{"id":250185,"date":"2026-05-31T23:55:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T23:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/250185\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T23:55:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T23:55:12","slug":"fireworks-explosion-on-nyc-street-blows-fingers-off-one-man-injures-two-others-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/250185\/","title":{"rendered":"Fireworks explosion on NYC street blows fingers off one man, injures two others: cops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A fireworks explosion on a Brooklyn street blew off several of a teen\u2019s fingers and burned two others Sunday morning, cops said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The big bang occurred just after 10 a.m. at the intersection of Cropsey Ave. and 17th Ave. in Bath Beach, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The big bang occurred just after 10 a.m. at the intersection of Cropsey Ave. and 17th Ave. in Bath Beach, police said. Google maps<\/p>\n<p>The explosion blew several fingers off an 18-year-old\u2019s hand \u2013 and burned his face and both hands, according to the NYPD.<\/p>\n<p>The explosion blew several fingers off an 18-year-old man\u2019s hand, police said. Andr\u00c3\u00c2\u00a9 Muller \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n<p>A 19-year-old man and a 20-year-old man were also scalded by the blast and suffered burns to the hands and face, cops said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A 19-year-old man and a 20-year-old man were also scalded by the blast and suffered burns to the hands and face, cops said.\u00a0 alif akbar \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n<p>The three men were all rushed to area hospitals, where they\u2019re listed in stable conditions, according to authorities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Police said an investigation into the incident is ongoing.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A fireworks explosion on a Brooklyn street blew off several of a teen\u2019s fingers and burned two others&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250186,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[98,3531,8406,57,9,56,63,65,64,103,58],"class_list":["post-250185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-brooklyn","tag-explosions","tag-fireworks","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-nypd","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250185","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=250185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}