Engine 318/Ladder 166
2009 fire - Totonno's Pizza
BOX 3552, 1524 NEPTUNE AVE., BROOKLYN, DIV. 8 , 2nd ALARM AT 9:37 (Reply #1 on: March 14, 2009, 10:36:58 PM)
Box 3552
address: 1524 Neptune Ave.
between: West 15th St. x West 16th St.
3552 @ 08:45
Engs. 245, 318, 253
T. Lad. 161, Lad. 166
Batt. 43
10 ? 75 ? 3552 @ 08:50
Ladder 169 is designated as the ?FAST? Truck
Eng. 246
Rescue Co. #5
Squad Co. #1
Batt. 42
Division 8
Fire Building:
1 Story Brick 20 x 60 Taxpayer
All ? Hands:
7 ? 5 ? 3552 @ 09:24
Batt. 43 reports: Using All ? Hands. Fire in the rear kitchen and fire in the walls
of a 1 Story Taxpayer used as a restaurant. 2 ? lines stretched, 1 ? line in operation.
Trucks are ?Opening Up? Primary Searches are negative. Fire?s Doubtful.
@ 09:37
?Division 8 to Brooklyn, Transmit a 2nd Alarm. We have fire extension into the cockloft.
Special Call ( 2 ) additional Battalion Chiefs. 1st Chief in is going to work fire duty.?
2nd Alarm:
2 ? 2 ? 3552 @ 09:37
Engs. 281 act. 254, 243, 330, 276
T. Lad. 153, Lad. 168
Eng. 284 w / Satellite 3
Batt. 33 assigned to work
Batt. 48 ?Resource Unit Leader?
Batt. 41 s/c ?Safety Officer?
Batt. 32 s/c add Chief
Rescue Battalion / Safety Battalion
Fieldcom 1 / Tactical Support Unit #2
Command Tactical Unit
Car 10: Assist. Chief James Esposito
@ 10:04
Car 10: Assist. Chief Esposito reports: 2 ? lines stretched and in operation. 1 ? line into the
1st floor, 1 ? line to the roof. Continuing to ?Open Up? All Searches are complete and
negative. Fire is Probably Will Hold.
@ 10:35
Fieldcom 1: Progress Report for the 2nd Alarm, Box 3552, Division 8 reports:
Fire was in a 1 Story Taxpayer 20 x 60 with extension into the Cockloft. Fire is UnderControl.
( Job Duration: 1 hr. / 50 mins. )
Thanks GMan
Totonno's Pizzaria - after fire and Sandy:
"Totonno's is a pizzeria located at 1524 Neptune Avenue (between West 15th Street and West 16th Street) in Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York. It was established by Antonio "Totonno" Pero.
He was an employee at the Lombardi's pizzeria on Spring Street in New York's Little Italy that was established in 1905 when he began selling tomato pies cooked in a coal oven and wrapped in paper and tied with a string. In 1924, Totonno left Lombardi's to open his own pizzeria on Coney Island called Totonno's. It is owned by Louise Ciminieri and known for its lines out the door, longevity, and delicious food. Pero can be seen in a photograph with Lombardi, whose employ he left in 1924, "shortly after the subway started running out to the hinterlands of Coney Island, and opened his own place there".
Totonno's pizza has been made the same way since 1924 "along with its Brooklyn pizza brethren Di Fara Pizza, Grimaldi's and Franny's", and "is considered among the best in the country by people who have dedicated their lives to the subject". James Oseland, editor-in-chief of Saveur magazine, attributes a "quintessential New York City flavor profile" to Totonno's.
Totonno's is one af a handful of pizzerias that use a coal fired brick oven, which gives the pizza a flavor that can not be duplicated. New coal ovens do not pass current environmental laws in New York, and the old ovens are grandfathered in as long as the business remains open.
The original location was damaged by fire in 2009, but reopened. In October 2012, Totonno's was among several landmark New York restaurants devastated by Hurricane Sandy. Although they had planned to open by the end of the year, they re-opened in mid-January 2013."
Wikipedia
http://ny.eater.com/archives/2013/06/a_visit_to_coney_island_institution_totonnos.php
http://www.nj.com/entertainment/dining/index.ssf/2013/06/totonnos_in_coney_island_a_new_york_classic_excerpt_from_pizza_city.html
