Photos: NYC To Mourn 'Top-Notch' Fallen Firefighter At Friday Funeral

BROOKLYN, NY — Fallen firefighter Timothy Klein will be laid to rest Friday in the borough where began his dreams of following the family's footsteps and joining New York's Bravest, according to the FDNY and reports.

Klein — who died Sunday in a blaze on Avenue N in Canarsie — will be remembered with a funeral at St. Francis de Sales Church at 129-16 Rockaway Beach Boulevard in Queens at 11 a.m. Friday, the FDNY announced.

“New York City has lost one of its bravest,” said Mayor Eric Adams. “He lost his life doing the job we asked of him every day – bravely fighting to save others from fire.”

The funeral will be live streamed on the FDNY website.

The 31-year-old firefighter grew up nearby in Breezy Point with dreams of joining the FDNY as his father and uncles had, family told the Post.

“Timmy understood the risks, we all do growing up in a firefighter family,” his cousin, Keith Klein, said at a memorial on Monday, according to the outlet.

"We didn’t lose him to a lack of training or preparedness or fitness. Timmy was top-notch. Sometimes you lose members to the circumstances of the operation.”

Klein died when a ceiling collapsed, hurting two other firefighters and their captain, according to the FDNY.

Three other firefighters scrambled to escape by jumping out of second-story windows onto ladders and a total of eight firefighters were hurt in the blaze, according to the FDNY and reports.

Carlos Richards, a 21-year-old with autism who lived in the Canarsie home, was also killed and his family have set up a GoFundMe to help his mother, who "lost everything in the fire."

"The loss we are experiencing is monumental," Richards' sister Chloe wrote. "[Carlos] was such a bright light in our lives—he loved everyone and everyone loved him."

Klein is the 1,157th member of the FDNY to die in the line-of-duty and the first since Jesse Gerhard, 33, died during a medical episode in February.

Two years earlier, a fellow member of Klein's Ladder Company 170, Steven Pollard, died in 2019 responding to a crash on the Belt Parkway.

Klein delivered the eulogy at Pollard's funeral, according to the FDNY.

Klein was assigned to Ladder Company 170 but worked in Engine Company 257 during the fire, officials said.

He is survived by his father — retired FDNY Firefighter Patrick Klein — his mother, Diane, and his three sisters, authorities said.

“He had a positive impact with every person that he met," his cousin said. “You’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who had a bad thing to say about Timmy."