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RV fireball torches iconic NYC diner from ‘Goodfellas,’ sparking calls for camper crackdown
Nypost ^ | May 11, 2025, | By Kevin Sheehan and Zoe Hussain

Posted on 05/11/2025 3:13:12 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

A fireball from a parked RV sparked a fire that tore through an iconic Queens diner from the movie “Goodfellas” – and now one mayoral candidate is calling for a camper crackdown.

The fire erupted at 9:30 p.m. Saturday at GoodFellas Diner in Maspeth with 60 firefighters eventually arriving to put out the flames, according to the FDNY.

The blaze came seven years after the same diner caught fire.

Two civilians were evaluated on the scene and refused medical attention, the department said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food; History; Local News; TV/Movies; Travel
KEYWORDS: calls; camper; clickbait; crackdown; diner; fireball; goodfellas; iconic; maspeth; nyc; rv; sliwa; sparking; torches
Have any of you have been by there or eaten there?
1 posted on 05/11/2025 3:13:12 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Mob hangouts have a way of accidentally going up in flames when they become inconvenient.


2 posted on 05/11/2025 3:35:43 PM PDT by Orosius (A“Wake America Up Again )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

What’s up with all of the RVs all over the place, in the boroughs???

Cheap housing? Avoiding rents and NY taxes?


3 posted on 05/11/2025 3:40:32 PM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“Nobody goes there anymore, too crowded.”


4 posted on 05/11/2025 3:42:03 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Since when are RVs equipped with Fireballs? News to me.


5 posted on 05/11/2025 3:58:28 PM PDT by Freedom4US
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To: Jane Long

Yes, Yes, but they have to pay vehicle property and license taxes.


6 posted on 05/11/2025 3:59:20 PM PDT by alternatives?
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To: ChicagoConservative27

My Lord, a ‘camper crackdown’. Send in the PoPo immediately.


7 posted on 05/11/2025 4:06:14 PM PDT by dljordan (The Rewards of Tolerance are Treachery and Betrayal)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I would assume that RV’s are much cheaper than an apartment in NY city.


8 posted on 05/11/2025 4:13:28 PM PDT by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: Freedom4US

“Since when are RVs equipped with Fireballs?”

Since Jimmy Gilmer’s Copyright expired.


9 posted on 05/11/2025 4:16:22 PM PDT by 230FMJ (From my cold, dead hands.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

We need reasonable camper control.


10 posted on 05/11/2025 4:23:33 PM PDT by Islander7 (There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“Oh you had a fire? F___ you....Pay Me!”


11 posted on 05/11/2025 4:27:33 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Jane Long

“What’s up with all of the RVs all over the place, in the boroughs???”

I think the problem was that the city outlawed tents, so the NGO-funded Globalists had to come up with something else...hence they’ve been buying them old, beat-up, campers to live in.


12 posted on 05/11/2025 4:31:31 PM PDT by BobL
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To: Freedom4US

“Since when are RVs equipped with Fireballs?”

They’re not. It’s a special extra option you have to ask for at the dealership.


13 posted on 05/11/2025 4:54:34 PM PDT by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

"Two n#&!%$s just burned my RV. Can you f%$*# believe that s#&!?

14 posted on 05/11/2025 5:01:08 PM PDT by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
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To: lowbridge

Look in the liquor cabinet. There maybe some fireball there.


15 posted on 05/11/2025 5:15:00 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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To: BobL

So disgustingly gross.


16 posted on 05/11/2025 7:23:52 PM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Friction fire. Friction between the mortgage payment and the insurance policy.


17 posted on 05/11/2025 7:37:26 PM PDT by The Louiswu (USA FIRST...USA FOREVER)
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To: Jane Long

House and apartments are out of range for some people. They could be the working poor.


18 posted on 05/11/2025 7:52:20 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Two civilians were evaluated on the scene and refused medical attention, the department said.

So the military was there too helping people at the scene of the fire?

19 posted on 05/11/2025 7:57:02 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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To: Deaf Smith

Is that you Yogi?


20 posted on 05/11/2025 8:22:48 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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