'Gotham' Will Film Mock Train-Station Bombing In Downtown Brooklyn This Week

FORT GREENE, BROOKLYN — The old, landmarked Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower at the intersection of Hanson and Ashland places (pictured above) will be rocked by a fake, made-for-TV explosion on Wednesday, March 1, local officials warned.

The FOX series "Gotham," an NYC-based crime drama drawing inspiration from DC Comics' "Batman" franchise, will use the historic building's high-ceilinged, big-windowed ground floor as a stand-in for Union Station, according to an alert sent out by City Council Member Laurie Cumbo.

In the scene they're filming, a bomb will go off in the station — at which point a "crowd" of extras will "react," the council member said.

The show's special-effects team will reportedly "use atmospheric smoke and haze, air movers and compressed air cans" to simulate the train-station bombing.

Film-crew trucks are expected to start showing up on the streets near 1 Hanson Place between 6 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., and won't be gone until around 10 p.m., according to Cumbo's office.

Here are the streets to avoid:

• ST FELIX STREET between FULTON STREET and HANSON PLACE
• Street Side: East
• Street Control: Full Block

• LAFAYETTE AVENUE between ST FELIX STREET and FORT GREENE PLACE
• Street Side: North and South
• Street Control: Full Block

• FORT GREENE PLACE between LAFAYETTE AVENUE and HANSON PLACE
• Street Side: East and West
• Street Control: Full Block

• HANSON PLACE between ASHLAND PLACE and ST FELIX STREET
• Street Side: North
• Street Control: Full Block

• HANSON PLACE between ASHLAND PLACE and FT GREENE PLACE
• Street Side: South
• Street Control: Full Block

Lead image via Google Maps