By SÍLE MOLONEY
PEOPLE PASS NORTH North Central Bronx Hospital on July 11. Subject to approval by the state Department of Health, the hospital is expected to merge with Jacobi Medical Center according to North Bronx Healthcare Network.
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A report of a fire on Sunday, June 7, at a hospital in Norwood was unfounded, according to the FDNY.
Following the circulation of a social post advising of the fire, Norwood News reached out to the FDNY and a department spokesperson said the fire department received a call at 11.52 a.m. on Sunday for a report of a fire at 3424 Kossuth Avenue, the address for NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx, located between DeKalb Avenue and East 210th Street.
A FIRE HYDRANT at 2914 Jerome Avenue in Bedford Park, The Bronx appears to have been dismantled as seen on Sunday, June 7, 2026. It’s located right in front of a large residential building. A 311 complaint has been logged.
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According to the spokesperson, emergency units investigated the incident and found no condition at the location and it was deemed to be “an unwarranted alarm” and the incident was closed at 12.04.
As reported, the cause of the fire at 660 East 187th Street in Belmont on April 21 was deemed to be accidental. Read our prior coverage of the fire here, here, here, here, here, here and here.
NEW YORKERS ARE encouraged to request spray caps from their local fire house which they can use on a fire hydrant to cool off in the summer, without wasting gallons of water and allowing hydrants to empty which is a fire hazard. Spray caps can be obtained by an adult 18 or over, free of charge, at local firehouses, fire officials say.
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Click here to read FDNY’s fire safety tips. “During a fire, always close the door behind you!” fire officials say. “It helps contain smoke and flames, giving you precious time to escape.”
NEW YORKERS ARE encouraged to request spray caps from their local fire house which they can use on a fire hydrant to cool off in the summer, without wasting gallons of water and allowing hydrants to empty which is a fire hazard. Spray caps can be obtained by an adult 18 or over, free of charge, at local firehouses, fire officials say.
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Read our latest coverage of the fatal fire at 2609 Bainbridge Avenue in which three young children from the same family died here.
Meanwhile, a fire hydrant appears to have been dismantled at 2914 Jerome Avenue in Bedford. It’s located right in front of a large residential building. A 311 complaint has been logged.
NEW YORKERS ARE encouraged to request spray caps from their local fire house which they can use on a fire hydrant to cool off in the summer, without wasting gallons of water and allowing hydrants to empty which is a fire hazard. Spray caps can be obtained by an adult 18 or over, free of charge, at local firehouses, FDNY officials say.
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The FDNY encourages New Yorkers to use spray caps to open hydrants. “If you’d like to cool off with a hydrant, make sure you do it safely and legally, using a spray cap,” an extract from the NYC Department of the Environment (DEP) website reads. “When hydrants are opened without a spray cap, they can use 1,000 gallons of water per minute (or more), reducing water pressure in the surrounding area, making it harder for the fire department to fight fires when necessary.”
*Miriam Quiñones contributed to this story.