Carbon Monoxide is a silent killer. Thankfully an apartment accident in Brooklyn involving the toxic gas ended before anyone was seriously injured. The FDNY was called to an apartment house located at 155 Nichols Avenue on October 19th because several residents of the...
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Apartment Accidents
Apartment Accident in the Bronx Ends with Child in Hospital
A terrifying apartment accident in New York City left a young child struggling to survive in an area hospital earlier this month. The child—just six years old—fell out a window on the third floor of an apartment building on Vyse Avenue in the Bronx on the evening of...
Apartment Accident in New York City Leaves Family Homeless
A displaced family who was staying with a friend now finds itself without a home once again after a bizarre apartment accident in Manhattan. The individuals were forced out of their own apartment when a pipe burst in the floor of their unit, flooding their living...
Catastrophic Flooding Highlights Danger of Illegal Basement Apartments in NYC
Historic flooding as a result of hurricane Ida killed 13 people in New York City—eleven of whom died in their basement apartments, unable to escape the rapidly rising water. While a few of these apartments were constructed correctly and met legal requirements for...
Apartment Accident in Brooklyn Could Put NYCHA in Hot Water (Again)
A woman narrowly escaped injury when a significant portion of her ceiling collapsed in an apartment accident in Brooklyn last month. The woman says that she had been complaining about a leak in her ceiling to NYCHA officials for over a year with no appreciable...
Apartment Accident in New York City Leaves Toddler Injured But Alive
A terrifying apartment accident in the Bronx ends in a "miracle" that had witnesses stunned. A young toddler—just three years old—was at home in an apartment in the Bronx with his mother and sister when he somehow fell out of a window on the fifth story of the...
Massive Apartment Fire in Injures 21 and Displaces Nearly 100 Families
A tremendous 7-alarm apartment fire in Queens injured 21 people were, including 16 firefighters, when flames erupted from a top-floor apartment at the six-story complex in Jackson Heights. The fire at the 34th Avenue complex was called in just after 1 PM on April 6th....
Fatal Apartment Fire in New York City
A tragic apartment fire in New York City turned fatal earlier last month. The blaze on March 16th began in a building on Manhattan's Upper East Side early on the morning of March 15th. At roughly 1:30 AM, fire crews were called to East 78th Street near the...
Fatal Apartment Fire in New York City Claims Lives of Four Residents
An apartment fire in the Bronx earlier this month claimed the lives of four women who lived in the building. FDNY received the distress call around 7:20 on the evening of April 1st. They arrived at the Grand Concourse building within minutes and fought to tamp down...
Building Façade Accident in Manhattan Third in Just two Days
A building façade accident in Manhattan was the third such incident in just two days. All three accidents in New York City happened less than a week after the city's Department of Buildings announced that they would be stepping up façade inspections in the wake of a...