{"id":226813,"date":"2026-05-11T03:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T03:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/226813\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T03:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T03:37:15","slug":"new-york-bagels-in-west-philadelphia-pauses-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/226813\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Bagels in West Philadelphia pauses operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/g3g3hk8vqmssaagl.jpg\" alt=\"New York Bagels in West Philadelphia pauses operations after 2nd explosion\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">OVERBROOK &#8211; New York Bagels in West Philadelphia had to close its doors again after an explosion Sunday morning, according to Philadelphia Gas Works.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The business had been closed since March due to a previous explosion, and today was supposed to be its grand reopening.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/screenshot-2026-05-10-223912.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The explosion reportedly happened during the four o\u2019clock hour, and Philadelphia Gas Works said the Philadelphia Fire Department called them around 5:40 a.m. There are no reported injuries, according to PGW.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">&#8220;It definitely is a staple that draws people to the area,&#8221; Rabbi Moshe Brennan with Chabad of Penn Wynne told FOX 29. &#8220;Sometimes, when we want to tell people where we are, we\u2019re like, &#8216;You know where New York Bagels is? We\u2019re on the same strip.'&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Sunday morning\u2019s explosion left shattered glass on the pavement and damaged ceiling tiles, which was similar to the scene from the March explosion.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Angela Gray, a loyal customer from Upper Darby, said, &#8220;I\u2019m really shocked. It\u2019s a painful thing to hear that.&#8221; She added, &#8220;I\u2019m going to miss them, I hope they come back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Philadelphia Gas Works said, &#8220;Although it\u2019s still early, it appears related to the commercial range on the customer side of the meter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Rabbi Brennan said the business started giving away their supplies after the first explosion.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Rabbi Yonah Gross, who certifies the shop\u2019s kosher products, added, &#8220;I heard him (the owner) say earlier today that he had about 10,000 bagels prepared ready to be put in the oven.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">&#8220;A lot of the things they repaired (after the first explosion) are still intact, so hopefully they\u2019ll get it together pretty quickly,&#8221; he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">It is not yet clear when New York Bagels will be able to reopen, and the cause of the explosion is still under investigation by the Philadelphia Fire Department.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">FOX\u00a029 reached out to the current owner and the Philadelphia Fire Department for comment but has not yet heard back.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information from local customers and rabbis, Philadelphia Gas Works and Jill Croce&#8217;s report.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime &amp; Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/us\/pa\/philadelphia\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OVERBROOK &#8211; New York Bagels in West Philadelphia had to close its doors again after an explosion Sunday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226814,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[850,9,11,10,12,6620,339,618],"class_list":["post-226813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-news","tag-pa","tag-philadelphia","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226813","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=226813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}