Fire Damages Grove Hotel in Cherry Grove, Fire Island
A fire completely burned down the north end of the Grove Hotel in Cherry Grove, Fire Island early Tuesday morning, according to several reports coming in from around the web.
EDGE reports: "The blaze broke out inside a housekeeping shed along the north side of the two story Grove Hotel around 2 a.m. Firefighters from Cherry Grove, the Fire Island Pines, Point O’ Woods, Ocean Bay Park, Ocean Beach, Saltaire and Sayville responded to the scene. The four people inside the hotel evacuated safely, but Ocean Beach firefighter Ian Levine said the thick smoke made it difficult to find the fire’s source."
According to EDGE, "a second fire broke out in a trash can on Gerard Walk shortly before the blaze erupted at the Grove Hotel," however, "nothing indicates the two fires are related."
The hotel was scheduled to close for the season in a week.
Cherry Grove is one of two gay communities on the long barrier island of Fire Island. The other is Fire Island Pines, where a fire earlier this season burned two homes to the ground.
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Posted Sep. 23,2009 at 10:14 AM EST by Andy Towle in Fire Island, News | Permalink
Not pretty, but obviously not *completely* burned down. Or am I missing something???
Posted by: Pinky | Sep 23, 2009 11:06:59 AM
Honestly, it needs to come down. What a sketchy dump. I stayed there last summmer. Disgusting.
Posted by: mrmnyc | Sep 23, 2009 11:47:27 AM
I used to go there since there since the late 70's/early 80's...same place, same dump.....inside job maybe? hmmmmmmm
Posted by: Johnny | Sep 23, 2009 12:21:33 PM
I stayed there for a few days last month - what a shithole.
Posted by: Joey | Sep 23, 2009 1:38:48 PM
Clearly I wasn't alone in my bad stay there. Judging from experiences with the management, someone probably set it to save on housekeeping costs. It wouldnt take much effort for the drag queen volunteer firemen to clean up the debris better than the staff cleaned the rooms.
Posted by: Jeff | Sep 23, 2009 7:42:21 PM
i had a wonderful stay, i think it was a five star hotel. i will remember the experience forever.
Posted by: pat | Oct 31, 2009 10:29:55 PM
The place is a hole, the management are greedy pigs, and I heard they were trying to sell and there were no takers..... How nice they had a fire and insurance. Now they can go real cheap on the repairs and have more money for their pockets.....
Posted by: JAMES EDSTROM | Dec 20, 2009 11:54:16 PM