Fabulous Firehouses become Homes and Businesses

[mack]

Ladder 13 - Yorkville - organized as Suburban Ladder Company 13 in 1865

Orginal quarters 159 E 87th St:




L 13:


L 13/E 22/Bn 10 new firehouse - 159 E 85th St


Original firehouse 159 E 87th St today:


L 13/E 22/Bn 10 website:
http://www.fdny221310.com/

Tower ladder 13 FDNY

[mack]

Suburban Engine and Ladder Companies:

"The 'suburban' companies operated differently than the regular 'full time' paid units. Hoseman and ladderman in the suburban units were paid less than their counterparts in the regular units but they were permitted to work at their former occupations. They had to conform to all other rules and regulations of the new department, were required to sleep in the firehouse, attend all alarms, and be present in quarters two afternoons per month for drills and committee work. The suburban engine companies were equipped with hand drawn pumpers and the suburban ladder companies were equipped with ladder trucks similar to the regular ladder companies except that they were hand drawn."  from "Wheels of the Bravest"

FDNY history summary:
http://nyfd.com/history/fdny.html

 

[68jk09]

ENG*53 s old qtrs....E104 St bet 3rd & Lexington Aves..... showing International Pumper....... 

Engine 53 FDNY

   

[guitarman314]

Looks like around 1965 when the Pope cam e to NYC

[mack]

Nice video, Chief.  Per Grump - Pope Paul VI was the VIP.  He was the first pope to visit NYC on October 4, 1965.

[mack]

E 53 moved out of the 104th St firehouse in 1974. 

Old picture of E 53:


Recent picture of old firehouse:


http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/16/ex-dog-biscuit-factory-is-among-5-landmarks/

[mack]

Douglaston Hose Company 1 - volunteer company firehouse - 42-30 Douglaston Pkwy  (1903-1929)







Currently serves as an American Legion Post.


http://www.placematters.net/node/998

[mack]

Cataract Engine 2 End of Van St  W. New Brighton  1st SI volunteer company established 1844 in "Factoryville" section of SI, later renamed West New Brighton. Factoryville was so named because of the manufacturing build up which took place after 1819. Textile dyeing and printing were first factories.  Many followed.  Charles Goodyear (as in tires) built Indian rubber-related factories starting in 1835 to produce shoes, life preservers and other rubber goods.  He later discovered a vulcanization process for rubber.  This fire company was established to preotect the fast growing industrialized area. SI was still not part of NYC.



10 Van St today - Fix-a-Dent Auto Body:


http://fixadent.net/

West New Brighton area today covered by Engine 156, Ladder 79 and Bn 22.

Engine 156  412 Broadway - current quarters - established in 1905 in former volunteer firehouse:


Ladder 79/Bn 22  1189 Castleton Ave  - current quarters - L 79 established in 1905 in former volunteer firehouse:


Bn 22 was organized in 1905 at 51 Cottage Place firehouse in fwith newly organized engine 207 (later E 157)

[grumpy grizzly]

This is a great thread, so much history of the houses of FDNY. This would make a great book if financing could be found. For those interested in Boston's houses I strongly recommend "Returning to Quarters, a history of Boston fire houses" by Rick Connolly a BFD Captain assigned to E-10. Great read, lots of history. Seeing as how Boston has not built many new houses this book is a pretty current history of Boston's houses.