{"id":192002,"date":"2026-04-10T10:07:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T10:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/192002\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T10:07:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T10:07:35","slug":"news-12-brooklyn-city-announces-128000-in-emergency-funding-for-small-businesses-after-midwood-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/192002\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Brooklyn | City Announces 128000 In Emergency Funding For Small Businesses After Midwood Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Multiple small businesses in Midwood are trying to get back on their feet after a fire ripped through multiple shops, and now the city is stepping in to help them on their road to recovery.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Boarded-up windows and evidence signs line the storefronts along Coney Island Avenue. It&#8217;s a strip normally bustling with foot traffic, now stark and empty. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The fire tore through the stores on March 19, including the candy store that\u2019s been a corner staple for the past 25 years.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">\u201cI\u2019m inside the store, and I see the roof, the fire,&#8221; said Mohammad Farooq, the owner of H &amp; F Candy Store. &#8220;Within 10 minutes, everything is a mess.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">RELATED: <a data-rich-text-hyperlink=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/brooklyn.news12.com\/midwood-fire-destroys-at-least-six-businesses\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Midwood fire destroys at least six businesses<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The city\u2019s Department of Small Business Services, in partnership with Islamic Relief USA, announced $128,000 in emergency funds for the impacted businesses. <\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The fire also broke out on the eve of the Muslim holiday of Eid al -Fitr, a holiday that brings high traffic to the area, known as Little Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">\u201cIt\u2019s a festive holiday. Everybody\u2019s out shopping and that\u2019s a big economic boost to these businesses that they missed out on,&#8221; said Kenny Minaya, the commissioner of the Department of Small Business Services. &#8220;We want to make sure we can do what we can to help them get back on their feet as quickly as they can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Each small business is eligible for up to about $18,200.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The business owners can apply for the funds once the FDNY finishes its investigation.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">FDNY tells New 12 the cause of the fire is still being looked into.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Multiple small businesses in Midwood are trying to get back on their feet after a fire ripped through&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192003,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-192002","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-brooklyn","9":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","10":"tag-brooklyn-news","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}