A year ago, the Fire Department was trying to put out the massive ten-alarm blaze at the Greenpoint Terminal Warehouse. It took a day and a half for the FDNY to control the fire. A homeless man, Leszek Kuczera, apparently started the blaze while trying to burn insulation off copper wire, only for him to get off with a plea agreement. Of course, the convenience of Kuczera as a fall guy who didn't even......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: A carbon monoxide incident in Queens, a fatal jumper down in Manhattan, and number of stabbings in the Bronx Congratulations to the same-sex couples who are planning civil unions right after midnight tonight in NJ. Gowanus Lounge calls Ikea's public attitude about the destruction of historical records from the Todd Shipyard in Red Hook "nothing short of disdain and matter-of-fact dismissal" Another look at the White Castle's special Valentine's......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: victim down an elevator shaft on 59th Street, person struck by train at 33rd on the 6, and an "EDP in a vehicle" in LES. Attention terrorists: if you're using the internet at the Park Slope Tea Lounge, the cops may be on to you. F Trainer has a nice set of pix from the Greenpoint Terminal Market-- it's like the surface of the moon up in that piece.......

Remember the big fire in May that burned down the Greenpoint Terminal Market? Leszek Kuczera, the only person charged with setting the fire, reached a plea agreement with prosecutors yesterday that will keep him out of jail. In the agreement Mr. Kuczera, a homeless alcoholic, pled o contest to burglary and criminal mischief charges. He will spend about eight months in an upstate alcohol treatment center and then serve three years' probation. The Post......

- So first the feds cut our terrorist funding, and then they tell us we aren't prepared for another attack? WTF? To quote Chuck Schumer: "If we ever needed proof of the hypocrisy of the Department of Homeland Security, we just got it." - Is the city going to finally sell off the perennially-in-the-red OTB? - Google could tell what tv show you are watching by analyzing ambient noise - we're officially creeped out.......

Fans of urban exploration photography and naked women, rejoice, for your day has finally arrived! Naked City Spleen features dozens of pictures of Miru Kim posing in front of various urban ruins, including but not limited to the recently destroyed Greenpoint Terminal Market and the very-soon-to-be-leveled Red Hook Sugar Factory. And lest you think this is just about cheap thrills, Miru has a long essay explaining the project: Photography then is one of my......

Developer Joshua Guttman and his son Jack were are being arraigned on 434 counts of negligence regarding the upkeep of the now-destroyed Greenpoint Terminal Market, as investigators continue to search for the second man involved in the massive fire. The Guttmans purchased the abandoned warehouse last year for an eventual commercial-resiedential development, but they "failed to maintain" the waterfront property. During a court hearing yesterday for Leszek Kuczera, the homeless man who confessed to......

Joe wrote in to remind us that the massive Greenpoint Terminal Market was one month ago today. He also pointed out this massive gallery of GTM pictures from the intrepid explorers at LTVsquad . Related: lots of people have been taking pictures of the ruins and leftover piles of clothes on the GTM lot. We were down on West Street in Greenpoint yesterday, and the whole block was starting to stink of mold. Yum!......

Developer Joshua Guttman was in Brooklyn court yesterday, but not for anything related to the Greenpoint Terminal Market fire or any of the other arson cases at buildings he's owns (he's never been charged with arson). Actually, this case is about a tenant, a basement, and some missing equipment. According to the NY Times, tenant Onias Pacheco had been moving out of a Guttman building, and Guttman agreed to store Pacheco's screening equipment in the......

Ooh - the NY Times reports that the fire marshals brought in a golden retriever to investigate the Greenpoint Terminal Market's charred remains to see if there were any accelerants used. Apparently Bucca, named after a firefighter lost on September 11, sits when he smells accelerants, but the FDNY did not reveal whether Bucca was doing any sitting. And yesterday, the Daily News reported that site owner Joshua Guttman is already selling various pieces......

You might recall the post we did last week on Thomas Brodin's pictures from inside the Greenpoint Terminal Market. We had to take that one down, because there were some problems clearing the photo rights, but Thomas and his reps worked really hard to put together a new set that we could share with our readers. These pictures are going to blow you away-- check out the whole set of twelve pictures at Thomas'......

It's skateboarders versus the neighborhood as Soho residents and city agencies are eyeing the Greene Street skate shop, Etnies, for its rooftop skate ramp in a historical district. The Landmarks Preservation Commission said, "We received an application from the company, but it was never completed. So the ramp was never approved." Ha - that's totally feeding into the stereotype of irresponsible skaters! Residents have also complained about the noise from the ramp; the Post says......

Yesterday we bicycled into Brooklyn with JCN to get some pictures of the rubble left over from the Greenpoint Terminal Market fire. The police still have a few blocks of West Street closed off, but a furniture store in one of the remaining buildings was open for a "fire sale." We walked into the store and out the back, and snapped a bunch of pictures of the ruins. You can see the whole set......

- There was a stabbing on the Lower East Side last night - That fat guy walking across the country is headed to NYC - Gotham Gal doesn't like Ditch Plains - Greenpoint Terminal Market owner Joshua Guttman has had 16 arrest warrants for his various housing code violations - Man kills a 4 year old and shoots four others - over a beer - A school public safety officer has been arrest over......

The investigationcontinues at the Greenpoint Terminal Market. We thought this quote from a Department of Environmental Protection workerin the Daily News summed it up well: "It looks like an atomic bomb hit it. This looks like a war zone. Everything's totally burned down. Fuhgeddaboudit." One concern is that the buildings will collapse, since the structures have been so devastated by the fire, so the Fire Department is going to start tearing down some buildings.......

The Fire Department's arson investigators will be looking for traces of accelerants left at the Greenpoint Terminal Market site, though it's possible much evidence has been destroyed from the 10 alarm fire that lasted almost two days. The real estate dealings behind the warehouse are of natural interest in the investigation, though sources say that the land's owner, Joshua Guttman, is not a suspect. Guttman, who bought the buildings for $25 million in 2001,......

- Randy put together the great diagram above showing the areas of the Greenpoint Terminal Market damaged by the fire. - City landlords are looking to raise stabilized rents by 8%, blaming fuel costs - Nice one: If you're going to have someone drive expensive art from Florida to NYC, make sure he's not an ex-con who might drive away with the van - Police are looking for a man pretending to be a......

Firefighters are still working to put out the huge ten-alarm Brooklyn warehouse fire that started yesterday at 5:30AM. Fifteen buildings the Greenpoint Terminal Market were hit by the fire. The Fire Department used eight to nine million gallons of water during their work, and since there was no "immediate threat to life," the fire became a sort of clinic for the department to "plan strategy," according to the NY Times; the FDNY also used......

- Falling debris has fallen from the under-construction new New York Times building at Eighth Avenue and 41st Street and hit a car. Early reports say the debris was some sort of pipe. And not only that, it went through the car's sunroof. NY1 says that two people were injured, including a small child. Oh, dear. - An FBI agent was killed when his motorcycle crashed into a bus on the Upper East Side......

A five-alarm fire at the abandoned Greenpoint Terminal Warehouse/Market is being fought this morning in dramatic fashion: News choppers show that the FDNY's marine units are at work - the warehouse occupie a 200' by 600' lot along the East River. (WNBC's Vivian Lee, on location, said the fire was making it feel like a 100 degree day even 50 yards away.) Last year, Tien visited the terminal market last year and found a......