The All Hands Fire was something that you remember. Prior to 9/11, it was the biggest fire ever fought by the modern FDNY. It took 55 units of firefighters from Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn to put out the fire started by three kids playing in an old abandoned knitting factory.
When the fire was over, 23 buildings were destroyed across 7 blocks, leaving a flattened wasteland at this central intersection.
But in Bushwick, they know how to make success from tragedy. CB4 chairwoman Chineda Carter, and CB4 district manager John Derezewski , seeing the open land, knew just what...
Somebody tagged over the infamous "Brain Damage" throw,
over on Bergen Street in Prospect Heights.
And, for comparison, here's a bit from the original graffiti.
(The photos are lofi cause I took them with my phonecam)