The fire erupted around 1:20 a.m. on the first floor of the three-story building on Vermont Street near Dumont Avenue in East New York, the FDNY said.
A 50-year-old man was rushed to Brookdale University Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries, according to fire and police officials.
A dozen FDNY units, including 60 firefighters and EMS personnel, descended on the scene and extinguished the blaze within about an hour.
The cause of the fire remained under investigation later Tuesday.
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