Merchants of the five West 231st Street businesses destroyed in a fire last December are left devastated as demolition has further erased what once stood.
As demolition began last week at the five Kingsbridge businesses ravaged by a fire in December, business owners were waiting for the cause of the fire to be determined so they can proceed with insurance claims.
A handful of Kingsbridge merchants are forced to start anew this holiday season, after a fire broke out in the early morning of Dec. 13, engulfing a handful of businesses and leaving those nearby with flooded basements.
Property managers for the five Kingsbridge businesses that were destroyed in an early-morning fire on Dec. 13 say they are awaiting news from the fire department on the cause. That will determine how they will proceed.