Then & Now

[t123ken]

This Unit Location Chart is from 1/1/45:
https://postimg.cc/1nqLJ4s9
As far as I know, there is one battalion today that is the same as then with all the same units in the same locations.
What battalion is it?

P.S. I can't post the image of the chart, only its link.
If someone can, please do so.

 

[raybrag]

Here 'tis:

 

[Darrell]

Correct me if Im wrong here, but I'm pretty sure the Staten Island BC's haven't changed locations over the years?

 

[Capttomo]

Great post. Very interesting how the Bronx Battalions were laid out. Some very long runs back then Thanks for sharing

 

[Parkave32]

would that one Batallion that is the same today be the 13th?

 

[kidfrmqns]

Interesting, I never knew that my old neighborhood companies 286/135 were in the 37. It's also interesting to note that 277 and 112, who were then in separate quarters were in 2 different battalions.

 

[Red dragon]

291/286/135
All queens companies in Brooklyn battalion and divisions. Wild

 

[kidfrmqns]

That house on 162 St must have been crazy with 275, 298, 299 and 127 all coming out of there.

 

[FDNYSTATENISLAND]

Here 'tis:

View attachment 58387

One difference I notice about SI (there may be more) is that 165/85 weren’t established yet (would be in the 23). Also note how E154 was still in the 21 before moving to Victory Blvd and changing to the 22 Batt.

Amendment to post: 166/86, 167/87 and 168 all were not formed yet either.

Why was L81 in the 23 but E161 in the 21? Were they not housed together yet? Opposite ends of island.

 

[BoomerTE511]

I can only imagine what Harold G. Wilkins Eng. Co. 286 say, if he knew his chart would be inspected, dissected and shared amongst this site in August of 2026...
TY Harold

 

[Greenpoint Photography]

would that one Batallion that is the same today be the 13th?

The 8th and the 13th