Good Morning, Brooklyn: Tuesday, September 27, 2022
TRACK FIRE BRIEFLY CLOSES CLARK ST. SUBWAY STATION: A track fire caused the brief evacuation of the Clark Street IRT station during the afternoon rush hour on Tuesday. The New York City Fire Department (FDNY) reported a call received at 4:41 p.m. about a smoke condition on the platform level. Responding to the call, Hook & Ladder Company 110 determined the cause to be a rubbish fire on the southbound (Brooklyn-bound) track and extinguished it.
The NYCT Subway’s Twitter account also sent out an alert that 2 and 3 trains were bypassing Clark St in both directions as the FDNY responded to the fire “in the Clark St. Tube. Another Tweet followed indicating that 2 and 3 trains have resumed service between Nevins St and Chambers St.
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FORCIBLE TOUCHING INCIDENTS THROUGHOUT BROOKLYN: The New York City Police Department asks for the public’s assistance in tracking down an individual believed to be connected with a series of forcible touching incidents in several Brooklyn neighborhoods. The incidents took place from Sunday, August 28 through Tuesday, August 30; and again from September 8-10, within the 66th Precinct (Borough Park, Kensington and Midwood), the 72nd Precinct (Windsor Terrace and Sunset Park); the 67th Precinct (East Flatbush and Remsen Village); the 88th Precinct (Fort Greene and Clinton Hill) and the 90th Precinct (Williamsburg).