Photos via the Citizen app show extensive damage to the retail tenant there — Uncle Ted's Modern Chinese Cuisine. The Citizen app also reported that a firefighter sustained minor injuries.Manhattan 5-Alarm Box 0358, 163 BLEECKER ST, Other Commercial Building Fire, FLR 1, Under Control
— FDNYalerts (@FDNYAlerts) May 22, 2021
Saturday, May 22, 2021
Report of a 5-alarm fire at 163 Bleecker St.
Friday, December 3, 2021
Marking the 1-year anniversary of the fire that destroyed Middle Collegiate Church
The congregation will be making a pilgrimage from our temporary home at Calvary Episcopal Church at 21st Street and Park Avenue South to the ruins of our sanctuary on the one-year anniversary of the fire. We'll be starting the walk at 11:45 a.m. uptown, and should get to Middle Collegiate around 12:15.People are welcome to join us for that but for an easier way to show support, we're just inviting folks at any point during that day to stop by and leave an offering by the construction fence — a flower, a candle, an old photo of the building, whatever they’d like.We thought it would be beautiful if congregants saw other people's offerings when they arrived, and if we continued to collect expressions of love throughout the day.
Monday, November 20, 2023
Demolition underway on the fire-damaged Middle Church façade
Friday, November 3, 2023
Workers prepping to remove the remains of the fire-damaged façade at Middle Collegiate Church
Monday, August 9, 2021
Former tenants of the fire-destroyed 48 E. 7th St. want to hear from landlord Faith Popcorn
Said Rivera: "I stand with Cooper Square Committee and the tenants of 48 E. Seventh St. to say enough is enough, and that their landlord Faith Plotkin must stop hiding and come to the table with real answers about the future of their homes. These tenants have been struggling for over a year ... They've been waiting, amidst COVID-19, in flux ... and even basic questions about the building itself remain unanswered. They don't deserve this, and we won't rest until they receive the housing justice they deserve."TY to @CooperSq for welcoming me to rally today with the displaced tenants of 48 E 7th Street in demanding accountability from their landlord.
— Carlina Rivera 利華娜 (@CarlinaRivera) July 28, 2021
We need Albany to pass stronger housing rights legislation for all NYers. I'll stand with tenants - my neighbors - until it's done. pic.twitter.com/jLagri1wuA
Monday, December 7, 2020
EVG Etc.: 2nd Avenue fire headlines
Hopefully we will learn more about the fate of the structure in the hours/days ahead.Happening now! Assessment of the @middlechurch facade structure and possibility of saving it. @evgrieve pic.twitter.com/hmJe5FlW9n
— Gili Getz 🔥 (@giligetz) December 6, 2020
For some people watching the fire on the SE corner of 2nd Avenue & 7th Street this morning, there were unpleasant flashbacks to March 26, 2015, when the gas explosion wiped out the NW corner. 2 men died there that day.
— evgrieve (@evgrieve) December 5, 2020
[Photos by @NYPDSpecialops & Jonathan Jones] pic.twitter.com/16TujGbp6R
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Update on last night's fire at Mono + Mono
The restaurant just updated its Facebook page:
Our big thanks to @FDNY. The fire that broke out last night at @MonoMonoNYC was quickly put out and everyone is safe. There was some water damage, so we'll be closed for a few days to make repairs. We'll be back stronger than ever! Stay tuned.
Updated 7 p.m.
DNAinfo has more on the fire...
• Fire not considered suspicious, per authorities
• Most of the restaurant's extensive collective of jazz LPs were thought to be OK
• "The heat from the blaze was so intense that it knocked out windows to the Hells Angels' East 3rd Street headquarters, which sits directly behind the restaurant.
The biker gang was having a loud barbecue in their backyard when the fire broke out, according to neighbors."
Friday, March 15, 2019
The FDNY honors fire marshal Christopher T. Zanetis in plaque ceremony on 2nd Street
[Photo by Stacie Joy]
Today the FDNY and city honored Christopher "Tripp" Zanetis with a plaque dedication ceremony at Engine Company 28, Ladder 11 on Second Street between Avenue B and Avenue C.
[Photo by Stacie Joy]
Zanetis was a fire marshal and U.S. Air Force Major who was killed in a helicopter crash in Western Iraq one year ago today. He was 37. Zanetis was on leave from the department, where he had been a marshal in the Bureau of Fire Investigation.
After graduating from NYU, he was appointed as a firefighter in 2004, and was assigned to the station house on Second Street. He was promoted to fire marshal in 2013.
The way he lived his life will continue to inspire us all -#FDNY Chief of Department John Sudnik remembers FDNY Fire Marshal and @USAirForce Captain Christopher “Tripp” Zanetis pic.twitter.com/Q8Q2sYtXkA
— FDNY (@FDNY) March 15, 2019
[Via the FDNY]
H/T Salim!
Previously on EV Grieve:
The FDNY remembers fire marshal Christopher T. Zanetis on 2nd Street
Saturday, April 28, 2018
FDNY: Wiring blamed for last Saturday's fire on 9th Street
[Photo from this morning]
A quick follow-up to last Saturday's two-alarm fire at 218 E. Ninth St. between Second Avenue and Third Avenue.
The FDNY called the fire accidental, citing building wiring...
Per #FDNY Fire Marshals: Cause of 4/21 2-alarm fire at 218 E 9 St. Manhattan was accidental, electrical, building wiring. Smoke alarm present and operational
— FDNY (@FDNY) April 23, 2018
A fire official said the building is now "unlivable." The address houses Yakiniku West, the Japanese steakhouse, and three apartments. Previous reports said that five adults and one child were displaced. No one was injured.
Here's more via The Villager:
Two families were said to occupy the upper floors but were not there when the Red Cross arrived, according to spokesperson Michael de Vulpillieres. The Villager spoke briefly to the owner of Yakiniku West on Sunday evening, shortly after he emerged from the building’s blackened first floor with several associates. Asked when his restaurant would open, he said, “in two months,” and abruptly walked away, declining to give his name.
Monday, November 15, 2021
Shoring up the fire-damaged Middle Collegiate Church on 2nd Avenue
Monday, December 24, 2018
Report of a fire at 647 E. 11th St.
There was a report of a fire last night at 647 E. 11th St. at Avenue C.
The FDNY Twitter feed ID'd the fire in the ground-floor restaurant, which is Fiaschetteria Pistoia.
MAN ALL HANDS 647 E 11 ST, MIXED OCCUPANCY FIRE ON 1ST FLR RESTAURANT,
— FDNYalerts (@FDNYAlerts) December 24, 2018
EVG regular Jose Garcia shared the photos in this post at 10:30 p.m.
The FDNY declared the situation under control at 11:30...
MAN ALL HANDS 647 E 11 ST, MIXED OCCUPANCY FIRE ON 1ST FLR RESTAURANT, UNDER CONTROL
— FDNYalerts (@FDNYAlerts) December 24, 2018
Jose reported a heavy FDNY response to the scene, which you can see in this aerial view...
Something is happening on Avenue C.@evgrieve #EastVillage pic.twitter.com/MVXWEvmz3m
— Evan Kapitansky (@evan_kapitansky) December 24, 2018
There isn't any word at the moment regarding injuries or the extent of the damage or the cause of the fire.
Updated 12/24
A sign on the door notes a January return...
[Photo by Stacie Joy]
Friday, May 17, 2024
After a fire upstairs, a gutted TabeTomo hopes to reopen on Avenue A in August
Thursday, March 14, 2019
Tree Bistro is returning after October fire
Tree Bistro has not been open since the six-alarm fire this past Oct. 3 at neighboring 188 First Ave. between 11th Street and 12th Street.
That fire wiped out Tree Bistro's backyard garden ... and caused other damage inside the restaurant.
Now EVG regular Lola Sáenz reports that the space is under renovation, and will reopen later this spring.
Uogashi, the Japanese restaurant in the retail space at 188 First Ave., didn't fare as well, and is not expected to return. The Uogashi website, now offline, had listed "permanently closed" under their hours of operation.
Officials said they believe the fire, which injured 17 people, including 14 firefighters, began inside Uogashi. An exact cause has not been made public.
Meanwhile, Fiaschetteria Pistoia returned to service on March 6 after a late December fire badly damaged its space on 11th Street near Avenue C ... while the storefront housing Yakiniku West at 218 E. Ninth St. between Second Avenue and Third Avenue is under renovation. The Japanese restaurant's Facebook page states that they plan to reopen some time this year after a fire in the building last April.
Monday, March 2, 2020
Another fire at 204 E. 13th St.
There was another fire reported at 204 E. 13th St. between Second Avenue and Third Avenue. Early Saturday morning, the FDNY responded to a blaze on the third floor at the address...
MAN ALL HANDS 204 E 13 ST, MULTIPLE DWELLING FIRE ON 3RD FLR,
— FDNYalerts (@FDNYAlerts) February 29, 2020
No word on the extent of the damage to the 4-story building (see top photo via a reader) or a cause.
This is the second time in 15 months that a fire broke out at No. 204. Renovations were apparently still in progress in the building following an early morning fire during Thanksgiving weekend 2018.
That fire caused extensive water damage to Bruno Pizza, the retail tenant on the ground floor in the building owned by Steve Croman. Last July, owner Demian Repucci decided that the damage was too much to overcome, and he decided to move on from the business.
Soothr, a Thai noodle bar, was expected to open soon in the space. The most recent apartment rental via Streeteasy is from last May, when a two-bedroom unit on the third floor was listed — then removed — for $5,073.
H/T Jodi!
Sunday, August 17, 2014
[Updated] Fire this morning at 92 St. Mark's Place
The FDNY responded to a fire this morning just before 8 at 92 St. Mark's Place east of First Avenue.
MAN ALL HANDS 92 ST MARKS PL, MULTIPLE DWELLING FIRE 1ST FLR,
— FDNY (@FDNY) August 17, 2014
Firefighters smashed the windows and cut away the window guards of the ground-floor apartment as they quickly had the situation under control.
We saw one soot-covered resident, a male in his late 20s or early 30s, wearing only shirts sit down next door on the steps to Physical Graffitea. A next-door neighbor brought him a blanket. Paramedics brought another woman out of the building and treated her on the scene for smoke inhalation, according to witnesses.
First Avenue was temporarily closed to northbound traffic at East Seventh Street. At this point, we do not know the cause of the fire or the extent of the damage. As far as we know right now, there were not any serious injuries.
Updated Aug. 18, 6 a.m.
The Post reports that the FDNY reduced two unconscious women from the fire. They are both "hospitalized in serious condition with smoke inhalation."
The cause of the fire is still under investigation, "but sources said investigators are focusing on the theory that smoking may have caused the couch to burst into flames."
Here's No. 92 early last evening...
Top photos via @evgrieve
Thursday, June 2, 2016
Report of a fire at 500 E. 12th St.
[Photo via @tropical_drank]
Firefighters responded to an early-morning fire on Avenue A and East 12th Street (500 E. 12th St. via @FDNYAlerts) ... the FDNY declared the top-floor fire under control after 20 minutes...
MAN ALL HANDS 500 E 12TH STREET, MULTIPLE DWELLING FIRE ON 5TH FLR, UNDER CONTROL
— FDNYalerts (@FDNYAlerts) June 2, 2016
As this time we haven't heard any more details, such as injuries ...or cause of the fire.
The top-floor apartments appears to have been destroyed...
[Photo by Christine Champagne]
Updated 7 p.m.
There is a partial vacate order now on the front door...according to DOB records, the partial vacate is just for unit 12, where the fire started (readers and sources at the scene say that a cigarette that wasn't entirely extinguished started the blaze).
The DOB also says that other minor damages from smoke and water were observed in units 3,6,7,8 and 9.
Friday, October 5, 2018
A look at the fire-damaged Uogashi; plus video of when the fire started at 188 1st Ave.
[Photo by JK Clarke]
As you likely know, what would eventually be a six-alarm fire broke out in the early morning hours Wednesday at 188 First Ave. between 11th Street and 12th Street.
FDNY officials have said that they believe the blaze started on the ground floor, which is occupied by the sushi restaurant Uogashi.
As these photos by Steven yesterday show, Uogashi, which opened here in December 2016, sustained major damage...
[Photo of the damaged rear-portion of Uogashi by Hillary Johnson]
It's too early to know when, or if, the restaurant might return. Uogashi's website is currently offline, and their voice-message system is full. No. 188 remains under a full-vacate order.
The FDNY is continuing their investigation, and have not publicly announced the cause of the fire.
Meanwhile, EVG reader Hillary Johnson, who lives near 188 First Ave., shot this video showing the start of the fire just before 2 a.m. (Firefighters had already been called, and were en route to the scene.)
In the video, you can see that the rooftop ventilation fan on No. 188's setback is on fire.
In total, there were 17 reported injuries, including 14 firefighters. The victims mostly sustained minor injuries, according to published reports.