Then & Now

t123ken · 2026-08-21T18:13:42-0400

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 · 2026-08-21T19:57:13-0400

Here 'tis:

Darrell · 2026-08-21T23:11:15-0400

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

Capttomo · 2026-08-22T09:42:17-0400

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

Parkave32 · 2026-08-22T11:00:12-0400

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

kidfrmqns · 2026-08-22T12:19:11-0400

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 · 2026-08-22T12:25:13-0400

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

kidfrmqns · 2026-08-22T12:37:50-0400

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

FDNYSTATENISLAND · 2026-08-22T12:51:55-0400

raybrag said:
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 · 2026-08-22T12:52:11-0400

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 · 2026-08-22T15:43:30-0400

Parkave32 said:
would that one Batallion that is the same today be the 13th?

The 8th and the 13th

Greenpoint Photography · 2026-08-22T16:03:15-0400

FDNYSTATENISLAND said:
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.

L81 didnt move in with 161 until 1960, at the time with 159.

The 23 battalion included 151, 159, 162, 164, 76, 81, 82 and 84, stretching from Tottenville all the way up to todt hill/dongan hills.

t123ken · 2026-08-22T17:20:06-0400

Greenpoint Photography said:
The 8th and the 13th

Battalion 8 has all the same units but not all in the same locations.

t123ken · 2026-08-22T17:21:54-0400

Parkave32 said:
would that one Batallion that is the same today be the 13th?

That's what I figured.

t123ken · 2026-08-22T17:30:20-0400

Red dragon said:
291/286/135
All queens companies in Brooklyn battalion and divisions. Wild

And Ladder 140.

Red dragon said:
291/286/135
All queens companies in Brooklyn battalion and divisions. Wild

And Ladder 140.

memorymaster · 2026-08-22T17:53:03-0400

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

And don't forget the Battalion. If you were standing on the corner of Jamaica Avenue & 162 Street and there was a whole house run, it was like being at a parade.