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I thought Engine 217 is still there. ???mack said:Engine 217 quarters - 940 Dekalb St - originally organized Eng 17 BFD Jul 1, 1876
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G man - Engine 217 current location not sure - read off Mike Boucher's FDNY NYFD.com "Fire Company Locations" that Eng 217 relocated to 850 Bedford Ave (L102) on March 5, 2008. Might have been temporary.
I was really going after former firehouses - sorry if 940 Dekalb is still active. Actually, glad if 940 Dekalb is still active firehouse.
I was really going after former firehouses - sorry if 940 Dekalb is still active. Actually, glad if 940 Dekalb is still active firehouse.
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Mack,
You're doing great. Keep finding more
Thanks
KFD
You're doing great. Keep finding more
Thanks
KFD
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I'm sure the move to L102's house was a temporary move while their firehouse was being renovated.mack said:
Ladder 7 former quarters - 217 E 28 St - vacated 1968 - building currently the New York City Center branch of Self-Realization Fellowship, a world-wide religious movement founded by Paramahansa Yogananda, the author of the spiritual classic, "Autobiography of a Yogi".
http://www.newyorkcitycenter.org/
http://www.newyorkcitycenter.org/
Ladder 8 - original firehouse - 153 Franklin St - 1865 - many small businesses occupied former firehouse - it was purchased for $6.8M in 2008 and converted for $4M into luxury townhouse.
http://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2011/05/from-firehouse-to-luxury-prison-no-153.html
http://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2011/05/from-firehouse-to-luxury-prison-no-153.html
L 12 - Original firehouse - 243 W 20th St - 1865-1967 - Old firehouse current owner is NEW Nontraditional Employment for Women
http://www.new-nyc.org/pages/innyc.html
http://www.new-nyc.org/pages/innyc.html
L 103 former quarters 183 Concord St - organized as L 3 Brooklyn Fire Dept in 1869 at 236 Gold St - new quarters at 183 Concord St in 1875 - became L 3 FDNY in 1898 - became L 53 FDNY in 1898 - became Ladder 103 in 1913 - remained at 183 Concord St until 1932 move to Sheffield Ave
From "Our Firemen - The Official History of the Brooklyn Fire Dept"
- - TRUCK COMPANY NO. 3, THE MEN WHO FIGHT AT CLOSE QUARTERS.
Truck Company No. 3, which at present is stationed at No. 183 Concord Street, was organized on Sept. 15, 1869, and occupied the house at No. 236 Gold Street, which was formerly used by Volunteer Engine No. n and later by
Volunteer Truck No. 2. That house was a two-story brick building, 20 x 50 feet; the whole first floor was used as an apparatus-room, with two stalls in the rear for the horses, the second floor being fitted up as sleeping
apartments for the officers and men. On April 29, 1874. the company removed to its present quarters on Concord Street, a two-story brick building. 25x75 feet. The apparatus-room has three stalls in the rear, and has lately been
supplied with a patent extension ladder.
http://nyfd.com/brooklyn_engines/engine_290/engine290_history.pdf
From "Our Firemen - The Official History of the Brooklyn Fire Dept"
- - TRUCK COMPANY NO. 3, THE MEN WHO FIGHT AT CLOSE QUARTERS.
Truck Company No. 3, which at present is stationed at No. 183 Concord Street, was organized on Sept. 15, 1869, and occupied the house at No. 236 Gold Street, which was formerly used by Volunteer Engine No. n and later by
Volunteer Truck No. 2. That house was a two-story brick building, 20 x 50 feet; the whole first floor was used as an apparatus-room, with two stalls in the rear for the horses, the second floor being fitted up as sleeping
apartments for the officers and men. On April 29, 1874. the company removed to its present quarters on Concord Street, a two-story brick building. 25x75 feet. The apparatus-room has three stalls in the rear, and has lately been
supplied with a patent extension ladder.
http://nyfd.com/brooklyn_engines/engine_290/engine290_history.pdf
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16 engine formerly at 223 E25th street in Manhattan is, or was, a Church when they moved to 29th street and in with 7 truck.
Ladder 13 former quarters - 159 E 87th St - 1868-1961 (originally Suburban Ladder 13 1865-1868):
Andy Warhol had a studio in this former firehouse in 1963. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/04/fashion/manhattan-tour-of-warhol-sites.html
Andy Warhol had a studio in this former firehouse in 1963. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/04/fashion/manhattan-tour-of-warhol-sites.html
mack said:E 232/TCU 732/L 176 - 266 Rockaway Ave - Brownsville - 1971-1988 - Tin House - Currently EMS Bn 44
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Mack, thanks for posting the two FDNY Tin Houses. As a buff, both bring back memories of those very busy earlier days.
I remember stopping in to the Brooklyn Tin House one summer evening. The guys treated myself and my buddy Great. The meal, and we spent the night there. Caught about four jobs.
When the Bronx Tin House opened up, it was to be a portable firehouse. The plan was to move it as the fires moved to different areas.
Both Tin Houses were one of a kind, and the guys that worked there, sure caught their share of work.
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Yes, I read somewhere that they were designed to be easily dismantled and reassembled at another location.fdce54 said:
guitarman314 said:
You're right G-man. If I remember correctly, it might have been in WNYF where they were described as "Portable Firehouses" that could be taken apart and moved to another area. Only thing needed was the concrete flooring to be put down.