May 4, 2026
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Three people died and five more were transported to hospital in critical condition due to an enormous fire this morning at 207 Dyckman Street. More than 125 people living in the building’s 28 apartments were being assisted by Red Cross and NYC HPD to find alternate shelter this afternoon. The whole building is uninhabitable after the fire. An HPD Office of Neighborhood Strategies staffer said the survivors will be mainly offered hotel rooms for now.
The fire broke out just after Midnight and quickly spread from the 1st floor all the way to the roof. The building is one block from the FDNY base on Vermilyea Avenue (Engine 95/Ladder 36). FDNY Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore reminded New Yorkers to close the door when fleeing a fire to prevent its spread.
207 Dyckman Street
An HPD Team assisting displaced residents of 207 Dyckman Street on Monday afternoon.
The Fire Department posted the following summary this morning on X:
At 12:35 a.m. Monday, the FDNY received a call for a fire at 207 Dyckman Street in Manhattan. Units arrived within three minutes and observed fire on the first floor of the six-story building. Members also saw several people attempting to exit the building via the fire escapes. Three people were pronounced dead, and five others were transported to area hospitals in critical condition. “When our units arrived, they encountered a fire on the first floor in the public hall that was rapidly extending up the stairs. There’s one stairway in this building, and the fire was consuming it from the first floor to the bulkhead on the roof,” Chief of Department John Esposito said. “We eventually had fire in eight apartments on multiple floors throughout the building. It was an extremely dangerous and difficult firefighting operation. We had to stretch multiple hoselines and tried to stretch them up the fire escape while at the same time rescuing civilians from those fire escapes in the front and the rear of the building.” FDNY Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore urges New Yorkers to close the door, noting the apartments with closed doors in the building suffered very little impact: “Close the door is an important message, and we need everyone to understand. Close the door and make sure all your family members know the same,” Commissioner Bonsignore said. There were additional injuries to one firefighter and five civilians. More than 192 fire and EMS personnel responded to the 3-alarm fire. It was placed under control at 3 a.m. The cause is under investigation.
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