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Brooklyn Fire Department District Engineer 9
1892 - 1896 District Engineer 9 E25 E27 E31 L07
1896 - 1897 District Engineer 9 E25 E27 E31 E33 E36 L07
1897 - 1898 District Engineer 9 E25 E33 E36 L07
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Brooklyn Fire Department District Engineer 9
1892 - 1896 District Engineer 9 E25 E27 E31 L07
1896 - 1897 District Engineer 9 E25 E27 E31 E33 E36 L07
1897 - 1898 District Engineer 9 E25 E33 E36 L07
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Battalion 29 was first activated from 1898 to 1906 when it was renumbered as Battalion 39.mack said:
Sixty two years later Battalion 39-2 was created and in 1969 it was renumbered as Battalion 29, essentially returning the 29 to service from part of the same battalion that had replaced it.
1898 - 1900 Battalion 29 E25 E33 E36 E52 L7
1900 - 1901 Battalion 29 E125 E133 E136 E152 L57
1901 - 1902 Battalion 29 E125 E133 E136 L57
1902 - 1906 Battalion 29 E125 E133 E136 E152 L57
1969 - 1972 Battalion 29 E225 E290 L103 103-2 L107 TCU531
1972 - 1974 Battalion 29 E225 E290 L103 103-2 L107
1974 - 1975 Battalion 29 E225 E290 L103 L107
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1898 - 1900 Battalion 29 E25 E33 E36 E52 L7
1900 - 1906 Battalion 29 E125 E133 E136 E152 L57
Renumbered as Battalion 39
1906 - 1913 Battalion 39 E125 E133 E136 E152 L57
1913 - 1915 Battalion 39 E225 E233 E236 E252 L107
1915 - 1937 Battalion 39 E225 E233 E236 E252 E290 L107
1937 - 1941 Battalion 39 E225 E233 E236 E252 E290 L103 L107
1941 - 1950 Battalion 39 E225 E233 E236 E252 E290 L103 L107 L112
1951 - 1956 Battalion 39 E225 E236 E290 L103 L107
1956 - 1965 Battalion 39 E225 E236 E286 E290 L103 L107 L135
1965 - 1968 Battalion 39 E225 E233 E236 E290 L103 L107
1968 - 1969 Battalion 39 E225 E225-2 E233 E233-2 E236 E290 L103 L103-2 L107
1969 - 1972 Battalion 39 E233 E233-2 E236 E332 L175
1972 - 1975 Battalion 39 E233 E236 E332 L175
1975 - 1985 Battalion 39 E225 E236 E290 E332 L103 L107
1985 - 1987 Battalion 39 E225 E236 E290 E332 L103 L107 L175
1987 - 1988 Battalion 39 E225 E236 E290 L103 L107
1988 - 1989 Battalion 39 E225 E236 E290 E332 L103 L107 L175
1989 - Battalion 39 E225 E236 E290 L103 L107
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Battalion 21 was first activated from 1898 to 1906 when it was renumbered as Battalion 31.mack said:
Brooklyn Fire Department
1869 - 1896 District Engineer 3 E6 E7 E8 L3
1896 - 1898 District Engineer 3 E6 E7 E8 E23 L3
Brooklyn Battalion
1898 - 1900 Battalion 21 E5 E6 E7 E8 E23 L3
1900 - 1901 Battalion 21 E105 E106 E107 E108 E123 L53
1901 - 1902 Battalion 21 E105 E106 E107 E108 E123 E124 L53 L68
1902 - 1903 Battalion 21 E105 E106 E107 E108 E123 L53
1903 - 1904 Battalion 21 E077 E105 E106 E107 E108 E123 E124 L53 L68
1904 - 1905 Battalion 21 E105 E106 E107 E108 E123 L53
1905 - 1906 Battalion 21 E105 E106 E107 E108 L53
Staten Island Battalion
1906 - 1907 Battalion 21 E201 E202 E203 E204 H1 L101 L102
1907 - 1908 Battalion 21 E201 E202 E203 E204 E205 H1 L101 L102
1908 - 1913 Battalion 21 E201 E202 E203 E204 H1 H7 L101 L102
1913 - 1915 Battalion 21 E151 E152 E153 E154 E159 H1 L76 L77
1915 - 1923 Battalion 21 E151 E152 E153 E154 E159 E160 H1 L76 L77 L81
1923 - 1928 Battalion 21 E151 E152 E153 E154 E159 E160 E161 L76 L77 L81
1928 - 1930 Battalion 21 E151 E152 E153 E154 E159 E160 E161 E162 L76 L77 L81 L82
1930 - 1937 Battalion 21 E152 E153 E154 E160 L77 L78
1937 - 1948 Battalion 21 E152 E153 E154 E155 E160 E161 L77 L78
1948 - 1961 Battalion 21 E152 E153 E154 E155 E160 E161 L77 L78 R5
1961 - 1964 Battalion 21 E152 E153 E154 E155 E160 E161 M9 L77 L78 L81 R5
1964 - 1972 Battalion 21 E152 E153 E154 E155 E160 E161 L77 L78 L81
1972 - 1975 Battalion 21 E152 E153 E155 E160 E161 L77 L78 L81
1975 - 1984 Battalion 21 E152 E153 E155 E159 E160 E161 L77 L78 L81
1984 - Battalion 21 E152 E153 E155 E159 E160 E161 L77 L78 L81 R5
Engine 332/Ladder 175 firehouse 165 Bradford Street East New York, Brooklyn Division 15, Battalion 44 "Bradford Street" "East New York Truckin' Co."
Engine 332 organized South Gate and Horace Harding Boulevard 1938
Engine 332 disbanded 1941
Engine 332 reorganized 657 Liberty Avenue 1970
Engine 332 new firehouse 165 Bradford Street w/Ladder 175 1985
Ladder 175 organized 79 New Jersey Avenue 1970
Ladder 175 new firehouse 165 Bradford Avenue w/Engine 332 1985
Recuperation and Care Unit 2 organized 32 Ralph Avenue at Engine 222 1996
Recuperation and Care Unit 2 moved 165 Bradford Street at Engine 332 2001
1939-1940 Worlds Fair - Flushing Queens:
Engine 332 was originally organized for the 1939-1940 NY Worlds Fair. It was disbanded when the Worlds Fair ended.
In September 1938, the FDNY 55th Battalion was formed and stationed at the Worlds Fair. Apparatus included 4 new Ahrens Fox pumpers. The battalion was staffed by three FDNY Battalion Chiefs, fourteen FDNY company officers, and seventy FDNY firefighters. The battalion had one double engine company and two single engine companies - Engine 331, Engine 331-2, Engine 332 and Engine 333. Apparatus was assigned to FDNY engine companies after the Worlds Fair closed. The battalion responded to 237 alarms. There were 166 fires, and 4 were multiple alarms.
http://www.1939nyworldsfair.com/worlds_fair/wf_tour/misc/NYFD_01.htm
Engine 332 firehouse 657 Liberty Avenue 1970-1985 (former Engine 225 firehouse):
Ladder 175 firehouse 1970-1985 79 New Jersey Avenue (former Ladder 107 firehouse):
165 Bradford Avenue firehouse:
165 Bradford Avenue firehouse:
Engine 332 organized South Gate and Horace Harding Boulevard 1938
Engine 332 disbanded 1941
Engine 332 reorganized 657 Liberty Avenue 1970
Engine 332 new firehouse 165 Bradford Street w/Ladder 175 1985
Ladder 175 organized 79 New Jersey Avenue 1970
Ladder 175 new firehouse 165 Bradford Avenue w/Engine 332 1985
Recuperation and Care Unit 2 organized 32 Ralph Avenue at Engine 222 1996
Recuperation and Care Unit 2 moved 165 Bradford Street at Engine 332 2001
1939-1940 Worlds Fair - Flushing Queens:
Engine 332 was originally organized for the 1939-1940 NY Worlds Fair. It was disbanded when the Worlds Fair ended.
In September 1938, the FDNY 55th Battalion was formed and stationed at the Worlds Fair. Apparatus included 4 new Ahrens Fox pumpers. The battalion was staffed by three FDNY Battalion Chiefs, fourteen FDNY company officers, and seventy FDNY firefighters. The battalion had one double engine company and two single engine companies - Engine 331, Engine 331-2, Engine 332 and Engine 333. Apparatus was assigned to FDNY engine companies after the Worlds Fair closed. The battalion responded to 237 alarms. There were 166 fires, and 4 were multiple alarms.
http://www.1939nyworldsfair.com/worlds_fair/wf_tour/misc/NYFD_01.htm
Engine 332 firehouse 657 Liberty Avenue 1970-1985 (former Engine 225 firehouse):
Ladder 175 firehouse 1970-1985 79 New Jersey Avenue (former Ladder 107 firehouse):
165 Bradford Avenue firehouse:
165 Bradford Avenue firehouse:
Engine 332/Ladder 175 (continued):
Engine 332/Ladder 175:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbKbO4u1Od4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rgKA4Pdj8Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI-ASdDnkkM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwO1vbEdQ4I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXYJA1gzPlc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw85gavLEaI&t=77s
Engine 332/Ladder 175:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbKbO4u1Od4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rgKA4Pdj8Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI-ASdDnkkM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwO1vbEdQ4I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXYJA1gzPlc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw85gavLEaI&t=77s
Engine 332/Ladder 175 (continued)
Engine 332/Ladder 175 medals:
THOMAS G. COX FF. ENG. 332 E-236 APR. 14, 1973 1974 KANE
ROBERT R. DOLNEY LT. ENG. 332 MAR. 5, 1980 1981 BROOKLYN CITIZENS
LODD
JOHN T. DUNNE CAPT. LAD. 175 MAR. 27, 1971 1972 BROOKLYN CITIZENS
LODD
THOMAS J. POTTER FF. LAD. 175 JAN. 25, 1979 1980 WILLIAMS
HARRY L. DAVIS FF. LAD. 175 OCT. 23, 1983 1984 WAGNER
GUY WARREN FF. LAD. 175 OCT. 23, 1983 1984 BROOKLYN CITIZENS
ROBERT R. TURNER (2) FF. LAD. 175 OFF DUTY JAN. 1, 1984 1985 BROOKLYN CITIZENS
Became First Deputy Fire Commissioner Robert R. Turner:
MICHAEL DILENA, JR. FF. LAD. 175 L-110 JUN. 6, 1993 1994 FIRE CHIEFS
EDWARD SCHOLLMEIER FF. LAD. 175 NOV. 8, 1994 1995 MC ELLIGOTT
PAUL J.RYNSTON FF. LAD. 175 FEB. 5, 1995 1996 SCOTT
VINCENT FRANKINI FF. LAD. 175 MAY 25, 1996 1997 FDR
MICHAEL PERRONE FF. LAD. 175 FEB. 14, 2013 2014 WILLIAMS
Engine 332/Ladder 175 medals:
THOMAS G. COX FF. ENG. 332 E-236 APR. 14, 1973 1974 KANE
ROBERT R. DOLNEY LT. ENG. 332 MAR. 5, 1980 1981 BROOKLYN CITIZENS
LODD
JOHN T. DUNNE CAPT. LAD. 175 MAR. 27, 1971 1972 BROOKLYN CITIZENS
LODD
THOMAS J. POTTER FF. LAD. 175 JAN. 25, 1979 1980 WILLIAMS
HARRY L. DAVIS FF. LAD. 175 OCT. 23, 1983 1984 WAGNER
GUY WARREN FF. LAD. 175 OCT. 23, 1983 1984 BROOKLYN CITIZENS
ROBERT R. TURNER (2) FF. LAD. 175 OFF DUTY JAN. 1, 1984 1985 BROOKLYN CITIZENS
Became First Deputy Fire Commissioner Robert R. Turner:
MICHAEL DILENA, JR. FF. LAD. 175 L-110 JUN. 6, 1993 1994 FIRE CHIEFS
EDWARD SCHOLLMEIER FF. LAD. 175 NOV. 8, 1994 1995 MC ELLIGOTT
PAUL J.RYNSTON FF. LAD. 175 FEB. 5, 1995 1996 SCOTT
VINCENT FRANKINI FF. LAD. 175 MAY 25, 1996 1997 FDR
MICHAEL PERRONE FF. LAD. 175 FEB. 14, 2013 2014 WILLIAMS
Engine 332/Ladder 175 LODDs:
LIEUTENANT ROBERT R. DOLNEY ENGINE 332 March 5, 1980
Lieutenant Robert R. Dolney sacrificed his own life in saving the lives of two probationary firemen. The roof and front wall collapsed onto the street injuring Dolney as he pushed the young firemen to safety. One fireman was blown across the street while the second one was buried along with Dolney. Besides the probationary firemen, seven others were injured when the brick veneer front wall let go. Lieutenant Donley died in the hospital. He was fifty years old, a thirty-year veteran and was married with four children. (From "The Last Alarm")
LIEUTENANT JAMES BLACKMORE ENGINE 332 June 5, 1998
As a member of the FDNY, Lt. Blackmore was assigned to E-332 and is listed as a Line Of Duty Death. While performing interior operations at a fire at 2530 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, Box 2044, the floor collapsed, dropping 5 firefighters 2 floors. Lt. Blackmore was pulled from the rubble with severe injuries. He was transported to a local trauma center, Brookdale Hospital, but succumbed to his injuries. (From "The Last Alarm")
Heroic Firefighter Remembered as Careful and Loving NY Times - By Mirta Ojito June 7, 1998
His profile fits that of most other good guys who die heroically, on the job, saving other people's lives. Fire Lieut. James W. Blackmore, 48, was a quiet, unassuming man who spent a lot of time with his family and liked to golf.
He had a wife, four children, a house and, years ago, a boat. He lived a good, simple life and had a job he loved. He was a Vietnam veteran who never talked about his combat experiences, a careful man who spent many hours reading safety manuals and conducted fire drills with precision.
''There were no shortcuts with him,'' said Lieut. Kevin McGoldric of Engine Company 332 in Brooklyn, where Lieutenant Blackmore was assigned. ''Safety, above all, was his primary consideration.''
Lieutenant Blackmore died Friday night battling a five-alarm fire that consumed a city-owned, three-story apartment building in East New York. He and other firefighters fell through the second floor, which caved in after it was weakened by flames.
As his fellow firefighters at Engine Company 332 and Ladder Company 175 awaited a delivery of the black bunting that would drape the Brooklyn firehouse where he was assigned, they remembered Lieutenant Blackmore as a man who was too young and too good to die.
''Everyone loved him,'' said Capt. Gerard Donbrowsky, commander of Ladder 175. ''He was an all-around great guy. We are all in mourning.''
Lieutenant Blackmore's wife, Susan, said from their home in Farmingdale, N.Y., yesterday that he was born in Ozone Park, Queens, the son of Elizabeth and Robert Blackmore, who now live in Florida. He was the second of seven brothers and sisters and the only career firefighter in the family, although his father was once a volunteer firefighter. He went to several colleges but never finished his degree in education, and he served in Vietnam from 1967 to 1971, Mrs. Blackmore said. He became a firefighter 21 years ago and was cited for bravery five times, his fellow firefighters said.
When he was not battling fires, Lieutenant Blackmore was playing with his children in his backyard, his family and neighbors said. He had three girls -- Sara, 13, Jackie, 11, and Claire, 9 -- and a boy, Brian, 7. Because he had a firefighter's schedule, he was home three days a week and had plenty of time to work around the house and chat with neighbors.
''He was always outside, taking care of the house or playing ball with the children or, in the winter, fooling around in the snow,'' said Michael W. Neglia, a neighbor who lives across the street. ''He was a good, friendly guy. You couldn't say anything bad about him.''
Shortly before he died, Lieutenant Blackmore had been talking to other firefighters about the computer he had just bought for his children. Mrs. Blackmore, a nurse, said he had also been talking about returning to school to finish his degree.
''He loved everything, and I loved him very much,'' said Mrs. Blackmore, 41. ''But there was nothing he liked more than going to a fire.''
Lieutenant McGoldric said he would always remember Lieutenant Blackmore as he last saw him: sitting on a white plastic chair, smiling and surrounded by firefighters who were posing for the ladder company's annual picture. That was Wednesday, two days before Lieutenant Blackmore battled his last fire.
https://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/07/nyregion/heroic-firefighter-remembered-as-careful-and-loving.html
CAPTAIN JOHN T. DUNNE LADDER 175 March 28, 1971
Captain Dunne was the 1st company commander of L-175 when it was formed on February 20, 1970. On March 28th, 1971, L-175 responded to a 3 alarm fire at 1090 Halsey Street with children trapped. Captain Dunne entered the 2nd floor to search for the missing children. Shortly later a Mayday was transmitted. The stairway had burned out, making members attempting to rescue Capt Dunne difficult. Capt Dunne was burned to death, his body was found tangled with a bicycle. (from NYC Fire Wire)
FIREFIGHTER ANTHONY J. NUCCIO LADDER 175 June 6, 2011
Firefighter Anthony J. Nuccio died from a WTC-related illness.
LIEUTENANT THOMAS J. GREANEY LADDER 175 January 5, 2014
LT Thomas J. Greaney died from a WTC-related illness.
RIP. Never forget.
LIEUTENANT ROBERT R. DOLNEY ENGINE 332 March 5, 1980
Lieutenant Robert R. Dolney sacrificed his own life in saving the lives of two probationary firemen. The roof and front wall collapsed onto the street injuring Dolney as he pushed the young firemen to safety. One fireman was blown across the street while the second one was buried along with Dolney. Besides the probationary firemen, seven others were injured when the brick veneer front wall let go. Lieutenant Donley died in the hospital. He was fifty years old, a thirty-year veteran and was married with four children. (From "The Last Alarm")
LIEUTENANT JAMES BLACKMORE ENGINE 332 June 5, 1998
As a member of the FDNY, Lt. Blackmore was assigned to E-332 and is listed as a Line Of Duty Death. While performing interior operations at a fire at 2530 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, Box 2044, the floor collapsed, dropping 5 firefighters 2 floors. Lt. Blackmore was pulled from the rubble with severe injuries. He was transported to a local trauma center, Brookdale Hospital, but succumbed to his injuries. (From "The Last Alarm")
Heroic Firefighter Remembered as Careful and Loving NY Times - By Mirta Ojito June 7, 1998
His profile fits that of most other good guys who die heroically, on the job, saving other people's lives. Fire Lieut. James W. Blackmore, 48, was a quiet, unassuming man who spent a lot of time with his family and liked to golf.
He had a wife, four children, a house and, years ago, a boat. He lived a good, simple life and had a job he loved. He was a Vietnam veteran who never talked about his combat experiences, a careful man who spent many hours reading safety manuals and conducted fire drills with precision.
''There were no shortcuts with him,'' said Lieut. Kevin McGoldric of Engine Company 332 in Brooklyn, where Lieutenant Blackmore was assigned. ''Safety, above all, was his primary consideration.''
Lieutenant Blackmore died Friday night battling a five-alarm fire that consumed a city-owned, three-story apartment building in East New York. He and other firefighters fell through the second floor, which caved in after it was weakened by flames.
As his fellow firefighters at Engine Company 332 and Ladder Company 175 awaited a delivery of the black bunting that would drape the Brooklyn firehouse where he was assigned, they remembered Lieutenant Blackmore as a man who was too young and too good to die.
''Everyone loved him,'' said Capt. Gerard Donbrowsky, commander of Ladder 175. ''He was an all-around great guy. We are all in mourning.''
Lieutenant Blackmore's wife, Susan, said from their home in Farmingdale, N.Y., yesterday that he was born in Ozone Park, Queens, the son of Elizabeth and Robert Blackmore, who now live in Florida. He was the second of seven brothers and sisters and the only career firefighter in the family, although his father was once a volunteer firefighter. He went to several colleges but never finished his degree in education, and he served in Vietnam from 1967 to 1971, Mrs. Blackmore said. He became a firefighter 21 years ago and was cited for bravery five times, his fellow firefighters said.
When he was not battling fires, Lieutenant Blackmore was playing with his children in his backyard, his family and neighbors said. He had three girls -- Sara, 13, Jackie, 11, and Claire, 9 -- and a boy, Brian, 7. Because he had a firefighter's schedule, he was home three days a week and had plenty of time to work around the house and chat with neighbors.
''He was always outside, taking care of the house or playing ball with the children or, in the winter, fooling around in the snow,'' said Michael W. Neglia, a neighbor who lives across the street. ''He was a good, friendly guy. You couldn't say anything bad about him.''
Shortly before he died, Lieutenant Blackmore had been talking to other firefighters about the computer he had just bought for his children. Mrs. Blackmore, a nurse, said he had also been talking about returning to school to finish his degree.
''He loved everything, and I loved him very much,'' said Mrs. Blackmore, 41. ''But there was nothing he liked more than going to a fire.''
Lieutenant McGoldric said he would always remember Lieutenant Blackmore as he last saw him: sitting on a white plastic chair, smiling and surrounded by firefighters who were posing for the ladder company's annual picture. That was Wednesday, two days before Lieutenant Blackmore battled his last fire.
https://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/07/nyregion/heroic-firefighter-remembered-as-careful-and-loving.html
CAPTAIN JOHN T. DUNNE LADDER 175 March 28, 1971
Captain Dunne was the 1st company commander of L-175 when it was formed on February 20, 1970. On March 28th, 1971, L-175 responded to a 3 alarm fire at 1090 Halsey Street with children trapped. Captain Dunne entered the 2nd floor to search for the missing children. Shortly later a Mayday was transmitted. The stairway had burned out, making members attempting to rescue Capt Dunne difficult. Capt Dunne was burned to death, his body was found tangled with a bicycle. (from NYC Fire Wire)
FIREFIGHTER ANTHONY J. NUCCIO LADDER 175 June 6, 2011
Firefighter Anthony J. Nuccio died from a WTC-related illness.
LIEUTENANT THOMAS J. GREANEY LADDER 175 January 5, 2014
LT Thomas J. Greaney died from a WTC-related illness.
RIP. Never forget.
Engine 332/Ladder 175 (continued)
East New York:
East New York name origin - Connecticut merchant John Pitkin (namesake of Pitkin Avenue) purchased the land of the Town of New Lots north of New Lots Avenue, opening a shoe factory at what is now Williams Street and Pitkin Avenue. Pitkin named the area "East New York" to signify it as the eastern end of New York City
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_New_York,_Brooklyn
https://forgotten-ny.com/2005/06/brownsville-and-east-new-york-brooklyn/
East New York:
East New York name origin - Connecticut merchant John Pitkin (namesake of Pitkin Avenue) purchased the land of the Town of New Lots north of New Lots Avenue, opening a shoe factory at what is now Williams Street and Pitkin Avenue. Pitkin named the area "East New York" to signify it as the eastern end of New York City
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_New_York,_Brooklyn
https://forgotten-ny.com/2005/06/brownsville-and-east-new-york-brooklyn/
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In 1898, Battalion 10 in the Bronx was renumbered to 14 in order to allow a new Manhattan battalion to be numbered 10.
The original intent was to keep the Manhattan battalions numbered consecutively, and for the Bronx battalions to be numbered from 14.
Bronx Battalion
1874 - 1877 Battalion 10 E41 E42 CM1 CM2 CM3 CM4 L17 L18
1877 - 1879 Battalion 10 E41 E42 CM1 CM3 CM4 L17 L18
1879 - 1880 Battalion 10 E41 E42 E45 CM1 CM4 L17 L18
1880 - 1881 Battalion 10 E41 E42 E45 CM1 L17 L18 L19
1881 - 1882 Battalion 10 E41 E42 E45 E46c L17 L18 L19
1882 - 1883 Battalion 10 E41 E42 E45 E46c E48c E50c L17 L19
1883 - 1884 Battalion 10 E41 E42 E45 E46c E48c E50c L17
Manhattan Battalion
1884 - 1897 Battalion 10 E22 E39 E40 E44 E47c E49 L13 L16
1897 - 1898 Battalion 10 E22 E39 E44 E49 L13 L16
1898 - 1902 Battalion 10 E22 E39 E43 E44 E49c E53 L13 L16
1901 - 1903 Battalion 10 E22 E43 E44 E49c E53 L13
1904 - 1906 Battalion 10 E22 E44 E49c E51 E53 L13
1906 - 1907 Battalion 10 E22 E44 E49c E53 L13
1907 - 1909 Battalion 10 E22 E44 E49c E53 L13 L13-2
1909 - 1913 Battalion 10 E22 E39 E44 E49c E53 E89 L13 L13-2 L16 L39
1913 - 1915 Battalion 10 E22 E39 E44 E49c E53 E89 E91 L13 L13-2 L16 L39 L43
1915 - 1922 Battalion 10 E22 E39 E44 E49c E53 E89 E91 L13 L16 L39 L43
1916 - 1930 Battalion 10 E22 E39 E44 E49c E53 E91 E91-2 L13 L16 L43
1930 - 1950 Battalion 10 E22 E39 E44 E49c E53 L13 L16
1951 - 1959 Battalion 10 E22 E44 E53 E91 L13 L43
1957 - 1958 Battalion 10 E22 E44 E53 E91 E91-2 L13 L43
1958 - 1959 Battalion 10 E22 E44 E53 E91 L13 L43
1959 - 1961 Battalion 10 E22 E44 E53 E91 (E91-2) L13 L43
1961 - 1964 Battalion 10 E22 E44 E53 E91 M5 L13 L43 S9
1964 - 1968 Battalion 10 E22 E44 E53 E91 L13 L43 S9
1968 - 1969 Battalion 10 E22 E44 E53 E91 E91-2 L13 L43
1969 - 1972 Battalion 10 E22 E44 E74 L13 L25 S6
1972 - 1975 Battalion 10 E22 E44 E74 L13 L25
1975 - 1989 Battalion 10 E22 E39 E44 L13 L16
1989 - Battalion 10 E22 E39 E44 E53 L13 L16 L43
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1907 - 1908 Battalion 50 E170 H2 H3 L75 L76
1908 - 1909 Battalion 50 E170 H2 L75
1909 - 1913 Battalion 50 E170 E175 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 L75 L76 L77
1913 - 1915 Battalion 50 E270 E275 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 L125 L126 L127
1915 - 1918 Battalion 50 E275 H3 H4 H5 H6 L126 L127
1918 - 1920 Battalion 50 E275 E298 H3 H4 H6 L126 L127
1920 - 1921 Battalion 50 E275 E298 E299 H3 H4 L126 L127
1921 - 1922 Battalion 50 E275 E298 E299 E301 E302 H3 L126 L127 L150
1922 - 1923 Battalion 50 E275 E298 E299 E301 E302 E303 L126 L127 L150
1923 - 1927 Battalion 50 E275 E298 E299 E301 E302 E303 E304 L126 L127 L150
1927 - 1928 Battalion 50 E275 E298 E299 E301 E302 E303 E304 E311 L126 L127 L150 L158
1928 - 1929 Battalion 50 E275 E298 E299 E301 E302 E303 E304 E311 L126 L127 L150 L158 L162
1929 - 1930 Battalion 50 E275 E298 E299 E301 E302 E303 E304 E311 E315 E317 L126 L127 L150 L158 L165
1930 - 1941 Battalion 50 E275 E298 E299 E301 E303 E315 L126 L127 L150
1941 - 1951 Battalion 50 E275 E298 E299 E301 E303 L126 L127 L150
1951 - 1961 Battalion 50 E270 E275 E298 E299 E302 E303 E315 L125 L126 L127 L155
1961 - 1971 Battalion 50 E270 E275 E298 E302 E303 E315 L125 L126 L127 L155
1971 - 1975 Battalion 50 E270 E298 E315 L125 L127
1975 - 1989 Battalion 50 E275 E298 E303 E315 L125 L126 L127
1989 - 1997 Battalion 50 E270 E275 E298 E303 E305 E315 L125 L126 L127 L151
1997 - Battalion 50 ES270 E275 E298 E303 E305 E315 L125 L126 L127 L133 L151
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Battalion 11 origins go back to 1883 covering north Manhattan from Harlem to Washington Heights and in the Bronx from High Bridge to Riverdale.
1883 - 1884 Battalion 11 E37 E38 E52c L19
1884 - 1885 Battalion 11 E35 E36 E37 E38 L14
1885 - 1891 Battalion 11 E35 E36 E37 E38c E47c E52c E53 L14 L19
1891 - 1893 Battalion 11 E35 E36 E37 E38c E47c E52c E56 L14 L19 L22
1893 - 1896 Battalion 11 E35 E36 E37 E38c E47 E52 E53 E58 L14 L19 L22
1894 - 1896 Battalion 11 E35 E36 E37 E38c E47 E52 E53 E59 L14 L19 L22
1896 - 1897 Battalion 11 E35 E36 E37 E38c E47 E52 E53 E59 L14 L19
1897 - 1898 Battalion 11 E35 E36 E53 E58 E59 L14
1898 - 1900 Battalion 11 E23 E40 E47 E56 L22
1900 - 1902 Battalion 11 E23 E40 E47 E56 L22 L22-2
1901 - 1903 Battalion 11 E40 E47 E56 E74 L22 L22-2 L25
1904 - 1908 Battalion 11 E40 E47 E56 E74 E76 E76-2 L22 L22-2 L25
1907 - 1908 Battalion 11 E56 E74 E76 E76-2 L22 L22-2 L25
1908 - 1909 Battalion 11 E56 E76 E76-2 L22 L22-2 L25
1909 - 1915 Battalion 11 E40 E56 E74 E76 E76-2 L22 L22-2 L25 L35 L35-2
1915 - 1922 Battalion 11 E40 E56 E74 E76 E76-2 L22 L22-2 L25 L35
1917 - 1918 Battalion 11 E40 E56 E74 E76 E76-2 L22 L22-2 L25 L35 L35-2
1918 - 1930 Battalion 11 E40 E56 E74 E76 E76-2 L22 L22-2 L25 L35
1930 - 1946 Battalion 11 E40 E47 E56 E74 E76 E76-2 L22 L22-2 L25 L35
1946 - 1950 Battalion 11 E40 E47 E56 E74 E76 L22 L22-2 L25 L35
1951 - 1959 Battalion 11 E47 E56 E74 E76 L22 L22-2 L25 L40
1957 - 1959 Battalion 11 E47 E56 E74 E76 L22 L25 L40
1959 - 1961 Battalion 11 E47 E56 E74 E76 L22 L25 L40 S6
1961 - 1969 Battalion 11 E47 E74 E76 L22 L25 L40 S6
1969 - 1975 Battalion 11 E37 E47 E76 L22 L40
1975 - 1989 Battalion 11 E47 E74 E76 L22 L25
1989 - Battalion 11 E37 E47 E74 E76 L22 L25 L40
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1869 - 1884 Battalion 2 E7 E12 E31 E32 L1
1876 - 1877 Battalion 2 E7 E12 E31 E32 CM8 L1
1877 - 1879 Battalion 2 E7 E12 E31 E32 L1
1879 - 1883 Battalion 2 E7 E12 E31 E32 L1 WT1
1883 - 1902 Battalion 2 E7 E12 E12-2 E31 E31-2 E32 L1 WT1
1901 - 1905 Battalion 2 E4 E7 E12 E12-2 E31 E31-2 E32 L1 WT1
1905 - 1906 Battalion 2 E7 E7-2 E12 E12-2 E31 E31-2 E32 L1 WT1
1906 - 1908 Battalion 2 E4 E7 E7-2 E12 E12-2 E31 E31-2 E32 L1 WT1
1908 - 1909 Battalion 2 E4 E7 E12 E12-2 E31 E31-2 E32 L1 WT1
1909 - 1915 Battalion 2 E4 E7 E12 E31 E31-2 E32 L1 WT1
1915 - 1922 Battalion 2 E7 E12 E29 E31 E31-2 L1 L8 WT1
1918 - 1922 Battalion 2 E7 E12 E29 E31 L1 L8 L8-2 WT1
1922 - 1927 Battalion 2 E7 E12 E29 E31 L1 L8 WT1
1925 - 1937 Battalion 2 E7 E7-2 E12 E29 E31 E31-2 L1 L8 WT1
1937 - 1947 Battalion 2 E7 E12 E29 E31 L1 L8 WT1
1947 - 1956 Battalion 2 E7 E12 E31 L1 L8 WT1
1956 - 1959 Battalion 2 E12 E13 E31 E33 E55 L9 L20 WT1 RS1
1957 - 1959 Battalion 2 E12 E13 E31 E33 E55 L9 L20 RS1
1959 - 1961 Battalion 2 E27 E31 E33 E55 L8 L9 RS1
1960 - 1965 Battalion 2 E27 E31 E33 E55 L8 L9 S8
1965 - 1972 Battalion 2 E27 E31 E33 E55 L8 L9
1972 - 1974 Battalion 2 E27 E33 E55 L8 L9
1974 - 1975 Battalion 2 E18 E24 E33 E55 L5 L9 L20
1975 - 1997 Battalion 2 E18 E24 E55 L5 L8 L20
1997 - Battalion 2 ES18 E24 E55 L5 L8 L20
Engine 271/Ladder 124/Battalion 28 firehouse 394 Himrod Street Bushwick, Brooklyn Division 11, Battalion 28 "Himrod Hose Heads" Tonka Truck"
Engine 171 organized 394 Himrod Street w/Ladder 74 1908
Engine 171 became Engine 271 1913
Ladder 74 organized 394 Himrod Street w/Engine 171 1908
Ladder 74 became Ladder 124 1913
District Engineer 8 BFD organized 231 Herkimer Street at Engine 14 BFD 1885
District Engineer 8 BFD became Battalion 8 FDNY 1898
Battalion 8 became Battalion 28 1898
Battalion 28 disbanded 1906
Battalion 28 reorganized 836 Quincy Street at Engine 222 1969
Battalion 28 moved 394 Himrod Street at Engine 271 1971
394 Himrod Street firehouse:
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Engine 271/Ladder 124/Battalion 28 (continued)
Engine 271:
Ladder 124:
CPC L 124:
Battalion 28
Engine 271.Ladder 124 members:
Engine 171 organized 394 Himrod Street w/Ladder 74 1908
Engine 171 became Engine 271 1913
Ladder 74 organized 394 Himrod Street w/Engine 171 1908
Ladder 74 became Ladder 124 1913
District Engineer 8 BFD organized 231 Herkimer Street at Engine 14 BFD 1885
District Engineer 8 BFD became Battalion 8 FDNY 1898
Battalion 8 became Battalion 28 1898
Battalion 28 disbanded 1906
Battalion 28 reorganized 836 Quincy Street at Engine 222 1969
Battalion 28 moved 394 Himrod Street at Engine 271 1971
394 Himrod Street firehouse:
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Engine 271/Ladder 124/Battalion 28 (continued)
Engine 271:
Ladder 124:
CPC L 124:
Battalion 28
Engine 271.Ladder 124 members:
Engine 271/Ladder 124/Battalion 28 (continued)
Engine 271/Ladder 124/Battalion 28:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXZssKOiMyk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN7cr7kURsM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjZzOrG_t4I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McA_Q9IX9LY
Ladder 124 1994:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA5ZTmsI_2o
Ladder 124 1994:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Jy5_SYoCzs
Engine 271/Ladder 124/Battalion 28:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXZssKOiMyk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN7cr7kURsM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjZzOrG_t4I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McA_Q9IX9LY
Ladder 124 1994:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA5ZTmsI_2o
Ladder 124 1994:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Jy5_SYoCzs
Engine 271/Ladder 124/Battalion 28 (continued)
Bushwick - NYC Blackout 1977:
The New York City blackout of 1977 was an electricity blackout that affected most of New York City on July 13?14, 1977. The blackout occurred when the city was facing a severe financial crisis and its residents were fretting over the Son of Sam murders. Looting and vandalism were widespread, hitting 31 neighborhoods, including most poor neighborhoods in the city. Possibly the hardest hit were Crown Heights, where 75 stores on a five-block stretch were looted, and Bushwick, where arson was rampant with some 25 fires still burning the next morning. At one point two blocks of Broadway, which separates Bushwick from Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, were on fire. Thirty-five blocks of Broadway were destroyed: 134 stores looted, 45 of them set ablaze. Thieves stole 50 new Pontiacs from a Bronx car dealership. In Brooklyn, youths were seen backing up cars to targeted stores, tying ropes around the stores' grates, and using their cars to pull the grates away before looting the store. While 550 police officers were injured in the mayhem, 4,500 looters were arrested. (from Wikipedia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1UKaV5VkoE
The 1977 Blackout and Looting in Bushwick:
The 1977 New York City Blackout enabled such widespread looting and arson that it marked this event as one of the lowest points in city history, Bushwick was so badly devastated that it took decades to heal its wounds, which were still visible decades later. The looting and arson that occurred became emblematic of urban decline and many residents still have bitter memories of what happened during the blackout and the rest of that summer. The blackout lasted only from 9:34 p.m. on July 13 to 10:39 p.m. on July 14, but the effects of the power outage were massive. Citywide A thousand fires were reported, sixteen hundred stores were damaged in looting and rioting and three thousand seven hundred people were arrested, most of them for looting. The authorities later estimated that the total cost of the blackout exceeded $300 million.
The summer of 1977 has become legendary in the city?s consciousness. It was a time when the city seemed to be spinning out of control. Crime was rampant and people feared to go to some areas of the city, even in daytime. The police were searching for the serial killer known as the Son of Sam who host young people parked in Lovers? lanes: the Yankees made the stadium infamous as? the Bronx Zoo? and went to the World Series despite a clubhouse feud; Edward I. Koch, Mario M. Cuomo and Abraham D. Beame fought their way through a fractious Democratic mayoral primary.
Bushwick in the summer of 1977 was a quiet area few people outside of Brooklyn knew much about. The community was founded long ago in the seventeenth century as a village in the woods whose first inhabitants were Huguenot farmers. By the 1830s, Bushwick had begun to lose its rural character. It became an early industrial center and Germans set up a number of breweries and other businesses there, attracting other Germans, and later Italians . The newcomers steadily built up Bushwick; densely packed two- and three-family homes came to line its streets, interspersed with retail strips and a smattering of warehouses and factories. Beer barons and factory owners even erected elegant mansions on Bushwick Avenue and a few other streets.
Bushwick?s decline began in the mid-1960s, as African Americans and Puerto Rican immigrants surged into the area causing white flight to the suburbs. As race riots ripped apart other cities, including Detroit and Newark, unscrupulous real-estate agents and speculators tried to frighten white Bushwick residents?a practice known as ?blockbusting.? Homeowners would find ominous messages in their mailboxes??Don?t wait until it?s too late!??as well as encouraging ones: ?Houses wanted, cash waiting.? In a massive scandal reminiscent of today?s subprime-mortgage meltdown, speculators bought homes from Bushwick residents for an average of $8,000 apiece, and then, using fraudulent appraisals and a Great Society federal mortgage program that insured home loans to low-income buyers, sold them to poor blacks and Puerto Ricans at prices that they couldn?t afford? on average, about $20,000 per home. Many defaulted, abandoning their homes and massively depressing local property values. By 1972, in one city estimate, some 500 Bushwick buildings stood empty because of the bad loans; others, not part of the federal program, also emptied as housing prices plummeted and buyers balked at investing in the neighborhood.
A big reason they balked was rising crime, especially arson. To collect on fire insurance, unscrupulous owners began torching their own empty buildings; gangs set fire to abandoned buildings, too, and then waited for the fire department to do the hard work of knocking down walls and floors, making valuable fixtures and copper wiring easier to steal. By the early seventies, infernos blazed nightly. The neighborhood?s wooden row houses, tightly packed together and often sharing attics, proved particularly vulnerable; a fire would erupt in one building and swiftly spread, sometimes consuming half a block. At bedtime, residents began dressing children in street clothes instead of pajamas so that they could make a quick escape from late-night fires. Men living near abandoned homes began sleeping on porches, guns by their sides, ready to drive off arsonists.
Bushwick residents tried to save the neighborhood by forming block patrols and anti-blockbusting campaigns, but Mayor John Lindsay?s administration made this a fight in vain by raising rental subsidies for welfare recipients, which encouraged Bushwick landlords to fill vacant units with welfare recipients, since they now brought higher rents than ordinary tenants would pay on the open market. By the mid-seventies, half of Bushwick?s residents were on public assistance. After discovering that the city also paid generous relocation costs if fires displaced them, the welfare tenants began setting their own government-subsidized apartments ablaze. Investigators arrested one local welfare family that had collected $40,000 from the city for 13 fires that it set. Nor were firebugs the only problem. Crime in general in Bushwick soared 50 percent during the first half of the seventies, with burglaries and robberies leading the way, increasing to nearly 8,500 per year?up from 4,500 in 1971.
Bushwick was steadily descending into chaos and was becoming an urban jungle. Although it didn?t explode until that fateful July night, all the elements were in place for the ugly scenes of the blackout. Bushwick burst into national headlines on the evening of July 13, 1977, when a massive blackout plunged New York into darkness. Within minutes, hundreds of residents began assembling in Bushwick?s streets, chanting ?Broadway, Broadway,? before marching off to that street, the area?s main shopping district. As the mob arrived, someone drove a car through a sporting-goods store?s iron security gates. Frenzy ensued. Some looters tore away more iron gates, shattered store windows, and carted away anything they could carry. Others hustled off to find trucks, vans, and cars, and then returned to load them with stolen goods. ?People were running around crazy like a pack of wild dogs,? a looter told the authors of Blackout Looting!, a study of that unhappy night. Morris Todash showed up at his small storefront to assess the damage and noticed that the furniture outlet next door, protected by iron gates, remained undamaged. ?Suddenly, I heard a buzzing in the streets, like a hive of bees, and I looked outside and saw a crowd of several hundred people gathering,? says Todash. ?Someone drove up with a truck and hooked a chain around the gates of the furniture store, then used the truck to pull them off. I decided to get out of there because there was no one to protect you.? one hundred and thirty four businesses were looted and forty-four were burned to the ground.
Broadway was devastated. Many owners of looted businesses decided never to return. Broadway had a forty-three percent vacancy rate. After a decade of disorder, Bushwick had hit bottom?whole blocks were now abandoned and destroyed. On some streets, the only thing left standing was the local church. Many left the area for good. The looting made the covers of National magazines like Time.
It would seem that things could not get any worse for the beleaguered neighborhood, but they did. On July 18 1977, a giant fire burned out the heart of Bushwick. It was one of the biggest fires that FDNY ever fought. It started at the corner of Knickerbocker Avenue and Bleecker Street in an old abandoned knitting factory. It was set by three teenagers, who were later charged with reckless endangerment, third degree assault and arson, and sentenced to 25 years in prison.
It was like many other fires that occurred during the firestorm years of Bushwick, except for the old tank of Kerosene in the basement. When it exploded, a fireball exploded out of the building. It took about 3 to 5 hours for 55 units of firefighters from Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn to put out the fire. The fire hydrants were no use to the firefighters because they were low on water.
It turned out that the citizens throughout the summer kept on using the hydrants to fight off the heat. The firefighters also were low on equipment because of the low budget the department received. Many citizens were affected by the fire. 65 families lost their homes and about 23 buildings were destroyed, as well as 50 people injured, including firefighters.
This fire was important to Bushwick because many homes were lost and it showed how dangerous leaving abandoned buildings could be. It was also important to the rebuilding of Bushwick. The empty space left by the fire is now the location of the 83rd precinct.
It would take thirty years before the area began to recover, but today Bushwick is experiencing a huge revival and it is a hotspot for culture and creativity. (from https://historicgreenpoint.wordpress.com/2014/06/07/the-1977-blackout-and-looting-in-bushwick/)
Bushwick - NYC Blackout 1977:
The New York City blackout of 1977 was an electricity blackout that affected most of New York City on July 13?14, 1977. The blackout occurred when the city was facing a severe financial crisis and its residents were fretting over the Son of Sam murders. Looting and vandalism were widespread, hitting 31 neighborhoods, including most poor neighborhoods in the city. Possibly the hardest hit were Crown Heights, where 75 stores on a five-block stretch were looted, and Bushwick, where arson was rampant with some 25 fires still burning the next morning. At one point two blocks of Broadway, which separates Bushwick from Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, were on fire. Thirty-five blocks of Broadway were destroyed: 134 stores looted, 45 of them set ablaze. Thieves stole 50 new Pontiacs from a Bronx car dealership. In Brooklyn, youths were seen backing up cars to targeted stores, tying ropes around the stores' grates, and using their cars to pull the grates away before looting the store. While 550 police officers were injured in the mayhem, 4,500 looters were arrested. (from Wikipedia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1UKaV5VkoE
The 1977 Blackout and Looting in Bushwick:
The 1977 New York City Blackout enabled such widespread looting and arson that it marked this event as one of the lowest points in city history, Bushwick was so badly devastated that it took decades to heal its wounds, which were still visible decades later. The looting and arson that occurred became emblematic of urban decline and many residents still have bitter memories of what happened during the blackout and the rest of that summer. The blackout lasted only from 9:34 p.m. on July 13 to 10:39 p.m. on July 14, but the effects of the power outage were massive. Citywide A thousand fires were reported, sixteen hundred stores were damaged in looting and rioting and three thousand seven hundred people were arrested, most of them for looting. The authorities later estimated that the total cost of the blackout exceeded $300 million.
The summer of 1977 has become legendary in the city?s consciousness. It was a time when the city seemed to be spinning out of control. Crime was rampant and people feared to go to some areas of the city, even in daytime. The police were searching for the serial killer known as the Son of Sam who host young people parked in Lovers? lanes: the Yankees made the stadium infamous as? the Bronx Zoo? and went to the World Series despite a clubhouse feud; Edward I. Koch, Mario M. Cuomo and Abraham D. Beame fought their way through a fractious Democratic mayoral primary.
Bushwick in the summer of 1977 was a quiet area few people outside of Brooklyn knew much about. The community was founded long ago in the seventeenth century as a village in the woods whose first inhabitants were Huguenot farmers. By the 1830s, Bushwick had begun to lose its rural character. It became an early industrial center and Germans set up a number of breweries and other businesses there, attracting other Germans, and later Italians . The newcomers steadily built up Bushwick; densely packed two- and three-family homes came to line its streets, interspersed with retail strips and a smattering of warehouses and factories. Beer barons and factory owners even erected elegant mansions on Bushwick Avenue and a few other streets.
Bushwick?s decline began in the mid-1960s, as African Americans and Puerto Rican immigrants surged into the area causing white flight to the suburbs. As race riots ripped apart other cities, including Detroit and Newark, unscrupulous real-estate agents and speculators tried to frighten white Bushwick residents?a practice known as ?blockbusting.? Homeowners would find ominous messages in their mailboxes??Don?t wait until it?s too late!??as well as encouraging ones: ?Houses wanted, cash waiting.? In a massive scandal reminiscent of today?s subprime-mortgage meltdown, speculators bought homes from Bushwick residents for an average of $8,000 apiece, and then, using fraudulent appraisals and a Great Society federal mortgage program that insured home loans to low-income buyers, sold them to poor blacks and Puerto Ricans at prices that they couldn?t afford? on average, about $20,000 per home. Many defaulted, abandoning their homes and massively depressing local property values. By 1972, in one city estimate, some 500 Bushwick buildings stood empty because of the bad loans; others, not part of the federal program, also emptied as housing prices plummeted and buyers balked at investing in the neighborhood.
A big reason they balked was rising crime, especially arson. To collect on fire insurance, unscrupulous owners began torching their own empty buildings; gangs set fire to abandoned buildings, too, and then waited for the fire department to do the hard work of knocking down walls and floors, making valuable fixtures and copper wiring easier to steal. By the early seventies, infernos blazed nightly. The neighborhood?s wooden row houses, tightly packed together and often sharing attics, proved particularly vulnerable; a fire would erupt in one building and swiftly spread, sometimes consuming half a block. At bedtime, residents began dressing children in street clothes instead of pajamas so that they could make a quick escape from late-night fires. Men living near abandoned homes began sleeping on porches, guns by their sides, ready to drive off arsonists.
Bushwick residents tried to save the neighborhood by forming block patrols and anti-blockbusting campaigns, but Mayor John Lindsay?s administration made this a fight in vain by raising rental subsidies for welfare recipients, which encouraged Bushwick landlords to fill vacant units with welfare recipients, since they now brought higher rents than ordinary tenants would pay on the open market. By the mid-seventies, half of Bushwick?s residents were on public assistance. After discovering that the city also paid generous relocation costs if fires displaced them, the welfare tenants began setting their own government-subsidized apartments ablaze. Investigators arrested one local welfare family that had collected $40,000 from the city for 13 fires that it set. Nor were firebugs the only problem. Crime in general in Bushwick soared 50 percent during the first half of the seventies, with burglaries and robberies leading the way, increasing to nearly 8,500 per year?up from 4,500 in 1971.
Bushwick was steadily descending into chaos and was becoming an urban jungle. Although it didn?t explode until that fateful July night, all the elements were in place for the ugly scenes of the blackout. Bushwick burst into national headlines on the evening of July 13, 1977, when a massive blackout plunged New York into darkness. Within minutes, hundreds of residents began assembling in Bushwick?s streets, chanting ?Broadway, Broadway,? before marching off to that street, the area?s main shopping district. As the mob arrived, someone drove a car through a sporting-goods store?s iron security gates. Frenzy ensued. Some looters tore away more iron gates, shattered store windows, and carted away anything they could carry. Others hustled off to find trucks, vans, and cars, and then returned to load them with stolen goods. ?People were running around crazy like a pack of wild dogs,? a looter told the authors of Blackout Looting!, a study of that unhappy night. Morris Todash showed up at his small storefront to assess the damage and noticed that the furniture outlet next door, protected by iron gates, remained undamaged. ?Suddenly, I heard a buzzing in the streets, like a hive of bees, and I looked outside and saw a crowd of several hundred people gathering,? says Todash. ?Someone drove up with a truck and hooked a chain around the gates of the furniture store, then used the truck to pull them off. I decided to get out of there because there was no one to protect you.? one hundred and thirty four businesses were looted and forty-four were burned to the ground.
Broadway was devastated. Many owners of looted businesses decided never to return. Broadway had a forty-three percent vacancy rate. After a decade of disorder, Bushwick had hit bottom?whole blocks were now abandoned and destroyed. On some streets, the only thing left standing was the local church. Many left the area for good. The looting made the covers of National magazines like Time.
It would seem that things could not get any worse for the beleaguered neighborhood, but they did. On July 18 1977, a giant fire burned out the heart of Bushwick. It was one of the biggest fires that FDNY ever fought. It started at the corner of Knickerbocker Avenue and Bleecker Street in an old abandoned knitting factory. It was set by three teenagers, who were later charged with reckless endangerment, third degree assault and arson, and sentenced to 25 years in prison.
It was like many other fires that occurred during the firestorm years of Bushwick, except for the old tank of Kerosene in the basement. When it exploded, a fireball exploded out of the building. It took about 3 to 5 hours for 55 units of firefighters from Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn to put out the fire. The fire hydrants were no use to the firefighters because they were low on water.
It turned out that the citizens throughout the summer kept on using the hydrants to fight off the heat. The firefighters also were low on equipment because of the low budget the department received. Many citizens were affected by the fire. 65 families lost their homes and about 23 buildings were destroyed, as well as 50 people injured, including firefighters.
This fire was important to Bushwick because many homes were lost and it showed how dangerous leaving abandoned buildings could be. It was also important to the rebuilding of Bushwick. The empty space left by the fire is now the location of the 83rd precinct.
It would take thirty years before the area began to recover, but today Bushwick is experiencing a huge revival and it is a hotspot for culture and creativity. (from https://historicgreenpoint.wordpress.com/2014/06/07/the-1977-blackout-and-looting-in-bushwick/)
Engine 271/Ladder 124/Battalion 28 (continued)
Ladder 124 medals:
EDWIN J. PFEIFER FF. LAD. 124 MAR. 31, 1952 1953 BROOKMAN
WILLIAM R. RYAN FF. LAD. 124 OCT. 5, 1966 1967 KANE
PETER J. MC CARTY FF. LAD. 124 JUN. 21, 1970 1971 STIEFEL
JOHN J. HENDRIE FF. LAD. 124 JAN. 16, 1971 1972 PRENTICE
HENRY H. MITCHELL FF. LAD. 124 AUG. 31, 1972 1973 BRUMMER
LODD
JOHN J. KEDDY FF. LAD. 124 AUG. 8, 1974 1975 THOMPSON
ROBERT E. FACKNER FF. LAD. 124 FEB. 26, 1975 1976 TREVOR-WARREN
JOHN T. GAIDIS FF. LAD. 124 FEB. 26, 1975 1976 SCOTT
JAMES P. ELLSON LT. LAD. 124 JUL. 18, 1977 1978 UFOA
ROBERT E. FACKNER FF. LAD. 124 MAR. 29, 1978 1979 WAGNER
JAMES P. ELLSON LT. LAD. 124 SEP. 9, 1979 1980 LANE
RICHARD B. HURST FF. LAD. 124 JAN. 3, 1980 1981 WAGNER
PETER J. GANCI, JR. LT. LAD. 124 DEC. 5, 1982 1983 TUTTLEMONDO
Became Chief of Department:
LODD - World Trade Center September 11, 2001
ROBERT C. SPECK FF. LAD. 124 JUL. 30, 1985 1986 SCOTT
MICHAEL J. KILLORAN FF. LAD. 124 JUL. 7, 1988 1989 WILLIAMS
JOHN HESSELBLAD FF. LAD. 124 OCT. 12, 1988 1989 EMERALD
WILLIAM R. CROAK FF. LAD. 124 FEB. 25, 1991 1992 JOHNSTON
DANIEL FORLAND FF LAD. 124 FEB. 25, 1991 1992 KANE
CRAIG MC CARTHY FF LAD. 124 OCT. 3, 1996 1997 HOLY NAME
GIOVANNI A. MARTINEZ LAD. 24 MAR. 24, 2009 2010 SCOTT
MICHAEL LAMPASSO CPT. LAD. 124 FEB. 28, 2011 2012 BROOKMAN
MICHAEL R. OBER LAD. 124 MAR. 3, 2014 2015 WOHFELD
Ladder 124 medals:
EDWIN J. PFEIFER FF. LAD. 124 MAR. 31, 1952 1953 BROOKMAN
WILLIAM R. RYAN FF. LAD. 124 OCT. 5, 1966 1967 KANE
PETER J. MC CARTY FF. LAD. 124 JUN. 21, 1970 1971 STIEFEL
JOHN J. HENDRIE FF. LAD. 124 JAN. 16, 1971 1972 PRENTICE
HENRY H. MITCHELL FF. LAD. 124 AUG. 31, 1972 1973 BRUMMER
LODD
JOHN J. KEDDY FF. LAD. 124 AUG. 8, 1974 1975 THOMPSON
ROBERT E. FACKNER FF. LAD. 124 FEB. 26, 1975 1976 TREVOR-WARREN
JOHN T. GAIDIS FF. LAD. 124 FEB. 26, 1975 1976 SCOTT
JAMES P. ELLSON LT. LAD. 124 JUL. 18, 1977 1978 UFOA
ROBERT E. FACKNER FF. LAD. 124 MAR. 29, 1978 1979 WAGNER
JAMES P. ELLSON LT. LAD. 124 SEP. 9, 1979 1980 LANE
RICHARD B. HURST FF. LAD. 124 JAN. 3, 1980 1981 WAGNER
PETER J. GANCI, JR. LT. LAD. 124 DEC. 5, 1982 1983 TUTTLEMONDO
Became Chief of Department:
LODD - World Trade Center September 11, 2001
ROBERT C. SPECK FF. LAD. 124 JUL. 30, 1985 1986 SCOTT
MICHAEL J. KILLORAN FF. LAD. 124 JUL. 7, 1988 1989 WILLIAMS
JOHN HESSELBLAD FF. LAD. 124 OCT. 12, 1988 1989 EMERALD
WILLIAM R. CROAK FF. LAD. 124 FEB. 25, 1991 1992 JOHNSTON
DANIEL FORLAND FF LAD. 124 FEB. 25, 1991 1992 KANE
CRAIG MC CARTHY FF LAD. 124 OCT. 3, 1996 1997 HOLY NAME
GIOVANNI A. MARTINEZ LAD. 24 MAR. 24, 2009 2010 SCOTT
MICHAEL LAMPASSO CPT. LAD. 124 FEB. 28, 2011 2012 BROOKMAN
MICHAEL R. OBER LAD. 124 MAR. 3, 2014 2015 WOHFELD