Garden City Park Fire Blotter: Hurricane Sandy, Exploding Transformers and Fatal Apartment Fire

The following information was supplied by the Garden City Park Fire Department. A call does not necessarily indicate that a fire actually took place, only that an alarm or call for assistance was made.

October 27

• 1:27 p.m. – 71 Atlantic Ave. – ambulance requested for rib injury
• 2:09 p.m. – 90 Schumacher Drive – ambulance requested for 16 month old bleeding from ear
• 8:56 a.m. – 34 Elm Drive – ambulance requested
• 11:21 p.m. – 2475 Jericho Turnpike – ambulance requested for cardiac victim

October 28

• 12:29 a.m. – 3000 Jericho Turnpike
• 12:15 p.m. – 10 Stanwood Road
• 4:42 p.m. – 52 Corbin Ave. – second floor smoke detector 

October 29

• 1:18 p.m. – Green Drive and Capri Drive, Roslyn – wires burning
• 1:32 p.m. – 188 Pine St. – alarm sounding
• 1:34 p.m. – 5 East Lane – trees fell on house
• 1:45 p.m. – 179 Bedford Ave.
• 2:14 p.m. – Magnolia Drive and Elm Drive – tree on a car
• 2:32 p.m. – 17 Joy Drive – wire down
• 2:49 p.m. – 265 Marcus Ave. – tree down
• 3:00 p.m. – 1710 Jericho Turnpike – transformer
• 3:08 p.m. – 21 Surrey Road – wires burning against the house
• 3:13 p.m. – 36 Country Village Lane – wires down
• 3:17 p.m. – 48 Fourth Ave. – wires down
• 3:30 p.m. – 1 Shelter Rock Road
• 3:32 p.m. – 2 Tottenham Place – wire down and burning
• 3:56 p.m. – Park Avenue and Fifth Avenue – transformer explosion
• 4:06 p.m. – Park Avenue and Corbin Avenue – tree down
• 4:07 p.m. – Nassau Boulevard and Park Avenue – wire and tree down
• 4:30 p.m. – 34 Iris Lane – transformer burning
• 4:36 p.m. – 108 Marcus Ave. – transformer
• 4:53 p.m. – 21 Surrey Road – wire burning on a house
• 5:16 p.m. – 15 Bretton Road
• 5:34 p.m. – Hillside Avenue and Aster Drive – wire down
• 5:40 p.m. – 15 Bretton Road – tree on fire
• 5:46 p.m. – 135 Aster Drive – wire burning
• 5:51 p.m. – 45 Fifth Ave. – tree hit gas main
• 6:10 p.m. – 100 Birchwood Drive
• 6:18 p.m. – 117 Old Farm Road – medical alert
• 6:24 p.m. – 34 James St. – wire down
• 6:25 p.m. – 127 Country Village Lane
• 6:26 p.m. – 2244 Jericho Turnpike – possible building collapse
• 6:28 p.m. – 15 Farrel St. – wire down
• 6:31 p.m. – 12 Hamilton Drive – wire down
• 6:38 p.m. – Shelter Rock Road and IU Willets Road – explosions
• 6:50 p.m. – 98 Aster Drive – tree fell on a wire
• 6:54 p.m. – 8 Hamilton Drive – wire down
• 6:57 p.m. – 113 Betty Road – carbon dioxide
• 7:06 p.m. – 16 Grattan St. – tree fell on a wire
• 7:09 p.m. – 45 Maple Drive – tree on a house with people trapped in the basement
• 7:21 p.m. – Nassau Boulevard and Madison Avenue – tree fell on a wire
• 7:26 p.m. – 24 Irwin St. – wire sparking in tree
• 7:28 p.m. – 6 Stanwood Road – transformer fire
• 7:32 p.m. – 69 Tenafly Drive – wire down
• 7:38 p.m. – 400 Hillside Ave.
• 7:42 p.m. – 1350 Union Turnpike
• 8:05 p.m. – 105 First St. – downed wires
• 8:06 p.m. – 32 Oak Drive – downed wires
• 8:54 p.m. – 200 Armstrong Road
• 9:02 p.m. – 5 Hunting Hill Road – ambulance requested for victim with chest pains
• 9:23 p.m. – 15 Broadway
• 9:30 p.m. – 115 Madison Ave. – wire and tree down
• 9:38 p.m. – 83 Atlantic Ave. – ambulance requested for a wellness check
• 9:49 p.m. – 43 Bellwood Drive
• 11:18 p.m. – 20 Willow Road – wire and tree down
• 11:38 p.m. – Hillside Avenue and Aster Drive – wire and tree down

October 30

• 2:32 a.m. – 5 Lake Drive – outside odor and tree down
• 6:10 a.m. – 208 Aster Drive, New Hyde Park – request for ambulance
• 6:26 a.m. – 114 Devonshire Drive, New Hyde Park – power lines arcing
• 8:25 a.m. – 46 Capri Drive, Roslyn – carbon monoxide alarm
• 9:17 a.m. – 25 Kings Lane, New Hyde Park – transformer smoking
• 9:58 a.m. – 5 Mayfair Road, New Hyde Park – request for ambulance for sick female
• 12:02 p.m. – 190 Bedford Ave., New Hyde Park – power lines arcing
• 3:34 p.m. – 35 Sutton Hill Lane, New Hyde Park
• 5:11 p.m. – 104 Moore St., New Hyde Park – carbon monoxide
• 6:35 p.m. – Union Turnpike and Marcus Ave. – car into pole
• 6:54 p.m. – 26 Stoothoff Drive, New Hyde Park – carbon monoxide
• 7:14 p.m. – 319 Baltustrol Circle, Roslyn – carbon monoxide
• 8:21 p.m. – 2301 Jericho Turnpike, New Hyde Park
• 11:14 p.m. – 16 Emmett St., New Hyde Park – carbon monoxide
• 11:29 p.m. – 21 Mayflower Ave., Williston Park – carbon monoxide
• 80 Old Broadway, New Hyde Park – ambulance requested for victim having difficulty breathing

October 31

• 11:16 a.m. – 5 Hunting Hill Road – request for ambulance for injured male
• 3:44 p.m. – 15 Herbert Drive, New Hyde Park – request for ambulance for unconscious person
• 5:34 p.m. – 25 Capri Drive, Roslyn – power lines arcing
• 6:13 a.m. – 2264 Jericho Turnpike – mutual aid

November 1

• 10:26 a.m. – 7 Carling Drive – ambulance requested for bleeding male fall victim
• 10:44 a.m. – 171 Doral Court
• 7:59 p.m. – 77 Second Ave.

November 2

• 5:23 a.m. – 12 Center Drive – carbon monoxide alarm
• 11:01 a.m. – Nassau Boulevard and Broadway – wire down and sparking
• 11:12 a.m. – 162 Robby Lane – carbon monoxide, no aided
• 4:21 p.m. – 97 Fifth St. sparking wire
• 6:21 p.m. – 127 Norman St. ambulance requested for female having difficulty breathing