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ENGINE 315/LADDER 125 FIREHOUSE 159-06 UNION TURNPIKE, JAMAICA QUEENS DIVISION 13, BATTALION 50 "THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH"


KEW GARDENS HILLS

Kew Gardens Hills is a neighborhood in the middle of the New York City borough of Queens. The borders are Flushing Meadows-Corona Park to the west, the Long Island Expressway to the north, Union Turnpike to the south, and Parsons Boulevard to the east.

The neighborhood is located near several highways including the Long Island Expressway, Grand Central Parkway, Van Wyck Expressway, and the Jackie Robinson Parkway (Interborough). It is also served by several bus routes. Adjacent neighborhoods include Forest Hills to the west, Hillcrest to the east, Briarwood to the south, and Queensboro Hill to the north.

Kew Gardens Hills is located in Queens Community District 8 and its ZIP Code is 11367. It is patrolled by the New York City Police Department's 107th Precinct. Politically, Kew Gardens Hills represented by the New York City Council's 24th District.


Police and crime

Kew Gardens Hills is patrolled by the 107th Precinct of the NYPD, located at 71-01 Parsons Boulevard. The 107th Precinct ranked 11th safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010. The low crime rate was attributed primarily to the area's isolation and to local neighborhood patrols. As of 2018, with a non-fatal assault rate of 22 per 100,000 people, Kew Gardens Hills' rate of violent crimes per capita is lower than that of the city as a whole. The incarceration rate of 191 per 100,000 people is lower than that of the city as a whole.


The 107th Precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 88.8% between 1990 and 2018. The precinct reported 5 murders, 23 rapes, 138 robberies, 131 felony assaults, 149 burglaries, 539 grand larcenies, and 101 grand larcenies auto in 2018.


Fire safety

Kew Gardens Hills is served by the New York City Fire Department (FDNY)'s Engine Co. 315/Ladder Co. 125, located at 159-06 Union Turnpike.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kew_Gardens_Hills,_Queens




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KEW GARDENS HILLS, QUEENS
November 9, 2008

Kew Gardens Hills is not really close to Kew Gardens (across Flushing Meadows’ Willow Lake), is unexceptional architecturally, and is perhaps better remembered for its celebrities, songsters Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel and actors Fran “The Nanny” Drescher and Martin Landau.


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It does have its moments architecturally though, here and there, as we’ll see. However the neighborhood is nothing like the one depicted by Simon as his boyhood home in “My Little Town”, where he talks about ‘flying my bike past the gates of the factories’ since there have never been any factories in this residential neighborhood located between Mount Hebron Cemetery and Queens College on the north, the Van Wyck Expressway on the west, the Grand Central Parkway on the south, and Kissena and Parsons Boulevards on the east. Simon’s song could be construed as a devastating putdown of his boyhood home, with the line “nothing but the dead and dying in my little town,” but describing it with factories could have been his way of making clear the song was an allusion, not a history. Describing Simon’s state of mind is ‘above my pay grade’ as Barack Obama would put it, so, as usual, I’ll do a short history of the place and show you around a bit.


https://forgotten-ny.com/2008/11/kew-gardens-hills-queens/


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EMS STATION 50, 159-49 GORETHALS AVENUE, JAMAICA, QUEENS


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FDNY Holds Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for EMS Station 50 in Queens

07/25/2016

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Fire Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro and Department of Design and Construction Commissioner Dr. Feniosky Peña-Mora cut the ribbon on the Department’s newest FDNY EMS facility, Station 50, on Friday, July 22.

“With the opening of a new EMS Station 50, we have more than doubled the number of EMS stations citywide in the twenty years since the merger of New York City’s Emergency Medical Service and the FDNY,” said Commissioner Nigro. “Today our members respond to more calls than ever before, including 1.7 million responses in the last year alone. To meet this unprecedented demand, we will continue to invest in our EMS resources and position our highly-trained Paramedics, EMTs and Officers where they can quickly and effectively respond when they are needed most.”

“DDC is proud to deliver, in support of the Mayor’s vision for an environmentally sustainable and equitable City, an inviting and secure Emergency Medical Services Station for the FDNY,” said Commissioner Feniosky Peña-Mora of the Department of Design and Construction, which managed the design and construction of the new Center. “FDNY Station 50 is now open to the community, supporting the lifesaving work of our City’s emergency medical professionals. DDC is committed to Mayor de Blasio’s vision for a healthy and sustainable City with well-designed environments that enhance our communities.

The $22 million, 13,000 square-foot facility is the largest EMS station in Queens and the home of the Queens EMS Borough Command. It houses blood borne pathogen decontamination areas and ample locker facilities for all personnel assigned. EMS Station 50 will run 30 Basic and Advanced Life Support ambulance tours daily, as well six conditions cars operated by FDNY EMS Officers.


https://www.emsworld.com/news/12235...cutting-ceremony-for-ems-station-50-in-queens




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October 20, 2016

EMS Station 50 in Jamaica, Queens Named Gold Medal Recipient of The American Architecture Prize



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Long Island City, NY – Commissioner Feniosky Peña-Mora of the New York City Department of Design and Construction (DDC) announced today that the new Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Station 50 in Jamaica, Queens has been named a 2016 Gold Medal Recipient of The American Architecture Prize.

Design and construction of the station was managed by DDC for the Fire Department (FDNY). DDC’s architectural consultant for the project was Dean/Wolf Architects, located on Hudson Street in Manhattan.

The American Architecture Prize’s mission is to “advance the appreciation of quality architectural design worldwide,” and it considers projects from around the globe in the areas of architectural design, interior design, and landscape architecture. This year’s awards recipients include buildings and structures from China to Australia to Iceland. EMS Station 50 received its Gold Medal in the category of Institutional Architecture.

“This prestigious award demonstrates DDC’s commitment to delivering superior public structures for the residents of New York and our client agencies, “ said Commissioner Peña-Mora. “This is an environmentally friendly and highly resilient building that will help the FDNY serve Queens for years to come, and we’re very proud to have been recognized with an American Architecture Prize Gold Medal.”

“With FDNY members responding to more than 1.7 million calls per year, the Department is committed to investments in our members, infrastructure, and resources so they can continue to deliver critical pre-hospital emergency care to New Yorkers,” said FDNY Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro. “EMS Station 50 not only safeguards communities in Queens, it also moves our vision for innovation in emergency services and sustainability forward.”

Located at 159-49 Goethals Avenue on the campus of New York City Health + Hospitals/Queens, the unique, cantilevered building can house six ambulances and one Major Emergency Response Vehicle (MERV). The 13,000 square-foot, $22 million facility is the largest EMS station in Queens and the home of Queens EMS Borough Command.

EMS 50’s steel superstructure is anchored in a concrete foundation. The taut glass and aluminum exterior surfaces of the building are designed to impart a modern appearance, while the custom concrete walls emulate the tilt of the building and interact with the flashing lights of emergency vehicles. The building’s cantilevered design protects underground utilities that serve the adjacent hospital, while the signature red overhead garage doors instantly identify that the building is part of FDNY.

The building includes locker rooms, a kitchen area, and a fitness center for FDNY personnel. EMS Station 50 will run 30 Basic and Advanced Life Support ambulance tours daily, as well as six conditions cars operated by FDNY EMS Officers.

EMS Station 50 was designed by Dean/Wolf Architects under DDC’s Design and Construction Excellence 2.0 program, which pre-selects and pre-qualifies design firms that DDC works with on projects with construction budgets of up to $50 million. The program is designed to decrease the amount of time required for DDC to procure design services, while ensuring the highest levels of quality and professionalism in construction projects managed by the agency.

All firms in the program are committed to incorporating DDC’s Design and Construction Excellence 2.0 Guiding Principles into their work. DDC’s Guiding Principles are a series of non-prescriptive guidelines designed to ensure that public projects are designed and built to the highest standards that comply with Mayor Bill de Blasio’s vision of a sustainable, resilient, equitable, and healthy City. DDC recently announced the next group of design and architecture firms that will participate in the program up to 2019.

DDC has several other projects ongoing with the FDNY, including renovating the famous Ladder 8 firehouse in Manhattan and constructing a new home for Rescue Company 2 in Brooklyn.

More photos of EMS Station 50 can be found here, courtesy of NYC DDC.

https://www1.nyc.gov/site/ddc/about/press-releases/2016/pr-102016-ems-50-award.page




 
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The Harlem battalion has changed as New York City expanded to the north in Manhattan and the Bronx. The original northern battalion, Battalion 9, crossed the Harlem River to the Bronx then returned into Manhattan with the Bronx portion becoming Battalion 10. In the reorganization of 1884, Harlem got its own battalion (11). In 1898, Battalion 11 was renumbered Battalion 12, with the designation remaining to the present day. During the War Years, a second section was established, later becoming Battalion 25.

Battalion 9

Battalion 9Organized209 E 122nd St, Manhattan 1869former station Suburban Engine 37
Battalion 9Relocated248 W 48th St, Manhattan 1879

Battalion 11

Battalion 11Relocated120 E 125th St, Manhattan 1884with Ladder 14
Battalion 11Renumberedas Battalion 12 1898

Battalion 12

Battalion 12Reorganized120 E 125th St, Manhattan 1898with Ladder 14
Battalion 12Renumberedas Battalion 18 (temporary) 1903with Ladder 14
Battalion 12Relocated120 E 125th St, Manhattan 1904with Ladder 14
Battalion 12New Station2282 3rd Ave, Manhattan 1974with Engine 35
Battalion 12Relocated120 E 125th St, Manhattan 1990with Engine 36
Battalion 12Relocated2282 3rd Ave, Manhattan 1995with Engine 35

Battalion 12-2

Battalion 12-2Organized120 E 125th St, Manhattan 1968with Ladder 14
Battalion 12-2Disbandedto reorganize Battalion 25 1969
 
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The Harlem battalion has changed as New York City expanded to the north in Manhattan and the Bronx. The original northern battalion, Battalion 9, crossed the Harlem River to the Bronx then returned into Manhattan with the Bronx portion becoming Battalion 10. In the reorganization of 1884, Harlem got its own battalion (11). In 1898, Battalion 11 was renumbered Battalion 12, with the designation remaining to the present day. During the War Years, a second section was established, later becoming Battalion 25.

Battalion 9

Battalion 9Organized209 E 122nd St, Manhattan 1869former station Suburban Engine 37
Battalion 9Relocated248 W 48th St, Manhattan 1879

Battalion 11

Battalion 11Relocated120 E 125th St, Manhattan 1884with Ladder 14
Battalion 11Renumberedas Battalion 12 1898

Battalion 12

Battalion 12Reorganized120 E 125th St, Manhattan 1898with Ladder 14
Battalion 12Renumberedas Battalion 18 (temporary) 1903with Ladder 14
Battalion 12Relocated120 E 125th St, Manhattan 1904with Ladder 14
Battalion 12New Station2282 3rd Ave, Manhattan 1974with Engine 35
Battalion 12Relocated120 E 125th St, Manhattan 1990with Engine 36
Battalion 12Relocated2282 3rd Ave, Manhattan 1995with Engine 35

Battalion 12-2

Battalion 12-2Organized120 E 125th St, Manhattan 1968with Ladder 14
Battalion 12-2Disbandedto reorganize Battalion 25 1969

Companies in Harlem Battalion 9

1869 - 1881Battalion 9E22E35E36E37E38L13L14L15
1881 - 1882Battalion 9E22E35E36E37E38cE44L13L14
1882 - 1884Battalion 9E22E35E36E37E38cE44E49L13L14

Companies in Harlem Battalion 11

1884 - 1885Battalion 11E35E36E37E38L14
1885 - 1891Battalion 11E35E36E37E38cE47cE52cE53L14L19
1891 - 1893Battalion 11E35E36E37E38cE47cE52cE53E56L14L19L22
1893 - 1896Battalion 11E35E36E37E38cE47E52E53E56E58L14L19L22
1894 - 1896Battalion 11E35E36E37E38cE47E52E53E59L14L19L22
1896 - 1897Battalion 11E35E36E37E38cE47E52E53E59L14L19
1897 - 1898Battalion 11E35E36E53E58E59L14

Companies in Harlem Battalion 12

1898 - 1903Battalion 12E35E36E58E59L14
1904 - 1907Battalion 12E35E36E58E59L14L26L26-2WT4
1907 - 1907Battalion 12E35E36E58E59L14L26L26-2L28L28-2WT4
1907 - 1908Battalion 12E35E36E58L14L26L26-2WT4
1908 - 1930Battalion 12E35E36E58E59L14L26L26-2L030WT4
1930 - 1946Battalion 12E35E36E58E91E91-2L14L26L26-2L43WT4
1946 - 1951Battalion 12E35E36E58E91L14L26L43WT4
1951 - 1957Battalion 12E35E36E58L14L26WT4
1957 - 1959Battalion 12E35E36E58L14L26L26-2
1959 - 1968Battalion 12E35E36E58L14L26
1968 - 1969Battalion 12E35E36E58L14L26L26-2
1969 - 1972Battalion 12E35E36E59L14L30S1
1972 - 1989Battalion 12E35E36E59L14L30
1989 - 2003Battalion 12E35E36E58E91L14L26
2003 -Battalion 12E35E58E91L14L26
 
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ENGINE 238/LADDER 106/FOAM TENDER FIREHOUSE 205 GREENPOINT AVENUE GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN DIVISION 11, BATTALION 28 “GUARDIANS OF GREENPOINT” "TILLER TRUCK"


Engine 38 BFD organized 176 Norman Avenue 1895
Engine 38 BFD became Engine 38 FDNY 1898
Engine 38 became Engine 138 1899
Engine 138 became Engine 238 1913
Engine 238 moved 205 Greenpoint Avenue at Ladder 106 1972

Ladder 6 BFD organized 124 Greenpoint Avenue former volunteer firehouse 1869
Ladder 6 BFD new firehouse 124 Greenpoint Avenue 1880
Ladder 6 BFD became Ladder 6 FDNY 1898
Ladder 6 became Ladder 56, 1899
Ladder 56 moved 683 Leonard Street 1908
Ladder 56 new firehouse 124 Greenpoint Avenue 1910
Ladder 56 became Ladder 106 1913
Ladder 106 new firehouse 205 Greenpoint Avenue 1972


District Engineer 6 BFD organized 136 Wythe Avenue at Engine 12 BFD 1869
District Engineer 6 BFD moved 712 Driggs Avenue at Engine 21 BFD 1895
District Engineer 6 BFD moved 176 Norman Avenue at Engine 38 BFD 1896
District Engineer 6 BFD became Battalion 6, FDNY 1898
Battalion 6 became Battalion 26 1898
Battalion 26 disbanded 1906
Battalion 36 organized 176 Norman Avenue at Engine 138 1906
Battalion 36 moved 205 Greenpoint Avenue at Ladder 106 1972
Battalion 36 disbanded 1975

Foam Tender organized 205 Greenpoint Avenue at Engine 238 1994



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ENGINE 238/LADDER 106/FOAM TENDER FIREHOUSE 205 GREENPOINT AVENUE GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN DIVISION 11, BATTALION 28 “GUARDIANS OF GREENPOINT” "TILLER TRUCK"


GREENPOINT VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANIES (ADDITIONAL COMPANIES NOT LISTED)


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Ladder 4 Excelsior National Avenue and Greenpoint Avenue locations - disbanded 1867

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Engine 11 "Valley Forge" - disbanded 1869

Engine 11 firehouse 124 Greenpoint Avenue original quarters BFD Ladder 6.
 
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ENGINE 238/LADDER 106/FOAM TENDER FIREHOUSE 205 GREENPOINT AVENUE GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN DIVISION 11, BATTALION 28 “GUARDIANS OF GREENPOINT” "TILLER TRUCK"


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HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY NO. 6 : VETERANS WITH HONORABLE SCARS


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One of the first truck companies to be equipped when the Department went into active operation in 1869 was Hook and Ladder Company No. 6, and the changes in officers and men since the first time the truck rolled out of the house have been many.

The company's quarters are on Greenpoint Avenue near Manhattan Avenue, Greenpoint, and the house, which was rebuilt in the '80's is on the site of the one occupied by "Valley Forge" Engine No. 11, of the Volunteer Department. Among those who make up the present company are men who have saved human life and others who have been injured while in the discharge of duty. All have seen hardship since they entered the service, and not a few have been placed in perilous positions from which they escaped fortunately without a scar. There have been brave, fearless men connected with this company in times past, who while battling with smoke and flame went down beneath a falling wall and were crushed and burned beyond all possible recognition. There are still others who yet carry scars upon their faces and hands to tell of fierce conflict with the destroyer of life and property.

The interior of the truck house is comfortable, the apparatus is equipped with all the modern appliances for life-saving, and the team which pulls it is made up of a sorrel and a roan, and both young and powerful specimens of fire horses. The company on a first-alarm, respond to calls from 48 boxes and on a second-alarm to 45 additional. The territory covered by them on a first-alarm is bounded by Newtown Creek, Kingsland Avenue and Wither Street, North-Ninth Street and by the East River and Newtown Creek.

Among the large manufacturing establishments in the district are the Kings County oil works, Logwood Works, Smith's box factory. Ward's paper box factory, New York Stamping Company, the Havemeyer sugar works, Orr & Company's lumber yard, Faber's pencil works. Heckler iron works. Smith's American Porcelain Company, Jensen's porcelain works, Reeves & Church's box factory and lumber yard, New York wire and nail factory, Chelsea jute mills, Crosstown car stables, Kent Avenue car stables, Adler veneering and cane seat factory, Leary's ship-yard, Storm's planing mill, two large sash and blind factories belonging to Young & Gerard, Refrigerator Manufacturing Company foot of Guernsey Street, the Rutherford soap works and McCaffrey & Jacob's varnish works.

The company has done active service at all the big fires in Greenpoint and the Eastern District since its organization, and the Herseman bakery fire will ever be fresh in their minds, for it was there that Jonathan TYACK, then Acting Foreman, and George HAIGHT, temporarily detailed to the company, lost their lives beneath the falling walls at Pratt's oil works fire on Oct. 11, 1888, where Foreman Joseph J. McCORMICK, James McELROY and Henry HELLEN of Engine Company No. 15, were severely burned, they worked for twenty hours without intermission. They were present and did active duty at the Reeves & Church's box factory fire, at Havemeyer's sugar' refinery. South Third Street and Kent Avenue, at Church's soda works in 1891, at Heckler's iron works in 1891, and at Palmer's bagging factory fire at the foot of North Seventh Street at which fire Engine No. 15 was burned up, and several firemen had a narrow escape from being crushed by falling walls.


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Foreman STEPHEN ALLEN was born in the city of New York, Aug. 13, 1853, and was appointed a fireman on May 28, 1880. He rose from the ranks step by step, and on March 1, 1887, was made Assistant Foreman. On July 1, 1889, he was promoted to the grade of Foreman. During the period of service in the Department and prior to being put in command of Hook and Ladder No. 5, he did active duty with Hook and Ladder Companies Nos. 4 and 8 and Engine Company No. 12. At the Horseman bakery fire, on June 22, 1883, he was so badly burned about the face and body and bruised on the back and legs by falling walls, that he was laid up for nearly six months. Mr. Alien is a bachelor and lives at No. 638 Leonard Street.


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Assistant Foreman FRANCIS C. SPILLANE was born in New York City, on Sept. 9, 1861. He is a bachelor and resides at No. 308 Lorimer Street. When appointed to the force, Feb. 16, 1884, he was assigned to duty with Truck No. 6, where he has since remained. He was made an Assistant Foreman on July 1, 1889.

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CORNELIUS CUNNINGHAM was born at Lyons Falls, Lewis County, N. Y., on Sept. 15, 1856. He was appointed to the Department on Oct. 6, i886, and is numbered among the life-savers. On Oct. 23, 1888, a fire occurred at No. 322 Hicks Street, a three-story and attic building. In the attic lived John
GRAVESMULLER, who had but one leg. CUNNINGHAM was sent up the ladder to search the attic and while thus engaged, and being almost exhausted by the dense smoke, he stumbled over the cripple. CUNNINGHAM seized the unconscious man and dragged him to the window, where a rope was let down from the roof, by which GRAVESMULLER was lowered to the ground, but he died five weeks later at the Long Island College Hospital. Mr. CUNNINGHAM is married and lives at No. 219 Twentieth Street.


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PATRICK MURRAY is the driver of the truck. He was born forty-three years ago in Ireland, and was appointed a fireman on March 8, 1888. He served three years in the United States Navy, and in the Volunteer Department days was attached to Ridgewood Hose No. 7.


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JOHN CLUNIE was born in Glasgow, Scotland, Oct. 3. 1865, and became a member of the uniformed force, July 21, 1890. He served seven years in the navy, on board the "Minnesota," " Portsmouth," " Constitution," "New Hampshire," "Essex," "Powhattan " and " Wabash." He is a bachelor and lives at No. 188 Kent Street.
 
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ENGINE 238/LADDER 106/FOAM TENDER FIREHOUSE 205 GREENPOINT AVENUE GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN DIVISION 11, BATTALION 28 “GUARDIANS OF GREENPOINT” "TILLER TRUCK"



HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY NO. 6 : VETERANS WITH HONORABLE SCARS
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MICHAEL REARDON was injured some time ago by the breaking down of the apparatus while on the way to a fire, and he is now detailed to duty at the Bell Tower. He was born in Ireland, Dec. 12, 1859, and was appointed to the force April 2, 1885. Mr. REARDON is married and lives at No. 526 Lorimer Street.


THOMAS McCAFFREY was born in 1832, in the city of New York. He has been a fireman since the date of the organization of the Department, and resides with his family, at No. 156 North Fourth Street. At present he is detailed as an operator to the Sub-Office on South First Street. At the chalk factory fire on South Third Street, in 1869, Mr. McCAFFREY was standing on a ladder when the walls fell, and he went down with them and received severe injuries to his back. In the old volunteer days he ran with Engine Company No. 1.


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NORMAN HUGHES was born in the Fourteenth Ward, Williamsburg, Oct. 3, 1850, and became a fireman May 8, 1874. While going to a fire he received a severe scalp wound and had his collar-bone broken by the breaking down of the apparatus. He is now doing duty as a operator at the Sub-Telephone Office.


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JOHN CONNOLLY was born in Ireland, on March 10, 1845, and has been connected with the Fire Department since its organization, in 1869. Prior to that time he ran with Ridgewood Hose No. 7. He is married and lives at No. 123 Greenpoint Avenue.


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JOHN F. MAHER was born in the County Tipperrary, in 1867, and became a fireman on March 12, 1891. He lives at No. 571 Driggs Avenue.


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GEORGE F. McGEARY was born in this city on July 26, 1860 and received his appointment Dec. 15, 1885. He was burned severely about the face at a fire at the foot of Manhattan Avenue, a few years ago. - He lives with his family, at No. 382 Leonard Street.


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EUGENE J. McKENNA was born in New York City on Oct. 16, 1865, and was appointed to the uniformed force on Nov. 15, 1891.


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MICHAEL S. QUINN was born in this city, March 20, 1842. He served in the late war, with the 47th Brooklyn Regiment, and became a fireman Jan. 31, 1882. He is a widower and lives at No. 199 Green Street.


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MICHAEL O'KEEFE was born in New York City, July 14, 1855, and on Jan. 31, 1882, became a fireman. At the fire at Pratt's oil works, on Oct. 18, 1888, he was severely burned about the face and hands. Mr. O'KEEFE is married and lives at No.138 North Eighth Street.


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CHARLES McCONEGHY was born in this city, on Sept. 16, 1865. He is a bachelor and lives at No. 159 Meserole Avenue. His appointment is dated Oct. 29, 1800.

- from Our Firemen: The Official History of the Brooklyn Fire Department, From the First Volunteer to the Latest Appointee
 
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ENGINE 238/LADDER 106/FOAM TENDER FIREHOUSE 205 GREENPOINT AVENUE GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN DIVISION 11, BATTALION 28 “GUARDIANS OF GREENPOINT” "TILLER TRUCK"


683 LEONARD STREET - TEMPORARY QUARTERS - LADDER 56 - 1908-1910


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FFs lived in this rented house during construction and a tent was used for apparatus and horses.



124 GREENPOINT AVENUE - LADDER 56/106 FIREHOUSE - 1910-1972

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Building of the Day: 124 Greenpoint Avenue

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Jul 2, 2012 • 03:51pmby Suzanne Spellen (aka Montrose Morris)

Brooklyn, one building at a time.
Name:
Former Hook and Ladder Company Number 106
Address: 124 Greenpoint Avenue
Cross Streets: Franklin Street and Manhattan Avenue
Neighborhood: Greenpoint
Year Built: 1909
Architectural Style: simplified Beaux-Arts
Architect: Unknown
Landmarked: Yes, part of Greenpoint HD (1981)

The story: This building used to be a firehouse; a hook and ladder company, which served to protect the homes and businesses of Greenpoint. There had been a firehouse on this location since 1856, when Hook and Ladder Company Number 6 was formed. In 1880, a new Italianate brick building was built for the company, one that stood until 1909, when this more modern limestone building replaced it. It’s a good looking, elegant building, spare in detail, but quite nice in all respects. The traces of the original “Hook and Ladder Company Number 106” can still be glimpsed in the frieze.

The period photo below shows that Italianate house and the firemen who worked there. Brooklyn’s fire department has always been manned by immigrants or the sons of immigrants, and Greenpoint’s firehouses were no different. All but one of the men in the photo were Irish, (one was a Scot), and all lived and served in the community. Greenpoint was home to many industries that were prone to fire, and these men are on record, having fought many a dangerous industrial fire, including fires in bagging factories, bakeries, sugar factories and box factories, as well as house and tenement fires. Many were seriously hurt, even maimed, in the line of duty.

After 1898, Brooklyn’s firehouses were now part of a greater New York City fire department, and by 1913, the name of the house had been changed to Ladder 106. This handsome new building was built to give the fire company the latest in equipment, which now included new motor vehicles for firefighting. The building is 25×62, giving them room for equipment on the ground floor, and plenty of room on the second floor for offices, sleeping quarters, bathroom and shower facilities, and a meeting room.

This building housed Ladder 106 until 1972, when they moved down the block to a new (and uninspired) headquarters at 205 Greenpoint Avenue. The city sold the building to the present owner in 1975. He also owns the former garage next door, at 122. The poultry business has been there a very long time. I don’t know what the former firehouse is used for now, if anything, but the poor building is certainly not living up to its former glory. Why would you paint limestone? This is a fine building, please give it some love!


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Building of the Day: 124 Greenpoint Avenue | Brownstoner
 
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ENGINE 238/LADDER 106/FOAM TENDER FIREHOUSE 205 GREENPOINT AVENUE GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN DIVISION 11, BATTALION 28 “GUARDIANS OF GREENPOINT” "TILLER TRUCK"


176 NORMAN AVENUE - BUILT BY BFD - ENGINE 238 FIREHOUSE - 1895-1972


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Brooklyn Fire Department House on Norman Avenue
Brooklyn, New York
Home to first responders to Greenpoint's devastating oil fires.

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WORK COULD BE VERY UNPREDICTABLE for the firefighters at 176 Norman.

By the 1890s the small Newtown creek had boat traffic rivaling that of the Mississippi. Ships carrying goods to and from industries along the East River and Newtown Creek supplied fiber to rope companies like the Chelsea Fiber Mills (now the GMDC), wood to the Eberhard Faber pencil company, and most importantly oil to the oil refineries along the creek, chief among these was Standard Oil. These industries, often barely regulated, could have disastrous failures.


The first responders of these disasters came from the building found at 176 Norman Avenue between Diamond and Jewel Streets. Still marked with BFD, this building once served as an outpost of that heroic Brooklyn Fire Department - specifically the home of Engine 38. Stationed near these Petroleum refineries alongside the Newtown Creek, the firefighters of Engine 38 - later 238 - never knew what they would be faced with when they showed up for work.

In 1919, a tank at the Standard Oil Plant, which covered some 20 acres, caught fire. Before the firefighters could respond the refining tanks exploded, breaking windows throughout the area, and rupturing a pipe which began spewing oil throughout the plant.

The massive fire required 40 engines from three boroughs - a number of which were still horse drawn at the time - and multiple fireboats to be used to put the fire out. One fireboat on the Newtown creek became surrounded by flames and had to rescued. The fire burned for four days.

It is believed that it was started on purpose to receive a insurance settlement and clear the land. (Not dissimilar to the suspicious circumstances surrounding the Greenpoint Terminal Market fire.)

Though the BFD is long gone, before the consolidation of the City of Greater New York in 1898, the independent City of Brooklyn had its own Fire Department. When the consolidation into the FDNY occurred, the designations for fire companies in the outer boroughs were numerically shifted so as not to cause confusion with Manhattan units. Engine 38 became Engine 238. 238 is now housed in a modern Firehouse on Greenpoint Avenue near McGuinness.

Today 176 Norman is home to the BFD Firehouse Studios which specializes in custom iron works.

Brooklyn Fire Department House on Norman Avenue – Brooklyn, New York - Atlas Obscura




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ENGINE 238/LADDER 106/FOAM TENDER FIREHOUSE 205 GREENPOINT AVENUE GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN DIVISION 11, BATTALION 28 “GUARDIANS OF GREENPOINT” "TILLER TRUCK"


205 GREENPOINT AVENUE - ENGINE 238/LADDER 106 FIREHOUSE - BUILT 1972



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The existing Greenpoint Ave FH was originally designed for 238/106 as well as 215 & BN*36......215 was disbanded before the new FH was completed (the numbers had been on the front wall already).....BN*36 did occupy it but was disbanded awhile after the new FH was opened.....if you look close at some of the photos of 106's former Greenpoint Ave FH (that was a few blocks West) notice that the large Bronze (greenish tinted) FH Lettering was attached way up near the overhang of the front cornice...an odd location.
 

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ENGINE 238/LADDER 106/FOAM TENDER FIREHOUSE 205 GREENPOINT AVENUE GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN DIVISION 11, BATTALION 28 “GUARDIANS OF GREENPOINT” "TILLER TRUCK"


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