1 person dead in apartment fire in Sheepshead BaySHEEPSHEAD BAY, Brooklyn (WABC) -- One person died in a fire in an apartment fire in the Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn early Thursday. The flames broke out in a second floor apartment on Ocean Avenue just before 2 a.m. The victim was found in the apartment. That person was pronounced dead at the scene. Firefighters encountered clutter in the apartment.