{"id":208037,"date":"2026-04-24T03:12:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T03:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/208037\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T03:12:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T03:12:20","slug":"new-york-city-church-fire-flames-rip-through-reformed-church-of-astoria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/208037\/","title":{"rendered":"New York City church fire: Flames rip through Reformed Church of Astoria"},"content":{"rendered":"

A fire has ripped through one of New York City’s oldest churches as crews rushed to save the historic structure from the blaze.<\/p>\n

Four firefighters have been injured as a result of the blaze, with one in serious condition.<\/p>\n

The firefighter in serious condition was struck in the head by falling roof debris, and is conscious and alert.<\/p>\n

The Fire Department of New York (FDNY) sent 270 fire and EMS personnel to the Reformed Church of Astoria on the city’s 12th Street, between Astoria Boulevard and 27th Avenue.<\/p>\n

Officials have said the fire started at a residence attached to the church at around 6.45pm before quickly spreading to the church.<\/p>\n

FDNY has said the fire reached five alarms, with intense flames seen outside the front of the church.<\/p>\n

Pictures shared by officials showed FDNY Ladder 117 being used to extinguish flames from the top of the church.<\/p>\n

Multiple fire crews are seen attempting to extinguish the fire in video shared as operations continue.<\/p>\n

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Intense flames were seen from outside the church as firefighters attempted to battle the blaze<\/p>\n

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FDNY<\/p>\n

Roads have been blocked off for emergency vehicles as the church fire continues.<\/p>\n

There is not yet any reports on any injuries or the cause of the fire.<\/p>\n

Authorities have asked the public to close windows and avoid going outside in the area.<\/p>\n

A number of churches have been set alight in recent years, with a church in Amsterdam<\/a> being partially destroyed this year in the early hours of New Year’s Day.<\/p>\n

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Multiple fire crews attempted to extinguish and suppress the fire, which started in a residence attached to the church<\/p>\n

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FDNY<\/p>\n

The Vondelkerk collapsed in on itself and cut the electricity of almost nearby 100 homes.<\/p>\n

And on February 23, King’s Hall Methodist Church in London<\/a> was partially destroyed, with 10 fire engines and 70 firefighters deployed to the scene.<\/p>\n

The three-storey structure in Southall was first constructed in 1916.<\/p>\n

There have been 3,237 cases of criminal damage, vandalism, and arson to British churches between 2022 and 2024.<\/p>\n

The First Reformed Church of Astoria was founded in 1839.<\/p>\n

It was originally known as the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of the Village of Astoria.<\/p>\n

Astoria is located within the borough of Queens and was known as Hallet’s Cove at the time of the church’s founding.<\/p>\n

Prior to becoming mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani represented the area in the New York State Assembly.<\/p>\n

And in the US House of Representatives, it has been represented by Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez since 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A fire has ripped through one of New York City’s oldest churches as crews rushed to save the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[22331,545,9,24,55,54,12,56,618,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-208037","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-christianity","9":"tag-fire","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-new-york-city-headlines","13":"tag-new-york-city-news","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-ny","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208037","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=208037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}