but doesn’t it seem like Brooklyn Heights has more than its fair share of fires? The Brooklyn Heights Blog reported on a fire that happened last weekend at the dry cleaners at 132 Montague Street. In January, 67 Cranberry went up in flames, preceded by Gristedes in 2008. Then there’s the…
This is totally unscientific, but doesn’t it seem like Brooklyn Heights has more than its fair share of fires? The Brooklyn Heights Blog reported on a fire that happened last weekend at the dry cleaners at 132 Montague Street. In January, 67 Cranberry went up in flames, preceded by Gristedes in 2008. Then there’s the 135 Joralemon blaze four years ago. Is it just the old housing stock? GMAP
No, christopher. It would be something that PropJoe would say.
DIBS,
Was the term arson? Insurance fraud?
I was trying to be polite with my “conspiracy theory” statement.
Four fires in four years? Shocking.
We always had a less politically correct term for the “conspiracy theory” where I grew up.
In all honesty, I’m kind of surprised there aren’t more fires all over Brooklyn. The houses are generally quite old, and you know the wiring in a lot of them is probably not so good.
it’s probably just people hanging their bonnets and corsets on all those old gaslight fixtures.
*r*
I agree with Christopher except for Joralemon. I saw that dude the morning after that fire and it broke my heart. He looked like his baby had died. Very sad. That fire was due to his neglect, but he had lost his ability to deal with that house…
Or is it just insurance fraud? BH certainly has its share of savvy hedge fund sharks and derivatives scam artists.
Cranberry St. was probably the contractors fault (left something running, improper ventilation, etc).
Montague St. was probably just bad luck.
Gristedes? The conspiracy theorist in me thinks that one is suspect.
Joralemon? Old building… but then again, the conspiracy theorist in me….