20 DEC 1989
2 ALARM FIRE GERRITSEN BEACH
24 GARLAND COURT, BROOKLYN
-ROARING HOUSE FIRE AT NIGHT, WIND AND SMOKE, DARK PICTURE, FDNY FIREFIGHTERS IN ALLEY WAY, CLIMBING LADDER, DANGEROUS JOBS, NYC 1980S

21 DEC 1989
ELDERLY LANDLORD KILLED
559 JEROME STREET, BROOKLYN
-SMALL CITY HOMES WITH CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
-CSU CRIME SCENE UNIT CAR, CHRISTMAS CARDS DECORATE DOOR, HOLIDAY MURDER INVESTIGATION
-73 PRECINCT POLICE CAR AT NIGHT, DETECTIVES LEAVE HOME-CITY MORGUE WORKERS REMOVE BODY AND LOAD INTO MORTUARY VAN
-STREET SIGN: DUMONT AVE AND JEROME ST

21 DEC 1989
STEAM LEAK
30 STREET & 1 AVE, MANHATTAN, MIDTOWN
-STEAM ESCAPES FROM CRACKS IN STREET, POWERFUL AND DANGEROUS RELEASE, INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEMS NYC 1980S, EAST BAY RESTAURANT ON CORNER, NYPD POLICE CARS
-STREET SIGN: 1 AVE AND EAST 30 STREET

22 DEC 1989
NARCO COP SHOT
350 NEW LOTS AVE, BROOKLYN, EAST NEW YORK
-BOSTON COFFEE SHOP, CORNER RESTAURANT AT NIGHT
-75 PRECINCT POLICE POLICE CAR, NYPD, COPS ENTER CRIME SCENE
-STREET SIGN: NEW LOTS AVE AND SHEFFIELD

*** NO DATE OR EVENT, PROBABLY CONNECTED TO ABOVE***
-EXTERIOR OF BROOKDALE HOSPITAL, NYPD POLICE
WITH CUTS TO HIGHWAY TRAFFIC AT NIGHT
-OFFICIAL ARRIVES AT HOSPITAL
-39 SUTTER AVE, EXTERIOR OF PROJECT BUILDING, PUBLIC HOUSING, ROWDY RESIDENTS OUTSIDE, 73 NYPD PRECINCT CARS AT NIGHT

***NO DATE OR EVENT***
-NYPD TACTICAL FORCE, WITH HELMETS, VESTS AXES AND RIFLES OUTSIDE QUEENS? HOUSE 102-20
-EMERGENCY SERVICE SQUAD PUTS AWAY LADDER, COPS LEAVE HOUSE WITH YOUNG HANDCUFFED HISPANIC MALE
-PERP WALK TO POLICE CAR, 102 PRECINCT POLICE CAR, RICHMOND HILL AREA OF QUEENS, OTHER HISPANIC MALES ARE ARRESTED

***NO DATE OR EVENT***
-BLACK MALE ARRESTED AND PUT IN POLICE CAR ON HIGHWAY, DWI?, 102 PRECINCT POLICE CAR
-STREET SIGN: 130 ST AND ATLANTIC AVE, RICHMOND HILLS QUEENS

(VV-YTV)
22 DEC 1989
DWI ACCIDENT, FIERY DEATH
GOWANUS EXPRESSWAY & 92 STREET, BROOKLYN ***INCORRECT ADDRESS***
-COVERED BODY IN STREET AT NIGHT, BURNT SHELL OF CAR
-FDNY FIREFIGHTERS, CLOVE LANE CAR SERVICE CAR WITH FRONT END DAMAGE, WELL-DRESSED WHITE WOMAN IS ARRESTED ON HIGHWAY, DWI?, LOTS OF TROUBLE GETTING CUFFS ON, WHITE FEMALE COP, MALE POLICE OFFICER READS RIGHTS TO FEMALE,

22 DEC 1989
HOMELESS IN THE ARCTIC COLD
41 STREET - 44 STREET ON FIRST AVE, MANHATTAN
-HOMELESS SLEEPING IN CARDBOARD REFRIGERATOR BOXES AT NIGHT, BLACK MALE SLEEPING IN MIDDLE OF SIDEWALK, SITS UP
-STREET SIGN: RAOUL WALLENBERG WALK AND EAST 42 STREET
-CAMERAMAN TALKS TO HOMELESS MAN (JOHN DAVIS) WRAPPED IN SLEEPING BAGS ABOUT THE SHELTER
-CHRISTMAS WREATHS IN OFFICE BUILDINGS AND HOMELESS ON THE STREET, HOMELESS PROBLEMS NYC 1980S

23 DEC 1989
2 ALARM CHURCH FIRE
242 STREET & WHITE PLAINS RD, BRONX
-FDNY FIREFIGHTERS BREAK UP SIDING OF CHURCH USING AXES, FIREMEN IN THE CHURCH AT NIGHT, PEWS, ALTAR AND CROSS, STAINED GLASS WINDOWS DESTROYED
-IN MEMORIAM WINDOWS DATED 1869, CHRISTMAS TREE, PIPE ORGAN
-WAKEFIELD GRACE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
-FDNY FIRE TRUCKS, HOOK AND LADDER
-BLACK CHURCH

(VV-YTV)
23 DEC 1989
OFF DUTY COP INJURED AUTO ACCIDENT
GRAND CENTRAL PARKWAY & UNION TURNPIKE & NY HOSPITAL
-SMASHED CAR ON TOW TRUCK, NYC HIGHWAYS
-EXT OF 112 NYPD PRECINCT
-AMBULANCE AT NEW YORK HOSPITAL, POLICE OFFICERS AND DOCTOR? ENTER EMERGENCY ROOM, CATHOLIC MEDICAL CENTER OF BROOKLYN AND QUEENS AMBULANCE

24 DEC 1989
11 YR OLD SHOT DOA STRAY BULLET (NO BODY)
340 MILLER AVE, BROOKLYN
-EXTERIOR OF NYC HOUSING PROJECTS AT NIGHT, PUBLIC HOUSING IN BROWNSVILLE, VIOLENT NYC 1980S

24 DEC 1989
WATER MAIN BREAK
BRUCKNER EXP/BL & 141 STREET, BRONX
-WATER RUSHING ON NYC SIDEWALKS AT NIGHT, FAILING INFRASTRUCTURE NYC 1980S, SOUTH BRONX
-STREET SIGN: EAST 141 STREET AND WALES AVE.
-NYC BUSSES AND TAXIS, BUBBLING WATER IN STREET, 1980S CARS

12/25/89
ALL-HANDS FIRE
136TH ST. & WILLIS AVE. BRONX, SOUTH BRONX
-SMOKE AND WATER POUR OUT OF BUILDING, FDNY AERIAL TOWER EXTENDED, BOARDED UP BUILDING, HOLY CROSS BAPTIST CHURCH SIGN, BLACK CHURCH, DISPLACE RESIDENTS ON STREET, EMTS WAIT WITH STRETCHER (EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS), BRONX IS BURNING, FDNY FIREFIGHTERS, FIRE TRUCKS

12/25/89
MIDNIGHT XMAS MASS ST.PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL
COMPLETE STORY ON TAPE #169.

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