Brooklyn Fireworks Set 311 Lines Ablaze During Coronavirus

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK — Skyrocketing 311 calls show fireworks really set off New Yorkers under coronavirus lockdown.

Here's how short their fuses are — complaints about illegal fireworks so far in June jumped 4,000 percent from last year, as first reported by Gothamist.

And Patch found sparks have been flying over fireworks since the lockdown, particularly in the 11226 zip code covering Flatbush, parts of Prospect Park and other nearby neighborhoods.

Angry residents from that zip lodged 300 complaints about illegal fireworks since March 18, according to 311 data. It's where one Twitter user begged for relief from "RIDICULOUS annoying!" fireworks.

"Please trying to sleep and they do until 1 a.m. sometimes later," wrote KristyTheGossipGirl.

That zip code had three times more illegal fireworks complaints during lockdown than the next-highest zip — 10032 — according to 311 data.

Brooklyn overall led the boroughs for fireworks complaints in the past year with 961 callers declaring flying projectiles a dud. Of those, 667 complaints came during the lockdown period, the data shows.

Many complaints came from areas near Prospect Park, particularly Prospect Lefferts Gardens and Crown Heights. Their 11225 zip code had 38 complaints during lockdown, the data shows.

That still pales compared to the Flatbush and Ditmas Park-related calls.

A local group called Equality For Flatbush pinned much of the blame on an apparently now-defunct Ditmas Park Facebook page calling for a "peaceful" neighborhood.

"For #DitmasParkKaren, setting off fireworks and playing music is 'threatening and violent,' while calling the police is somehow 'Peaceful,'" Equality For Flatbush wrote in a news release.