Parks department data shows firefighters responded to more than 400 fires in city parks between 2020 and August 2024.

As of Tuesday, the FDNY has responded to 229 brush fires across the five boroughs, Fire Commissioner Robert Tucker said.

Forest fires in New York City are nearly unprecedented. None have been recorded in Prospect Park in recent history, and while ...

Firefighters managed to contain a large brush fire in Brooklyn's Prospect Park Friday night, officials with the New York City Fire Department said. Four engine companies will remain on the scene ...

In Brooklyn’s Prospect Park on Sunday, onlookers gawked at a charred hilltop, where newly fallen leaves had already obscured ...

As the drought watch and red flag warnings continue in New York City, local leaders are cracking down on potential fire risks ...

A little fall of rain on Sunday wasn’t enough to end the drought in New York City, though conditions in Brooklyn have ...

A little fall of rain on Sunday wasn't enough to end the drought in New York City, though conditions in Brooklyn have ...

After a month with no measurable precipitation and some of the driest conditions New York has ever seen, a fire broke out in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park on Friday. The brush fire burned two acres of ...

Firefighters extinguished a second brush fire in Prospect Park on Saturday, roughly a mile away from the site of Friday night ...

A brush fire ignited in Prospect Park Friday evening, amid an ongoing drought across the city. Fanned by strong winds, the ...

A brush fire broke out in Brooklyn’s historic Prospect Park on Friday night amid a drought across the northeast. A passerby ...