WHOA: There Was A Fire On 3rd Street Early This Morn

photo: via OTBKB

OTBKB has all the scoop (as well as pics and video).

Apparently a fire broke out in an apartment building on 3rd street between 5th and 6th Aves around 3:30am this morning.

Three people were taken to the hospital; one for burns and 2 for smoke inhalation. 6 families were displaced.

The Red Cross was there, as well as the Daily News, so shit looked serious.

I hope everyone is ok.

UPDATE: More scoop here.

49 Years Ago Today, Shit Got REAL Bad in Park Slope: Plane Crash Flashback

Gothamist reminded us that today marks the anniversary of that horrible plane crash that went down in Park Slope 49 years ago. Two planes collided in mid air, killing 134 passengers as well as 6 people on the ground. Much of the wreckage landed at the intersection of 7th avenue and Sterling.

These pictures are insane...and INTENSE. Not to get all ghey, but it kinda gets me a little teary eyed seeing our neighborhood tricked out like a Will Smith disaster movie.

See all the pics here on Gothamist.

Pavillion Movie Theater to Park Slope: 'THERE ARE NO FUCKING BEDBUGS HERE, BITCHES'

Ok, so that's not *exactly* a direct quote, but the sentiment is there.

Gothamist published a follow-up to the recent controversh on Brooklynian, which claimed that there was a "giant bedbug problem" at the Pavillion. We piped up about the whole thing as well, though mostly to just say: OMGOMGOMG, is this true?

Well, Gothamist actually has people who fact check shit and get quotes, so they got in touch with the Pavillion's General Manager who had this to say about the bedbug claims: "That is innacurate information, we do not have a bedbug problem."

Ok, so fine...I guess the choice is yours people.

UNLESS, of course, the Pavillion wants to invite over a group of bitter Brooklynian posters and some bitchy FIPSers, along with a 3rd party impartial exterminator of our choice for, oh I don't know, a free movie and black light investigation? Cause that would kinda rule.

Are There Bedbugs Living In Those Crappy, Dirty, Purple Seats at the Pavillion?

Fuck, now I gotta choose between getting shot at Court Street or getting bedbugs at the Pavillion!?

From brooklynpotter on Brooklynian:

"One of my board members told me that there's a giant bedbug problem at the Pavillion--another reason not to go..."

Look people, I've got no idea if this shit is true or not. Gawd knows Brooklynians whine about all sorts of bullshit, and there ain't no telling what's for real and what's not.  But since getting bedbugs is currently the single thing I am *most* afraid of in this world (followed by: falling down the subway steps in front of a thousand people, getting pushed into a moving subway as someone tries to pass by me too closely, pigeons and clowns), I'm gonna be taking this pretty fuckin seriously.

Back to Regal Battery Park it is.

Ain't No Thang But A Chicken Wing

Have you ever been eating a hot, delicious $0.40 chicken wing on "Wing Tuesday" at Buffalo Wild Wings and thought to yourself: "this is so fucking good I could seriously stab or shoot someone right now!"

Oh wait...

(via Gothamist)