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Actually 1733 is Jamaica Ave. & Pennsylvania Ave.. Marginal is on the east side of Pennsylvania and that's the start of Jamaica Ave. and Marginal runs parallel with the Interboro Pkwy and only a block long. It was said a lot of strange things went on in a house on that block. Being 2nd due never...

I was working that night and it was unusually busy. We caught a 1st due 3rd at Howard Ave. and Chauncey and Tower Ladders were the choice of trucks. As we were taking up and went 10-8 Disp. assigned us to that box. We responded in and the first guy to approach us was BC Flynn of the 39 Batt.. I...

Any body that has seen the movie "Brooklyn's finest" this is where a lot of the action took place on Livonia Ave..

Being there first hand I don't remember a black armband, but we had a red one with 232 on it, which I still have, when we took the Brooklyn Bridge for the first time ever. It truly showed how united the Brothers were back then. To 176 it was like losing a family member that we had lived with for...

Sq. 252 would have been closer to the box than 176. Since it was a corner Building 176 may have been on the Cooper Ave. side.

The wake for Timmy Donovan is at the Werst & LaBella Funeral home located at 71-41 Cooper Ave. on Wed.,1/10/24, from 3-8 PM in Glendale, NY. The Funeral is Thursday, 1/11, at 0945 to 1030 at Our Lady of Hope Church located at 61-27 71 St.. A gravesite service will be held at 11:00 AM to 11;20 at...

Continued Rest in Peace Capt. Russo and prayers for her Family.

I just got word of the passing of Timmy Donovan on 1/5/2024 FF Eng 232 & Lad 176. No Funeral arrangements at this time. Apptd. 9/78 and Ret. 8/1/18.

As a Fire Marshal that worked that day, our tour started at 0500 hours, I was in the kitchen in the base in Fort Totten, when a gust of wind hit some time between 5-6 AM. It was more severe than I was normally accustomed to. After the 4 5's were transmitted my Squad was ordered to the morgue in...

When 176 was in the Tin House we responded to Utica and Union passing up Eastern Pkwy and Utica. Reasoning back then was they wanted a Tower Ladder (111) on Eastern Pkwy.. Most of those Buildings on the Pkwy. were H type buildings.

Cross Bay Blvd. years ago was the go to place for drag racing. High speed would probably be the reason for such a horrific accident.

I knew Larry very well from his days in 120. It was always fun working with him and the other superstars there. My daughter commuted on the LIRR 5 days a week and we were sitting on pins and needles till she actually showed up home. As a parent it was sheer torture. By the way my Daughters...

The last order published was retirements and Probies assigned to FDNY Nov.28th.

Well Stone Avenue became Mother Gaston Boulevard. Explain that change. From Avenue to Boulevard. Maybe Blvd. sounds more refined then Ave..

If that Street name came on a computer printout, we'd still be looking for it 31 years later.

Wasn't a transfer order due to come down on Dec. 3rd to fill Co.s that had openings? Seems like Nov. 28 was last order posted. Anyone have any updates?

When I first read the location , I never heard of Covert St. & Hudson Blvd. , especially after responding to that box for 24 years. I took out my Hagstrom Street Atlas and sure enough no Hudson Blvd.. I then reread your post and now I realized Hudson Blvd. became Covert St.. But with all the...

The Fire Dept. is like an insurance policy, it's nice to know it's there but hopefully you never have to use it. And only when you need them is when you care about it. Another thing we forget with the amount of emt runs Engines are doing, it continues to stress the response of other companies to...

We say 4 man engine but only 3 guys are stretching the line. If MPO needs help to hook up now just 2 guys stretching. So maybe the people in the City will vote the right people in the next election. Probably see more line of duty injuries with less help on the line. Lines in place extinguish the...

At one time it was called Smokie Oval park, before it became Phil Rizzuto Park.