Fabulous Firehouses become Homes and Businesses

Mack..if you are asking me about Marine 8s berth i cant help you on that one.
 
If I am correct, Marine # 8 old qtrs, foot of 52nd St, was used by NYPD Harbor Charlie for several years after Marine 8 was disbanded. PD has since moved their boat to another location in that area, on 58 St, & I was told that the FD building was destroyed.
 
Thanks Atlas.  I could not tell if the ramaining structure was Marine 8 quarters/berth.
 
Mentioned in initial posts in this thread - Brooklyn Fire Headquarters - 365 Jay Street

L 118 (originally L 68) 1901-1929/Water Tower 6 1903-1946/Rescue 2 1929-1946/Engine 207 1946-1971/Searchlight Engine 3 1901-1903/Searchlight 2 1922-1938/Ambulance 2 1938-1949/Bn 31 1947-1972/Div 10 1906-1922 and 1951)  - prior occupancy by BFD units and chiefs






http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Fire_Headquarters
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A05EFDF163FF935A25757C0A9609C8B63&pagewanted=all

Building desctription from R 2 site:

"Description of 365 Jay St. Brooklyn.
Erected 1892  Size of lot: 50 Ft Front x 106 Ft 6 inches / deep
Size of Building: 50 Ft Front, Rear 42 Ft, 103 Ft. deep.
Owned by City
5 story and cellar Romanesque Building with tower, self supporting. Brick walls with steel columns and girders and beams supporting floors. Steel-work fireproofed; with hollow tile arches, 1st floor supported by unprotected steel beams and brick arches. Front roof and tower, wood rafters and roofing with tile covering.
The height of the main building is 85 Ft., with the tower, 126 Ft.

Heating is provided by steam from oil burning boilers in cellar.  2- Steam boilers
Model: #44 Mills Water Tube Sectional Boilers
Make: Made by H.B. Smith ? N. Y. C
Equipped with Bergeen Oil Burner 9 TYPE B Mechanical Draft
Hot water supplied by -
Direct current from Edison Co. for power
Alternating current for lighting"




http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Fire/Bklyn/6.html
 
Engine 213  former quarters  137 Powers St  (1869-1959) - originally E 13 BFD


 
Thanks to kfd274:

Engine 66 (Marine)/Marine 6  berth  Ft of Grand St  East River (1941-1992)


- today

- in service
 
 

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mack said:
Thanks to kfd274:

Engine 66 (Marine)/Marine 6  berth  Ft of Grand St  East River (1941-1992)


- today

- in service
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Mack,

Do you know what this is used for today?

Kfd
 
Mack, I think the house on Jay St. was where L 118 was, I don't believe 108 was in that Firehouse. Ladder 108 was put on Seigel St. after Eng 218 moved to their NEW (LOL) house on Hart St. sometime in the 1890's.
 
Thanks jor176.  My mistake.  There were many units in that firehouse over the years.  The Brooklyn Fire Dept headquarters and BFD units occupied for many years before consolidation.  Firehouse was also used by many Brooklyn and Bklyn/Qns commands. 

It is a shame that this historic building and fire department symbol is now used for affordable housing.
 
kfd274:  Engine 66 (Marine)/Marine 6  berth  Ft of Grand St  East River - I don't know who operates facility but was able to find picture of current use:


 
Ladder 5 and Ladder 5-2 previous quarters - 102 (96) Charles St    (Ladder 5 1865-1975/Ladder 5-2 1884-1939)
    Original volunteer firehouse of Ladder 14 Columbian Fire Company (1854-1865)






 
Ladder 9-2  former FDNY quarters  - 199 Chrystie St  (1883-1889)
  - note: former volunteer firehouse


 
mack said:
Thanks jor176.  My mistake.  There were many units in that firehouse over the years.  The Brooklyn Fire Dept headquarters and BFD units occupied for many years before consolidation.  Firehouse was also used by many Brooklyn and Bklyn/Qns commands. 

It is a shame that this historic building and fire department symbol is now used for affordable housing.
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.....Originally some years ago when the City decided to relinquish it they sold it to one of the colleges for a dollar.....( and yes the City was as usual crying poverty at that time ).......it is a shame that it did not become an FD related Museum or some other FD related venue.
 
Readers are reminded that the Mand Library at the Fire Academy has photos of ALL of the former firehouses in NYC, both FDNY and volly, that are still standing.  The photos are in one large album broken down by borough, with one color photo of each of these houses as they now appear.
 
Marine 6's old qtrs if I am correct belonged to the city's Park Dept. It might have been turned back to them.

Does any one have photos of the old fireboat station, Engine # 87, that was on the Harlem River?
 
mack said:
E 37 former firehouse - 503 W 126 St (1881-1974)

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  What's missing in the photo is a wing on the exp. #4/#3 side of that firehouse with an apparatus door that faced Amsterdam Ave.
 
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