While it's only 2.5 blocks from E9/L6 that's a tough run for them. If they don't go against traffic on that short block of Canal where the Manhattan bridge dumps off, they have to go around the park. Navigating that area during the day can be quite a challenge.
Wonder if it is as big a dump now as it was in the early 90's. I always look back and think of Woodhull as the epitome of how bad an inner city ghetto hospital could be.
Back when I was still working as a paramedic for 2 separate hospitals in NYC I was a buff. I used to try to get assigned to 10-75 fires and many times the dispatcher would tell me to remain in service that the call type did not require an ALS unit. I could never understand this. If you're a...
Was the area north of Jamaica Ave (Highland Park) hit hard by fires during the 70's and 80's? I lived not far away on the other side of the cemetery and don't remember many fires in this area.