9-6-24.... MAN SHOT OUTIDE 68 / 49's FH

[68jk09]

MAN SHOT OUTSIDE BX NY FIREHOUSE

 

[Capttomo]

Strange thing about the neighborhood around 68/49 : the firestorm of the war years seemed to go right around them. Don’t get me wrong 68/49 has seen solid fire duty in the past 60 years and is a solid house - but what started as a shit show in 83/29, 60/17, 50/19, 41, 71/55, 73, and 82/31, gradually moved up into the 18, 19, and now 27’s area. 43/ later with 59, 92/44, 42, 75/33, 88/38, 45/ later with 58, and 48/ later with 56 and most recently 79/37 and 62/32 all watched the fire wave move on up the grand Concourse as its center axis over 60 years. But 68/49 never saw the extreme workload that these companies experienced and or continue to experience today. And the neighborhood around that firehouse never experienced the widespread devastation that so many others did.

 

[Sfdc111]

Strange thing about the neighborhood around 68/49 : the firestorm of the war years seemed to go right around them. Don’t get me wrong 68/49 has seen solid fire duty in the past 60 years and is a solid house - but what started as a shit show in 83/29, 60/17, 50/19, 41, 71/55, 73, and 82/31, gradually moved up into the 18, 19, and now 27’s area. 43/ later with 59, 92/44, 42, 75/33, 88/38, 45/ later with 58, and 48/ later with 56 and most recently 79/37 and 62/32 all watched the fire wave move on up the grand Concourse as its center axis over 60 years. But 68/49 never saw the extreme workload that these companies experienced and or continue to experience today. And the neighborhood around that firehouse never experienced the widespread devastation that so many others did.

Why does it seam 69/49 don’t move a lot on alarms? I’m not from NY or great with geography but it seams like when a lot of the surrounding companies go they don’t? Was a huge Yankees fan as a kid and visited 68/49 a few times, always amazing hospitality.

 

[Lebby]

MAN SHOT OUTSIDE BX NY FIREHOUSE

Also right next to EMS Station 17

 

[scoobyd]

There were plenty of burned out vacant buildings in Highbridge back when. The rear of a few vacants on University Ave received "flowerpot" tin window covers. Those are the buildings just north of the stadium, visible on the Deegan.

 

[Capttomo]

There were plenty of burned out vacant buildings in Highbridge back when. The rear of a few vacants on University Ave received "flowerpot" tin window covers. Those are the buildings just north of the stadium, visible on the Deegan.

Yes there were. But if you look at the runs and workers from 1968 to present while highbridge saw its share of serious fire duty - it never reached the workloads of all the companies to the south, east and north of 68/49. Some suggest, that the highbridge neighborhood was a little more stable than many others

 

[scoobyd]

Highbridge is geographically isolated. Highway/river on one side, step hill on the other. Geographically it sits on the top of a steep hill. There are very few cross streets that run east toward Jerome Ave. To the south is the largely unpopulated stadium and the old Bronx Terminal Market area, though that is/has been developed. The north end has only a hand full of north/south roadways due to CBX. And all that effects response totals.
For 50 plus years it has been a horrendous neighborhood, sociologically speaking.

 

[Capttomo]

Highbridge is geographically isolated. Highway/river on one side, step hill on the other. Geographically it sits on the top of a steep hill. There are very few cross streets that run east toward Jerome Ave. To the south is the largely unpopulated stadium and the old Bronx Terminal Market area, though that is/has been developed. The north end has only a hand full of north/south roadways due to CBX. And all that effects response totals.
For 50 plus years it has been a horrendous neighborhood, sociologically speaking.

Yes. 44 pct has always been one of the busiest commands in NYPD