Posted on 23 March 2010. Tags: brooklyn, death, department of buildings, fire, safety, sunset park
One man was found dead and 8 firefighters injured in an early morning blaze in Sunset Park, the Daily News reported. The fire began around 1:22am, and ran through the third floor of the row-house at 322 56th Street. Firefighters found a body of a man in his 30s, according to the Brooklyn Ink. His name has not yet been released.
Neighbors told the Daily News the abandoned row-house had people coming and going at all hours, and may have been home to squatters for at least two years. It has been in disrepair since at least 2003, according to records from the Department of Buildings.
Posted in Happenings, Health and Environment, In the News, seen and heard
Posted on 09 March 2010. Tags: boiler, brooklyn, code violations, department of buildings, hot water, sixth avenue, sunset park, violations


Something looked fishy along Sixth Avenue, a reader wrote in this morning. Bricks seemed perched precariously on the facade of 4405 Sixth Avenue in Sunset Park, and the sidewalk had been roped off. A little poking revealed that someone had filed a complaint with the Department of Buildings over falling debris. The Department on March 8 served the building with a “Failure to Maintain Exterior Wall” violation. It is not, apparently, the only issue. Records show the building also has an active boiler violation on file.
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Posted in Picturing Sunset Park, development, housing