Fire in Astoria

Yesterday morning, a four-alarm fire broke out in Astoria, damaging a few stores on Ditmars Boulevard and 31st Street and suspending subway service temporarily. Dan Dickinson has some photos showing that among the damaged stores is the restaurant Thirty One (here's NY Magazine's mention of its opening). The Daily News says that Twin Donut employees noticed smoke coming from Thirty One. As it happens, City Councilman Peter Vallone has an office across the street; Vallone said that while the damage was upsetting, at least no one was seriously hurt. Here, here.

Photograph by Dan Dickinson

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By Jen Chung in News on September 1, 2005 7:07 AM

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Z

hmmm...31 had OK bagels....but nothing could beat a poppyseed toasted cream cheese bagel from Twin Donut at 3am let me tell ya! sad times....

smitty

man, 31 had pretty good bagels! how sad for the owners and thet neighborhood.

hashashin

<quibble>it's 'hear, hear.'</quibble>

Jimmy Legs

when i first saw the photo, i thought "Thirty One" might have been a clothing store for us old folks, like a sister store to "Forever 21." pity either way.

all right then

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