Fire

A tipster sent us this photo of the aftermath at the Jackson Heights commercial building on 37th Avenue that caught fire this week. The Times Ledger reports that the pharmacy, the immigrant service provider Queens Community House, the LGBT senior center, Plaza College and around 50 small businesses are all closed. Plaza College administrators are…

Pictured above is the scene this morning at the Bruson Building, the Jackson Heights commercial structure on 37th Avenue that caught fire last night. CBS reports that the blaze broke out on the third floor around 5:30 pm, reaching five alarms just before 10 pm. Fire fighters finally brought the flames under control at 11:40…

A tipster sent in the above photo with word of a fire this weekend in Sunnyside Gardens: “Woke up this morning to the sound of this car on fire across the street in my neighbor’s driveway. Absolutely terrifying! I live in Sunnyside Gardens on 49th Street. Not sure what happened, though another neighbor is convinced…

At the end of the day yesterday we posted a photo from Twitter that made it look like the Citigroup Building in LIC could have been on fire. This photo taken by @jtcera and posted to Twitter shows that was not the case. Instead, as NBC New York reported, the source was a smokestack at…