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2020 New York City Subway fire. / 40.7987; -73.9523. On the early morning of March 27, 2020, at around 3:15 AM, a northbound 2 train of the New York City Subway caught fire as it entered the Central Park North–110th Street station in Harlem, Manhattan. The fire killed the train operator, injured at least 16 others, and severely damaged the ...
The Central Synagogue (formally Congregation Ahavath Chesed Shaar Hashomayim; [6] Yiddish: צענטראַל-סינאַגאָגע) is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue at 652 Lexington Avenue, at the corner of East 55th Street in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Built from 1870 to 1872 and designed by Henry Fernbach ...
Burned-over district. The term " burned-over district " refers to the western and parts of the central regions of New York State in the early 19th century, where religious revivals and the formation of new religious movements of the Second Great Awakening took place, to such a great extent that spiritual fervor seemed to set the area on fire.
The New York City Fire Department, officially the Fire Department of the City of New York ( FDNY) is the full-service fire department of New York City, serving all five boroughs. The FDNY is responsible for fire suppression and fire prevention, and is a major provider of EMS services in New York City. Beyond fire suppression and EMS, the FDNY ...
On July 18, 2007, an explosion in Manhattan, New York City, sent a geyser of hot steam up from beneath a busy intersection, with a 40-story-high shower of mud and flying debris raining down on the crowded streets of Midtown Manhattan. [4] [5] [6] It was caused by the failure of an 83-year-old, 24-inch (0.61 m) underground steam pipe near Grand ...
The Long Island Central Pine Barrens (also known as the Long Island Pine Barrens) is a large area of publicly protected pine barrens in Suffolk County, New York, on Long Island, covering more than 100,000 acres (405 km 2 ). The Barrens operates in a similar manner to Adirondack Park, with public lands managed by a mix of federal, state, county ...
44. On the morning of January 9, 2022, a high-rise fire killed seventeen people, [1] including eight children, [2] at the Twin Parks North West, Site 4, high-rise apartment building in the Bronx, New York City, United States. [3] Forty-four people were injured, and thirty-two with life-threatening injuries were sent to five different borough ...
9. Ambulances. 450 [3] (2018) The New York City Fire Department Bureau of Emergency Medical Services ( FDNY EMS) is a division of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) in charge of emergency medical services for New York City. It was established on March 17, 1996, following the merger of the FDNY and New York City Health and Hospitals ...