Fire NY: Plane crashes in Park Slope, Brooklyn Naval Yard

The day was Dec. 16, 1960, and two airplanes had collided in midair over Staten Island. One, a United Airlines DC-8 from Chicago heading to Idlewild (now Kennedy) International Airport, smashed into buildings in Sterling Place, just west of Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn ... many thought a bombing occurred. Later that year, the USS Constellation -- which was built by New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, N.Y. -- a fire broke out in the last stages of her building. Fifty civilian workers died in the blaze.

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[rvman36140]

I WAS A SOPHOMORE IN JOHN JAY WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THE CRASH.I WALKED THERE WITH FRIENDS AFTER SCHOOL ABOUT TEN BLOCKS.I VOLUNTEERED WITH SALVATION ARMY AT SCENE AND HELPED FOR TWO DAYS I WILL NEVER FORGET.WHAT A DISASTER.

[LodiGino]

My moms best friend from college, Rebecca Woodward died in that crash. She was a sorority sister of my moms and had told my mom that because she traveled so much that she felt she would die in a plane crash. My mom still has the Christmas present that Miss Woodward had given to her before she left to return to New York for Christmas with her family.

[Rolistem]

"PILLAR OF FIRE CHURCH"? OMG!!!

[atilzalaznog]

I remember the plane crash so well. I was attending St Saviors Elementary school and lived on 9th Street. It was so frightening because we didn't know what had happened. I remember that the little boy that survived was taken to the hospital near the school.

[emowubbzyew]

my great grandfather, i never met him, died in that plane.