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Floor & Decor Enters New York City Market With First-Ever Flagship at Liberty Bklyn
BROOKLYN, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 2024-- Floor & Decor (NYSE: FND), the leading high-growth retailer specializing in hard-surface flooring for homeowners and professionals, has announced its first-ever New York City store, opening to the public on May 6, 2024. Located on the second floor at 850 3rd Avenue at Liberty Bklyn in Sunset Park, the 129,000 square foot warehouse-format store marks the company’s first official entry into the five boroughs. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240506572081/en/ Floor & Decor located at 850 Third Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. Image Credit: Anders Krusberg
Person struck by train, multiple subway lines delayed: MTA
NEW YORK (PIX11) – A person was struck by a train early Friday, causing numerous subway lines to be delayed, according to the MTA. The person was struck near Second Avenue, the MTA wrote on X. F and M trains were running with delays in both directions. A, C and E trains were also running […]
Man dies in explosion at Queens garage while working on vehicle: sources
JAMAICA, Queens (PIX11) – A man died in an explosion at a Queens garage early Thursday morning, sources told PIX11 News. A fire broke out at the garage on 89th Avenue in Jamaica around 1:58 a.m., according to the NYPD. A 47-year-old man was found unconscious and unresponsive with burns on his body, police said. […]
NY lawmaker works to get death benefits for axed FDNY firefighter’s desperate family
A state lawmaker has proposed a law change that would allow the family of ex-FDNY firefighter Derek Floyd to collect hundreds of thousands in death benefits despite his firing. The bill from Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar (D-Queens) comes after a Post report Sunday that revealed the firefighter was let go in November by the FDNY with 10 others as the city made cuts to cover the ballooning cost of the migrant crisis. “My bill provides Derek Floyd’s family with the financial lifeline they need in their time of grief, showing to them and the entire world our profound gratitude for his sacrifices,” said...
Rikers Island jail search uncovers large cache of contraband drugs, weapons
A search in a Rikers Island jail uncovered a large cache of narcotics, including cocaine, K2 and marijuana in vacuum sealed bags, dozens of fentanyl-soaked papers, cigarettes, tobacco and ceramic blades, the Daily News has learned. The major seizure Tuesday at the Otis Bantum Correctional Center, shown in a video...
Couple Sentenced For Murdering Boy Found At Brentwood Home
Valerie Owusu and Emmanuel Addae, both 28 and from Queens, were each sentenced to 25 years to life in prison in Suffolk County Court on Wednesday, May 1. It followed a two-week trial after which jurors found the couple guilty of fatally beating Owusu’s 5-year-old son, King. Prosecutors argued...
Massive fire engulfs NYC supermarket, spreads to 4 buildings, injuring 7 and displacing 30 residents
A massive fire tore through a Brooklyn supermarket Wednesday evening, injuring seven people and displacing about 30 residents as it quickly spread to four neighboring apartment buildings. The blaze began just before 6 p.m. inside Christa’s Kitchen & Market on Bushwick Avenue in Bushwick and grew to at least a five-alarm fire with over 250 smoke-eaters responding, FDNY officials said at the scene. The seven wounded all suffered minor injuries and included six firefighters — five of whom were transported to local hospitals — and a civilian who was being treated for smoke inhalation at the scene. “This fire impacted...
Woman, 71, punched in the face in Brooklyn: NYPD
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) — A 71-year-old woman was punched in the face in Brooklyn on the morning of April 25, police said Thursday. The incident happened at around 9:31 a.m. at the intersection of Saint Felix Street and Lafayette Avenue, according to the NYPD. The suspect approached the victim and punched her in the face, […]
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