Spring Ahead: Free Smoke Alarm Batteries

Spring Ahead: Free Smoke Alarm Batteries


MYFOXNY.COM - The FDNY reminds New Yorkers that wehn you spring ahead Sunday, you should also replace the battery in your smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector. The department is setting up information booths around the five boroughs to give out free batteries and fire-safety information.

FROM THE FDNY

Even though 97 percent of homes have a smoke alarm, more than 33 percent of them do not work because they have a missing or dead battery. So in an effort to keep New Yorkers safe, FDNY Fire Safety Educators will distribute 9-volt batteries for smoke alarms in all five boroughs beginning March 9.

The batteries were generously donated by Duracell to the FDNY Foundation, the official fundraising organization for the New York City Fire Department.

Find out where you can pick up free 9-volt batteries in your neighborhood:

Friday, March 12

Queens
Flushing-Main Street/Roosevelt Avenue Train Station
4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Jamaica Centre Parsons/Archer Train Station
4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Brooklyn
Coney Island Terminal–Corner of Stillwell and Surf Avenue
4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Broadway (East New York) Junction Complex – Jamaica Avenue/Fulton Street
4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Staten Island
Staten Island Ferry – St. George
4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Kmart Shopping Center
2660 Hylan Boulevard
12 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Manhattan
West 168th Street and Broadway Train Station
4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

350 West 125th Street
12 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Bronx
East 149th Street and Grand Concourse IRT
4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

East 161St Street and River Avenue/Yankee Stadium Train Station
4 p.m. to 6 p.m.


Saturday, March 13

Queens
Queens Center Mall
90-15 Queens Blvd.
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Brooklyn
Kings Plaza Shopping Center
5100 Kings Plaza
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Corner of 86th Street and 22nd Avenue
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Staten Island
Staten Island Mall
JC Penny Wing
2655 Richmond Ave.
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Manhattan
Union Square Park
14th Street and Broadway
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The FDNY Fire Zone in Rockefeller Center
34 West 51st St.
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Bronx
Fordham Plaza Metro North
430 East Fordham Rd.
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Spring Ahead: Free Smoke Alarm Batteries.