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Posted in music | venues on January 29, 2009
Monster Island barely damaged in Miss Williamsburg fire
Last night on Kent Ave (Photos by i'mjustsayin.)
"Around 1:30 a.m. alerts came in about a "fire in a factory/restaurant" on Kent Avenue (map) in Williamsburg. Word is coming in now that the "early morning fire gutted a landmark Northside diner, causing damage to an adjacent arts collective at Kent Avenue and Metropolitan." The establishment suffering extensive damages is the former Miss Williamsburg Diner (more recently 718), with the two-story building next door getting less scathed.Hopefully nobody was hurt - doesn't seem like they were.While the diner may be a long time fixture in the neighborhood (even making a cameo in Charlie Kaufman's Synechdoche, New York), the neighboring building known as "Monster Island" has recently drawn crowds through promoter Todd P. It also houses the Live With Animals and Secret Project Robot galleries, Mollusk surf shop, and possibly some band practice spaces". [Gothamist]
Todd P, shortly after I posted, added the good news that "through a stroke of very good luck, Monster Island survived this fire unscathed. Thanks everyone, especially the FDNY, for your help and your concerns!" He also told me that the damage was even just limited to a kicked in door and a broken window.
The Brooklyn music gods aren't happy right now. Just yesterday came the news that Sound Fix is closing their bar and stage.
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Posted on January 29, 2009 11:40 AM
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Bowery Presents goons were spotted near the scene of the crime shortly before the fire started.
Posted by imagine if | January 29, 2009 12:08 PM
through a stroke of very good luck, Monster Island survived this fire unscathed.
Thanks everyone, especially the FDNY, for your help and your concerns!
Todd
Posted by Todd P | January 29, 2009 12:12 PM
wow. Glad monster island is ok, hope no one was injured in diner.
Posted by Anonymous | January 29, 2009 12:18 PM
i heard the sirens last night and wondered what was up. indeed, hope everyone's ok over there.
Posted by bill p | January 29, 2009 12:23 PM
the diner, plus the storage containers "apartments" that the former proprietors lived in, plus the adjacent yard, had all become a homeless encampment in the past year or two. I really hope none of those guys were injured in this.
Posted by Todd P | January 29, 2009 12:34 PM
thanks Todd P, for all you do.
now I'm gonna go call Sound Fix and ask what time they're closing the stage.
Posted by Anonymous | January 29, 2009 1:03 PM
I heard the sirens last eve and just assumed it was part of the Rescue Me shoot taking place right down the street. Weird.
I'm glad that it seems as though no one was hurt.
Posted by Anonymous | January 29, 2009 1:06 PM
Joshua Guttman must be involved.
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2007/05/02/2007-05-02_ashen_wasteland.html
Posted by Anonymous | January 29, 2009 1:08 PM
Funny sidenote worth mentioning is that the show 'Rescue
Me' was being filmed down the block at the time of the fire, so, as the diner was spewing fire and smoke before dozens of firefighters, there were these film goons with huge cameras snapping photos chatting it up with chubby blue-toothed dudes like 5 feet away, unfortunately dennis leary did not make an appearance
Posted by michael | January 29, 2009 1:15 PM
shit! something happened! quick, everybody! get your fixie and let's meet at bedford and n 7th! it's riot time! shit!
Posted by Sacred Absolute Hipster Cow | January 29, 2009 2:12 PM
it's more like get your squad cars and tear gas
Posted by Anonymous | January 29, 2009 2:15 PM
and donlt forget the riot gear and billy clubs! let's beat up some happy rich kids
Posted by Anonymous | January 29, 2009 2:19 PM
Wait wasnt thre a fire right by Todd P's home a few weeks ago? And now Monster Island? Dude, be careful!
Posted by book | February 4, 2009 4:22 PM