Upper West Side Eateries Raise $30K for Neighbors Displaced by Winter Fire - Upper West Side - New York
The fire broke at at 511 Amsterdam Ave. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Jackson Chen UPPER WEST SIDE — After a massive fire displaced 19 families on the Upper West Side , local businesses and residents have stepped up to raise roughly $30,000 in donations over the last several months. The blaze broke out at 511 Amsterdam Ave. on the night of February 24, leaving six firefighters and one civilian injured. The blaze was caused by an electrical cord extension on the third floor, the FDNY said. In addition to uprooting the lives of the families upstairs , smoke and water damage forced the closure of e’s BAR on the ground floor and the neighboring Jacob’s Pickles at 509 Amsterdam Ave. As both businesses struggled to reopen, they also had their neighbors in mind, prompting two online fundraising campaigns in March to accept donations for the displaced residents. Jacob’s Pickles, which raised $7,615 through a GoFundMe campaign that began on March 23, is now in the final stages of its cam...