City Records Show Collapsed Bronx Apartment Building Had 100+ Violations, 7 Open Violations
According to city records, the building in Morris Heights that partially collapsed on Monday,December 11, 2023, had been flagged for more than 100 violations. Located at 1915 Billingsley Terrace in Morris Heights, more than 25 complaints were lodged against the apartment building the month before the collapse. Residents complained of strange odors and elevator outages Read More »
Three-Alarm Fire in Bronx Injures Three Residents, Displaces Families
On Monday night, January 22, at around 10:00 p.m., a fire broke out in a four-story apartment building on Boynton Avenue just off Watson Avenue in the Soundview section of the Bronx. Three residents and three firefighters suffered injuries. The fire started on the second floor of the building and spread to other levels. According Read More »
Law Firm Ronemus & Vilensky Represents Injured Passenger in Subway Derailment
At least twenty-six people were injured when a northbound No. 1 train collided with an out-of-service train near West 96th Street on January 4, 2024, at about 3:00 p.m., causing the passenger train to derail. The northbound subway train was carrying 300 people. “All of a sudden, we just felt, like, a loud boom. Everybody Read More »
Five-Year-Old Child Dies in Bronx Fire in Illegal Home Basement
A five-year-old boy died Wednesday night, January 3, when a fire broke out at 5:30 p.m. in the basement of a home on Barnes Avenue between East 227th and 226th Streets in the Williamsbridge section of the Bronx. Another child, an 83-year-old woman, and a 26-year-old woman were also injured and hospitalized. Footage from the Read More »
Highbridge, Bronx Fire Leaves Four Residents Injured, Multiple Tenants Displaced
The new year began with a fire in the Highbridge section of the Bronx, leaving four residents injured and 10 to 15 tenants displaced. Two firefighters were also injured. The fire began on the top floor of a three-story wood-frame building at 920 Summit Avenue just before 7:00 p.m. on January 2. The intense fire Read More »
The Year Ends with a String of Bronx Fires Killing Three People
2023 unfortunately ended with several fires that tragically killed three people. Two fires just three blocks apart in the Bronx occurred on Saturday, December 30. The first blaze broke out on the second floor of a five-story apartment building on Elder Avenue near Westchester Avenue in Soundview around 8:15 p.m. The second-alarm fire killed one Read More »
Three-Alarm Fire in Gowanus, Brooklyn Displaces Several Families
On Thursday morning, more than 140 firefighters from the FDNY responded to a three-alarm blaze that destroyed a Brooklyn residential building. Several families are displaced due to the fire, which ignited on the second floor of a 100-year-old four-story building on 9th Street near 3rd Avenue in Gowanus. The fire spread to the upper Read More »
Extensive Fire in Sunnyside, Queens Apartment Building Injures at Least 14, Displaces 68 Families
On Wednesday, December 20, 2023, around noon, a massive fire broke out at a six-story Queens apartment building. More than 14 people were injured, and an estimated 68 families (160 people) are without a home. The 108-unit building is located on 47 th Avenue in Sunnyside. The fire in the E-shaped building broke out on Read More »
Early-Morning Massive Fire in Brooklyn Destroys Multi-Family Property, Injures Five Residents
A raging fire destroyed two homes in the Brooklyn neighborhood overnight, injuring several people who were sleeping when the flames engulfed their building in the middle of the night. At least five individuals were injured, mainly due to smoke inhalation, after their Williamsburg building on Kingsland Avenue caught fire around 4 a.m. The fire was Read More »
Seven-Story Bronx Apartment Building Collapses
Firefighters frantically searched for trapped bodies under a pile of debris that was 12 feet high in spots after a Bronx apartment building in the Morris Heights neighborhood partially collapsed on Monday afternoon. The apartments and a convenience store were partly buried under bricks and wood. There were no victims, but two individuals suffered minor Read More »
