FDNY responds to flames inside South Beach apartment building Updated Dec 27, 2020; Posted Dec 27, 2020 Windows on several floors of an apartment building at 555 McClean Ave. in South Beach were boarded up Sunday, hours after firefighters responded to a blaze that reportedly originated inside a first floor hallway. (Staten Island Advance/Kyle Lawson) Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.— A fire overnight inside an apartment building at the South Beach Houses prompted a large emergency response, and left three civilians injured, according to authorities. The incident was reported at about 1:20 a.m. at 555 McClean Avenue in South Beach, inside a 6-story, New York City Housing Authority building, an FDNY spokesman said.