Mickey Mouse shut down the city’s Fire Museum — and it may need to wish upon a star to ever open again.
Construction on Disney’s new, 22-story New York City headquarters at Hudson Street caused what the city said was nearly $6 million in “significant structural damage” to the neighboring Spring Street museum, forcing it to close for nearly a year.
The museum opened in 1987 and operates out of an historic, 120-year-old firehouse once used by Engine Co. 30. It features 30,000 artifacts stretching back to the days of the bucket brigade, along with a memorial to the 343 NYC firefighters killed in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
“Excessive vibrations” from the work last May were the nail in the coffin for the historic Beaux-Arts building, prompting an emergency evacuation, according to the Manhattan Supreme Court filing by the city…