The NYPD reported that a fire broke out on Friday, Jan. 28, at 3016 Webster Avenue, home to the 52nd precinct, in Norwood.  Officers said there were no injuries, and the cause of the fire is still to be determined.

 

Bronx All Hands Box 3570, 3016 WEBSTER AVE, PUBLIC BUILDING

— FDNYalerts (@FDNYAlerts) January 28, 2022

FDNY put out an alert over Twitter for all hands at 5.53 p.m, and another at 6.20 p.m., confirming that the fire was under control.

 

Norwood News followed up with the FDNY, and the department later confirmed that FDNY units responded on Friday evening to 3016 Webster Avenue in Norwood regarding a fire on the third floor of a three-story, commercial building and was brought under control at 7:19 p.m.

 

 

Department officials confirmed there were no injuries and the cause of the blaze has not yet been determined, and is still under investigation.

 

 

Several fire trucks were witnessed outside the building on Friday evening, in response to the incident and amid a DSNY snow alert which is expected to bring more than a foot of snow by Saturday, Jan. 29, as reported. Snow was already gathering on the ground on Friday evening.

 

Bronx All Hands Box 3570, 52 PCT, PUBLIC BUILDING, 3 FLR, Under Control

— FDNYalerts (@FDNYAlerts) January 28, 2022

 

DSNY had already confirmed that the City’s roads had been pre-treated with brine to ensure continued movement of vehicles in case of an emergency.

 

Video courtesy of AJ Ramos

FDNY officials have been stepping up their efforts to educate New Yorkers on fire prevention in recent weeks in the wake of the recent fire tragedy at the Twin Parks North West housing complex at 333 East 181st Street in Fordham Heights, which broke out on Sunday, Jan. 9, and claimed the lives of 17 people, including 8 children, as reported.

 

According to the Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS) at the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historical Preservation, via Wikipedia, the 52nd Police Precinct Station House and Stable is a historic police station building, built from 1904 to 1906, and is a three-story, red brick structure, approximately 50 feet by 80 feet in size. It is built in the style of a Tuscan villa, and features a 21-foot square clock tower with  large polychrome terracotta clock faces on three sides.

 

Video courtesy of AJ Ramos

 

According to the National Register Information System of the National Register of Historical Places, and the National Park Service, the building was designated a New York City Landmark in 1974, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The architects were Stoughton & Stoughton of Mount Vernon, New York.

 

Norwood News followed up with FDNY on the cause of the fire and on March 12, we were informed that the cause was still under investigation.