Tag: Sunnyside fire

‘365 days too long’: Tenants rally for action on Sunnyside fire-damaged building

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Residents gather at 43-09 47th Ave. to commemorate one-year anniversary of five-alarm fire. Photo: Ramy Mahmoud.

Dec. 23, 2024 By Shane O’Brien Displaced tenants, elected officials and community advocates gathered at a Sunnyside residential building destroyed by fire last December to mark the one-year anniversary of the five-alarm fire that left hundreds displaced from their homes. The five-alarm fire broke out at 43-09 47th Ave. at around noon on Dec. 20… Read more »

Sunnyside Fire Leaves Many Homeless

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A large fire gutted a Sunnyside building on 42nd Street (by Queens Blvd) Saturday night leaving the residents of 20 apartments on the street. In the 20 degree cold weather, police had barricaded the building off and residents were not allowed back in to the premises.…