A LOOK BACK.

Our members Garrett Lungren., aka "69mets", and this sites administrator John Bendick, aka "jbendick" were a part of that firehouse at the time.

John B has told me that the first year he got there it was a fairly "quiet house". He was assigned there after Squad 2 was disbanded. But almost overnight, that area of the Bronx became the new hot spot for the arson spread of the South Bronx. Those companies were now a part of the busiest for runs and workers in the city.

As a buff then, the buff map of the Bronx had changed. The West Bronx was now the hot spot if you wanted to watch these guys fight fires.

Today Engine 75, Ladder 33 and Battalion 19 have a new firehouse located just south of the old one at 2175 Walton Ave. The former firehouse is now the quarters of FDNY/EMS Station 19. John Bendicks grandson, John T now works as an EMT out of his grandfathers former firehouse.
 
I rec'd this History reminder from one of my proby school classmates RET BC Bill Moore..... 49 yrs ago today on 8-10-68 the following Second Sections & new Units were formed jump starting our '68 FFs List
Div. 9, Bn 3 (2),Bn 12 (2), Bn 14(2), Bn 37(2), Bn 39(2),Eng. 41(2), Eng 46 (2), Eng 91(2), Eng 217(2), Eng. 233(2), Lad 26 (2), Lad 56, Lad 103 (2),.
 
 
I know back in the day there were ERS boxes and pull boxes. Was there something called a DRB box? My memory is a bit foggy now, but I thought as a kid in the early 80's I remember them announcing DRB box xxxx and then announcing the location.
 
That was discretionary response box. The assigned Chief did not have to respond. It was up to his discretion. The Battalion
was supposed to monitor the radio.
 
This Monday August 9, 2021 is the 50th Anniversary of 108 & the 35 moving from 112 Seigel St where they had been since 1887 to 187 Union Ave. ......oddly enough the small lot at 112 Seigel St. www.google.com/maps/place/112+Seigel+St,+Brooklyn,+NY+11206 still remains vacant 50 yrs later& the old 1 sty Rag Shop exp 2 has long since been a 4sty dwelling & the remaining Frames up toward Humboldt St have been replaced with new dwellings....i do not think there are many lots in BKLYN or NYC for that matter that remain vacant for such a long time especially with the building boom in recent years.... open blue link & scroll through reply's (small #s upper right ) # 2008 thru 2032 on the next page nycfire.net/forums/threads/fdny-and-nyc-firehouses-and-fire-companies-2nd-section.50639/page-101 much work done on this Thanks to RET US Army Colonel Joe Materia aka mack.........some great memories... 68jk09
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^^^^^^ Initially when we first moved into the then new Firehouse on 8-9-71 there were water problems in the basement (actually every time we stopped by to watch the hole being dug during construction they were pumping out water ) it turned out that there was an underground Spring that actually fed the old Breweries in the area & the natural path was disturbed by the excavating of the block long sized combination Firehouse & Police Station....the water not only crept into the new bldg but also ran down the Subway tracks....the City did some waterproofing adding a thick 2 to 3 inch layer to the cellar floor & up several feet all around the inside of the whole bldg & additional drainage was provided in the Subway as the redirected water from around the bldg wound up on the tracks.
 
68jk09 said:
^^^^^^ Initially when we first moved into the then new Firehouse on 8-9-71 there were water problems in the basement (actually every time we stopped by to watch the hole being dug during construction they were pumping out water ) it turned out that there was an underground Spring that actually fed the old Breweries in the area & the natural path was disturbed by the excavating of the block long sized combination Firehouse & Police Station....the water not only crept into the new bldg but also ran down the Subway tracks....the City did some waterproofing adding a thick 2 to 3 inch layer to the cellar floor & up several feet all around the inside of the whole bldg & additional drainage was provided in the Subway as the redirected water from around the bldg wound up on the tracks.
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But of course! The breweries would locate near an underground spring, free source of water. Although I am unfamiliar with that neighborhood I bet that goes back to the 1800s. Thanks for that great bit of history Chief.
 
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