Man Killed In Midwood Street Fire In Brooklyn, Cops Say

FLATBUSH, BROOKLYN —A fire Monday morning claimed the life of a man on Midwood Street, near the intersection of Crown Heights and East Flatbush, according to the FDNY.

Smoke eaters rushed to extinguish the blaze inside a first-floor apartment on Midwood Street and East 49th Street about 4:30 a.m., according to officials.

Firefighters who put out the fire at 844 Midwood St. discovered the 69-year-old man lying unconscious in the apartment, police said.

Medics rushed the man to Kings County Hospital but doctors could not save his life, said police.

The building is part of the Harry Silver Housing Company, a nearly 300-unit affordable housing cooperative built in 1951 and is currently managed by Marion Scott Real Estate Inc., according to their website.

HPD data shows nearly 800 housing violations since 2010, according to the website justfix.org, most occurring after Marion Scott Real Estate issued an $8 million dollar short-term loan around 2015 to help the struggling building balance its books.

The real estate company has since helped the building secure a $13 million mortgage in 2019, with the promise that the building would remain affordable for 30 years, according to their website.

The cause of the fire is still being investigated by the fire marshal.