9/11/25 Manhattan All Hands Box 0432

UnitWithTheUrgent · Thursday at 1:56 PM

Address: 67 Avenue C off East 5th St.

Fire on the top floor of a 6 story 30x75 class 3 MD

Phone Alarm - Reporting smoke from the roof at 69 Avenue C - 13:50

MD to E-28/L-11: Second source reporting a fire on the top floor at 67 Ave. C - 13:51

B-4: Transmit the 10-75 - 13:55

TL-9 FAST

B-4: Address is 67 Avenue C - We have (1) 10-45, we need EMS forthwith - 13:57

B-4: All Hands (E-76 act. 55 & L-3) - Water on the fire - 13:59

D-1: 2 L/S, 1 L/O - AVFKD, DWH - 14:09

D-1: The 10-45 is a code 3 - 14:16

D-1: PWH - 14:27

D-1: Under Control - 14:31

Duration: 42 Min.

Maybe:
E-28, 15, 5, 33, 76 (act. 55)
L-11, 18, 9F, 3
B-4, 6
R-1
SQ-18
D-1
RAC-1

Relocations:
E-21 to E-28
E-221 to E-5
L-21 to L-9
E-202 to E-33
L-102 to L-11
B-32 to B-4

doneleven · Thursday at 4:45 PM

There was a time when 432 was among the busiest boxes in the city. Especially in the dead end between B and C. "Fire reported top floor rear"....you pulled up your boots.

kidfrmqns · 2025-09-12T12:07:55-0400

doneleven said:
There was a time when 432 was among the busiest boxes in the city. Especially in the dead end between B and C. "Fire reported top floor rear"....you pulled up your boots.

It's been a while since I was in Alphabet City. Were there 5 and 6 story tenements where the 3 story brick row houses are? Did they all burn in the 70's and 80's?

doneleven · 2025-09-12T13:54:32-0400

Yes...Mostly tenements...both OLT and NLT. Some blocks had brownstones. Some light commercial here and there especially around D. Projects all along east side of D. A few blocks up above 8th or 9th had rear tenements. And yes...they all burned in the 70's and 80's thank you. Friends of mine on the job would see the destruction...block after block of vacant buildings and piles of bricks and ask..."thought you guys were good down here. Did you save ANYTHING?"...lol. I'd say they burned room by room...awful lot of all hands. Tiny response area within the context of the entire city...especially the outer boroughs. When I went out to L133 we had a small enclave called Bricktown which was pretty busy. But it was a small fraction of 275/133's response area. In size it was almost equal to 28/11 ENTIRE response area. Great memories.

kidfrmqns · 2025-09-12T14:20:18-0400

doneleven said:
Yes...Mostly tenements...both OLT and NLT. Some blocks had brownstones. Some light commercial here and there especially around D. Projects all along east side of D. A few blocks up above 8th or 9th had rear tenements. And yes...they all burned in the 70's and 80's thank you. Friends of mine on the job would see the destruction...block after block of vacant buildings and piles of bricks and ask..."thought you guys were good down here. Did you save ANYTHING?"...lol. I'd say they burned room by room...awful lot of all hands. Tiny response area within the context of the entire city...especially the outer boroughs. When I went out to L133 we had a small enclave called Bricktown which was pretty busy. But it was a small fraction of 275/133's response area. In size it was almost equal to 28/11 ENTIRE response area. Great memories.

I knew about the make up of the area with rear tenements and projects along with OLT and NLT. I worked in the area as a paramedic in the 90's and early 2000's. At the time I worked there I did not realize that E5 St had burned down and was rebuilt with those 3 story rows. I thought they had always been there. Thanks for your response.

twoteamtease · 2025-09-13T06:45:13-0400

Lots of those tenements were rehabbed into condos with sprinkler systems. The nature of the beast as no way an area in Lower Manhattan was gonna leave real estate money on the table. Cut back on the workload substantially down there the last 15-20 years at least but still a great place to work and learn! Still lots of interesting runs to respond to

twoteamtease · 2025-09-13T06:47:45-0400

And to note - 28/11 with 15/18/4 was attending the Remembrance Mass only a couple blocks away for not only 28/11, but further members of the 4th Battalion who were stricken with WTC illnesses from September 11th when this box came in

kidfrmqns · 2025-09-13T10:28:56-0400

twoteamtease said:
Lots of those tenements were rehabbed into condos with sprinkler systems. The nature of the beast as no way an area in Lower Manhattan was gonna leave real estate money on the table. Cut back on the workload substantially down there the last 15-20 years at least but still a great place to work and learn! Still lots of interesting runs to respond to

Truly amazing how much the area changed in the late 90's. I started working down there in 95 and we were in squatter buildings daily. By 97 everything was transformed and young women were walking their dogs in Tompkins Square Park.