FDNY and NYC Firehouses and Fire Companies - 2nd Section

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FDNY and NYC Firehouses and Fire Companies - 2nd Section - Thread continues 1st Section 

Many FDNY and NYC firehouses and berths served as quarters for FDNY, Brooklyn FD, Long Island City FD, fire patrols, police, airport, federal, military, commercial and volunteer departments and companies.  The original sheds which housed the first fire companies formed to protect NYC in the late 1700s and early 1800s are gone.  But many of the original firehouses built by the volunteer departments, FDNY, Brooklyn and LIC in the mid and late 1800s still exist - some operate as active firehouses, some serve community, business or housing purposes.  Current FDNY firehouses include historic and new state-of-the-art fire stations.  This thread is dedicated to the firehouses, their companies, their apparatus, their histories and the firefighters who served in them.

 

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Directory - FDNY Firehouse and Company Look-Up - Firehouse Thread 1 and Thread 2 Locations
- compiled by fdhistorian

Company Page (Note - Pages "2-xx" are from 2nd Section Thread)

Engine 001		53, 85, 2-08, 2-53, 2-151
Engine 002		3, 26, 2-07
Engine 003		103, 2-134 to 2-138
Engine 004		5, 25, 88, 2-33
Engine 005		43, 59, 2-08, 2-45, 2-93, 2-150
Engine 006		72, 2-15
Engine 007		24, 64, 85, 2-15, 2-108 to 2-112
Engine 008		4, 24, 33, 88, 106, 2-05
Engine 009		6, 2-31, 2-38, 2-151
Engine 010		1, 4, 73, 2-2-8
Engine 011		83, 2-04
Engine 012		55, 93, 2-08
Engine 013		3, 56, 69, 105, 2-51, 2-93, 2-150
Engine 014		70, 2-33, 2-90 to 2-92-
Engine 015		12, 14, 15, 24, 61, 2-15, 2-92, 2-134, 2-186 to 2-193
Engine 016		26, 2-11, 2-31, 2-39, 2-93
Engine 017		12, 13, 15, 24, 28, 29, 61, 2-15, 2-61, 2-134, 2-186 to 2-193
Engine 018		22, 2-08, 2-32, 2-60, 2-93, 2-150
Engine 019		50, 2-2-8
Engine 020		3, 19, 105, 2-08
Engine 021		6, 2-48, 2-180 to 2-183
Engine 022		7, 22, 2-40
Engine 023		78, 2-17
Engine 024		18, 2-09, 2-41, 2-51, 2-150 to 2-151
Engine 025		2-14,
Engine 026		42, 43, 59, 2-32, 2-98
Engine 027		91, 2-08, 2-11, 2-16, 2-93
Engine 028		67, 83, 2-32, 2-67, 2-68, 2-93, 2-151
Engine 029		6, 85, 2-09, 2-150 to 2-151
Engine 030		23, 26, 2-08, 2-48, 2-150
Engine 031		43, 63, 64, 63, 65, 2-14, 2-92-
Engine 032		72, 2-15, 2-16, 2-81 to 2-82
Engine 033		3, 7, 2-32, 2-61, 2-113 to 2-117, 2-122
Engine 034		5, 42, 73, 2-98 to 2-101
Engine 035		37, 2-12-
Engine 036		36, 37, 107, 2-12, 2-92, 2-94, 2-151
Engine 037		13, 2-33, 2-154 to 2-158
Engine 038		73, 2-15, 2-68
Engine 039		6, 11, 43, 57, 2-08, 2-32, 2-92, 2-154
Engine 040		4, 25, 88, 109
Engine 041		10, 59, 2-02, 2-08, 2-12, 2-28, 2-60, 2-66
Engine 042		51, 2-28, 2-55
Engine 043		59, 2-2-2-
Engine 044		37, 2-33
Engine 045		58, 66, 89, 106, 2-2-8
Engine 046		43, 47, 58, 89, 106, 2-28, 2-33, 2-60, 2-93
Engine 047		39, 43, 2-92, 2-130 to 2-131, 2-151
Engine 048		2, 34, 35, 79, 2-11, 2-38, 2-59, 2-140 to 2-145
Engine 049		5, 6, 57, 90, 109
Engine 050		16, 2-37
Engine 051		6, 2-25
Engine 052		1, 2, 58, 89, 2-40, 2-60
Engine 053		75, 2-92, 2-151
Engine 054		79, 2-28, 2-92,
Engine 055		29, 65, 2-08
Engine 056		55, 2-75 to 2-76, 2-92-
Engine 057		1, 2-25, 2-51
Engine 058		109, 2-11, 2-28, 2-71 to 2-74
Engine 059		2-27,
Engine 060		98
Engine 061		6, 73, 2-74 to 2-75
Engine 062		59, 60, 105, 2-58
Engine 063		7, 34, 58, 93, 2-61
Engine 064		58, 89, 2-2-6
Engine 065		33, 34, 2-11, 2-2-8
Engine 066		29, 38, 42, 2-24, 2-125
Engine 067		70, 2-12-1 to 2-12-2,
Engine 068		2-11, 2-2-7
Engine 069		7, 34, 48, 88, 93, 109, 2-32, 2-44
Engine 070		7, 39, 73, 86, 2-90
Engine 071		51, 88, 2-11, 2-185
Engine 072		96, 2-60, 2-165 to 2-168
Engine 073		11, 32, 47, 58, 59, 60, 89, 105, 2-11, 2-28
Engine 074		55, 2-11, 2-30, 2-32, 2-92
Engine 075		93, 104, 2-60, 2-151
Engine 076		8, 24, 2-41, 2-151
Engine 077		6, 2-05, 2-2-2-
Engine 078		6, 7, 38, 2-2-5
Engine 079		19, 2-51
Engine 080		109, 2-33
Engine 081		31
Engine 082		11, 83, 93, 2-07, 2-39, 2-59, 2-168
Engine 083		2-01, 2-02, 2-12
Engine 084		2-03,
Engine 085		11, 15, 105, 2-07, 2-11, 2-24, 2-28, 2-37, 2-151
Engine 086		1, 2-2-3
Engine 087		1, 2-2-4
Engine 088		61, 89, 2-52, 2-60
Engine 089		46, 73, 109
Engine 090		47, 2-54
Engine 091		6, 36, 2-43, 2-60
Engine 092		2-08,
Engine 093		57, 72
Engine 094		10, 23, 2-28, 2-29,
Engine 095		51, 2-11, 2-2-0
Engine 096		2-21,
Engine 097		35, 58, 73
Engine 151		3, 73, 2-11, 2-41
Engine 152		22, 73, 2-11, 2-46
Engine 153		43, 2-06, 2-11, 2-46
Engine 154		21, 92, 110, 2-35, 2-150
Engine 155		22, 73, 2-27,
Engine 156		1, 15, 59, 93, 2-11
Engine 157		9, 73, 2-11, 2-50, 2-51
Engine 158		20, 73
Engine 159		21, 22, 73
Engine 160		22, 61, 2-134
Engine 161		94, 2-61
Engine 162		40, 51, 73, 85, 101, 2-12-7 to 2-12-9
Engine 163		73, 91
Engine 164		27, 73
Engine 165		19, 92-
Engine 166		66, 67
Engine 167		40, 41
Engine 168		8, 21, 92, 2-36
Engine 201		24, 2-36, 2-37, 2-61
Engine 202		9, 60, 2-69 to 2-71, 2-150
Engine 203		3, 10, 2-140 to 2-141
Engine 204		55, 59, 2-38, 2-151
Engine 205		2, 27, 30, 73, 2-34, 2-35, 2-168 to 2-173
Engine 206		24, 99, 2-60, 2-134, 2-151
Engine 207		25, 89, 90, 2-11, 2-146 to 2-150, 2-168
Engine 208		41, 57, 2-302-52-
Engine 209		14, 43, 44, 55, 88, 2-56
Engine 210		10, 2-59
Engine 211		25, 26, 2-34
Engine 212		22, 100, 2-126, 2-151, 2-180
Engine 213		11, 55, 60, 2-44, 2-12-6
Engine 214		7, 19, 70, 2-19
Engine 215		52, 100, 2-126, 2-180
Engine 216		24, 55, 60, 2-29, 2-54, 2-102,
Engine 217		44, 2-42, 2-60
Engine 218		29, 44, 55, 59, 61, 2-16, 2-29, 2-60
Engine 219		14, 18, 102, 103, 2-104 to 2-107
Engine 220		58, 89, 105, 2-36, 2-161 to 2-165
Engine 221		7, 73, 2-26
Engine 222		43, 2-11, 2-32, 2-39
Engine 223		6, 2-23
Engine 224		28, 2-35, 2-168, 2-171
Engine 225		39, 98, 2-45, 2-46
Engine 226		41, 55, 59, 2-50, 2-61
Engine 227		18, 68, 83, 93, 2-36, 2-94, 2-97 to 2-98
Engine 228		59, 92, 2-12,
Engine 229		61, 101, 2-124 to 2-126, 2-134, 2-150
Engine 230		49, 50, 2-36, 2-39, 2-56
Engine 231		30, 95, 2-16, 2-35, 2-152-
Engine 232		4, 15, 23, 30, 56, 104, 2-16, 2-24, 2-37, 2-151 to 2-153
Engine 233		70, 2-08
Engine 234		24, 67, 68, 2-09, 2-10, 2-94 to 2-96
Engine 235		67, 85, 2-39, 2-158 to 2-161
Engine 236		67, 2-11, 2-28, 2-55, 2-56, 2-159
Engine 237		10, 30, 67, 2-32, 2-153, 2-159
Engine 238		10, 19, 67, 100, 2-151, 2-176 to 2-180
Engine 239		67, 92, 2-11, 2-102 to 2-103
Engine 240		10, 85, 2-06, 2-159
Engine 241		40, 73, 2-11, 2-76 to 2-78
Engine 242		72, 2-11
Engine 243		52, 69, 85
Engine 244		43, 53, 76, 2-10, 2-119 to 2-120, 2-123
Engine 245		1, 10, 24, 32, 89, 90, 2-06, 2-10, 2-61, 2-118
Engine 246		10, 45, 104, 2-38
Engine 247		52, 2-58
Engine 248		9, 24, 25, 54, 89, 2-35, 2-123
Engine 249		29, 54, 86, 2-88 to 2-89, 2-159
Engine 250		70, 73
Engine 251		5, 8, 9, 25, 67, 68, 82, 2-34
Engine 252		41
Engine 253		14, 2-11, 2-82
Engine 254		8, 32, 73
Engine 255		47, 2-14
Engine 256		97, 2-11, 2-150
Engine 257		19
Engine 258		59, 2-13
Engine 259		2, 20, 86
Engine 260		9, 16, 73, 2-79 to 2-81
Engine 261		58, 102, 2-08, 2-10, 2-11, 2-42, 2-61, 2-150
Engine 262		220,
Engine 263		8, 2-08, 2-28, 2-29, 2-59, 2-61
Engine 264		3, 15, 73, 2-11, 2-49
Engine 265		5, 73, 2-150
Engine 266		5, 8, 24, 2-06, 2-11
Engine 267		8, 23, 2-06
Engine 268		23, 91
Engine 269		20,
Engine 270		3, 61, 2-11
Engine 271		9, 2-08, 2-47, 2-48
Engine 272		2, 8, 31, 32, 91
Engine 273		8, 2-19
Engine 274		3, 5, 8, 73, 2-56, 2-57
Engine 275		66, 73, 89, 98, 2-40, 2-151
Engine 276		93
Engine 277		57, 2-11, 2-28, 2-52, 2-53, 2-61, 2-140, 2-180
Engine 278		2-19, 2-140
Engine 279		72, 2-11
Engine 280		23, 86, 106, 2-19, 2-20
Engine 281		87
Engine 282		2-26, 2-27, 2-61
Engine 283		48, 72, 93, 95, 2-34, 2-35, 2-61
Engine 284		53, 72-
Engine 285		23, 2-11
Engine 286		28, 2-107 to 2-108
Engine 287		3, 27, 43, 46, 51, 83, 2-01
Engine 288		14, 28, 43, 68, 2-12
Engine 289		2, 13, 40, 2-49, 2-50
Engine 290		11, 65, 2-11, 2-2-5
Engine 291		2-14,
Engine 292		27, 51, 83, 2-01, 2-11
Engine 293		77, 2-06
Engine 294		59, 2-11
Engine 295		32, 83, 84, 91
Engine 296		2, 8, 32, 74, 110
Engine 297		73, 110
Engine 298		66, 73, 89, 2-40, 2-41, 2-151
Engine 299		66, 73, 89, 2-40, 2-151
Engine 301		73, 2-19
Engine 302		26, 73, 2-66, 2-67
Engine 303		73, 2-17
Engine 304		53, 73, 2-11, 2-12-
Engine 305		38, 2-11
Engine 306		28, 50, 66, 73
Engine 307		2-2, 73, 2-38
Engine 308		72, 73, 2-60
Engine 309		70, 73, 77
Engine 310		73, 2-132 to 2-134
Engine 311		64, 73
Engine 312		73, 102,
Engine 313		45, 73, 2-45
Engine 314		73
Engine 315		73, 2-04, 2-173 to 2-176
Engine 316		73, 93
Engine 317		92, 2-140
Engine 318		32, 73, 2-118 to 2-121
Engine 319		32, 73, 91
Engine 320		13, 71, 73
Engine 321		28, 29, 73
Engine 322		76
Engine 323		39, 73
Engine 324		39, 73
Engine 325		69, 73, 2-29
Engine 326		1, 10, 53, 59, 68, 89, 90, 2-10
Engine 327		10, 45, 104, 2-11, 2-38
Engine 328		3, 15, 73, 2-49, 2-61
Engine 329		20, 21
Engine 330		73
Engine 331		7, 47, 94, 2-11
Engine 332		7, 38, 39, 2-11, 2-45, 2-47
Engine 333		2-11,
Ladder 001		24, 64, 85, 2-108 to 2-112
Ladder 002		4, 24, 88, 106, 2-05, 2-08, 2-14
Ladder 003		3, 43, 58, 70, 73, 2-14, 2-45, 2-150
Ladder 004		13, 93, 2-17, 2-2-8
Ladder 005		18, 2-04, 2-14, 2-41, 2-51, 2-150 to 2-151
Ladder 006		2-31,
Ladder 007		2-14, 2-31, 2-93
Ladder 008		23, 29, 74, 75, 2-08, 2-14, 2-48
Ladder 009		7, 2-32, 2-113 to 2-117, 2-12-2
Ladder 010		6, 24, 85, 2-08, 2-09, 2-14, 2-108
Ladder 011		67, 2-14, 2-32, 2-67, 2-68
Ladder 012		2, 103, 2-15, 2-134 to 2-138, 2-151
Ladder 013		7, 22, 2-33, 2-40
Ladder 014		37, 43, 2-12, 2-13, 2-92, 2-151
Ladder 015		1, 4, 25, 73, 88, 107, 2-15, 2-33, 2-38
Ladder 016		6, 11, 43, 57, 2-32, 2-92, 2-130, 2-151
Ladder 017		43, 47, 98, 2-36, 2-93
Ladder 018		12, 15, 16, 24, 29, 61, 2-37, 2-134, 2-186 to 2-193
Ladder 019		16, 40, 2-27, 2-37, 2-60
Ladder 020		3, 56, 2-08, 2-11, 2-29, 2-51
Ladder 021		5, 42, 73, 2-98 to 2-101
Ladder 022		8, 24, 2-41, 2-151
Ladder 023		109, 2-33
Ladder 024		53, 2-09
Ladder 025		55, 2-30
Ladder 026		79, 107, 109, 2-14, 2-28, 2-71 to 2-74
Ladder 027		68, 89, 106, 2-14, 2-33, 2-38, 2-93
Ladder 028		7, 2-32, 2-44
Ladder 029		2-01, 2-02, 2-12
Ladder 030		2-27,
Ladder 031		11, 83, 2-07, 2-14, 2-39, 2-59, 2-168
Ladder 032		16, 34, 35, 59, 2-37, 2-58
Ladder 033		104, 2-60, 2-151
Ladder 034		2-03,
Ladder 035		4, 25, 88, 109, 2-04, 2-14
Ladder 036		51, 2-20
Ladder 037		19, 2-51
Ladder 038		61, 89, 93, 2-52
Ladder 039		7, 34, 48, 58, 70, 88, 93, 109, 2-04
Ladder 040		13, 2-33, 2-151, 2-154 to 2-158
Ladder 041		47, 2-54
Ladder 042		11, 32, 47, 58, 60, 72, 89, 105
Ladder 043		6, 36, 72, 75, 2-14, 2-43
Ladder 044		72, 2-08, 2-55, 2-61
Ladder 045		57, 70, 72, 2-12-1
Ladder 046		31, 72
Ladder 047		58, 72, 89, 2-26
Ladder 048		10, 23, 72, 2-29
Ladder 049		93, 2-27
Ladder 050		46, 73, 2-02
Ladder 051		73, 2-15, 2-68
Ladder 052		1, 58, 89, 2-40
Ladder 053		7, 39, 73
Ladder 054		2-20, 2-21
Ladder 055		35, 43, 51, 88, 2-185
Ladder 056		35, 51, 2-55, 2-140 to 2-144
Ladder 057		35, 82, 96
Ladder 058		35, 58, 66, 82, 89, 106, 2-33, 2-93
Ladder 059		15, 35, 39, 105, 2-11, 2-22, 2-37, 2-151
Ladder 060		35, 82
Ladder 061		35, 42
TCUs		56, 64
TCU512
TCU513		10, 23, 59, 2-29
TCU531		39, 2-45, 2-46
TCU712		11, 15, 105, 2-07, 2-11, 2-37, 2-151
TCU731
TCU732		15, 56, 104, 2-37, 2-52, 2-151, 2-153
CFCs		64
CFC121		2-60,
CFC131		2-60,
CFC151		64, 2-60
Water Towers		57, 61
WT1		63, 97, 2-108
WT2		3, 58, 70, 2-99, 2-165 to 2-166
WT3		42, 53, 2-98 to 2-99
WT4		79, 109
WT5		16, 26, 102, 2-34, 2-42
WT6		57, 63, 90, 97, 2-08, 2-30, 2-50, 2-52, 2-171
WT7		2-134
High Ladders		39, 40, 2-40, 2-48, 2-140, 2-181, 2-187
BC01		24, 85, 2-09, 2-15, 2-33, 2-66, 2-108 to 2-112
BC02		18, 63, 65, 2-41, 2-47, 2-108
BC03		10, 11, 23, 56, 2-07, 2-08, 2-11, 2-29, 2-48, 2-51, 2-64, 2-113, 2-134
BC04		12, 15, 24, 29, 61, 2-15, 2-186 to 2-193
BC05		22, 23, 56, 2-48, 2-49, 2-51, 2-113
BC06		6, 43, 70, 73, 2-16, 2-45, 2-131
BC07		22, 26, 103, 2-07, 2-31, 2-51, 2-134 to 2-138, 2-158
BC08		4, 24, 33, 88, 106, 2-05, 2-31, 2-76
BC09		228,
BC10		7, 10, 22, 2-15, 2-40, 2-47, 2-66
BC11		8, 13, 24, 90, 2-41, 2-47
BC12		37, 107, 2-12, 2-58, 2-176
BC13		57, 2-03, 2-15, 2-68
BC14		98, 2-58, 2-113
BC15		7, 34, 58, 93, 2-58
BC16		7, 109, 2-02, 2-32, 2-44
BC17		16, 51, 2-08, 2-37, 2-55, 2-108, 2-113
BC18		55, 66, 106, 2-141
BC19		104, 2-64, 2-151
BC20		6, 73, 2-62, 2-74 to 2-75, 2-165 to 2-166
BC21		22, 2-06, 2-46, 2-47
BC22		9, 15, 73, 93, 2-50, 2-51, 2-78 to 2-79
BC23		73, 101, 2-56, 2-12-7 to 2-12-9
BC24		10, 2-44
BC25		6, 36, 75, 2-43, 2-64
BC26		16, 32, 51, 2-37, 2-55
BC27		10, 11, 19, 30, 2-07, 2-32, 2-51
BC28		9, 43, 2-32, 2-39, 2-47, 2-48
BC29		37, 67, 2-45, 2-46, 2-47, 2-55
BC30		2-63,
BC31		25, 89, 90, 2-47, 2-146 to 2-150
BC32		9, 59, 70, 2-30, 2-38, 2-51, 2-69, 2-70, 2-71, 2-79, 2-140
BC33		93, 2-50, 2-56, 2-65
BC34		14, 43, 44, 2-56
BC35		24, 29, 32, 60, 2-29, 2-44, 2-102, 2-183
BC36		10, 19, 100, 2-01, 2-55, 2-62-
BC37		43, 61, 2-16, 2-32, 2-39, 2-51, 2-117
BC38		24, 30, 68, 2-10, 2-15, 2-19, 2-94 to 2-96, 2-162
BC39		30, 37, 67, 2-45, 2-46, 2-47, 2-55
BC40		24, 52, 92, 2-19, 2-36, 2-58, 2-63
BC41		9, 24, 54, 2-35, 2-122, 2-123
BC42		52, 53, 69, 85, 2-142
BC43		1, 10, 24, 90, 104, 2-10, 2-65
BC44		30, 2-16, 2-35
BC45		20, 86, 2-13
BC46		8, 39, 46, 51, 83, 2-01, 2-29, 2-39
BC47		5, 8, 23, 91, 92, 2-06, 2-08, 2-65, 2-157
BC48		10, 58, 2-06, 2-58, 2-65, 2-102, 2-161
BC49		73, 93, 102, 2-64
BC50		66, 73, 89, 98, 2-40, 2-41, 2-47
BC51		59, 72, 73
BC52		2, 8, 32, 73, 83, 2-19, 2-56, 2-57
BC53		28, 53, 2-180
BC54		73, 92, 2-112
BC55		7, 11, 32, 2-11, 2-64
BC56		2-33, 2-63
BC57		67, 85, 2-93, 2-159
BC58		19, 30, 73, 2-16, 2-103, 2-132
BC59		32, 98, 2-64
BC60		2-16, 2-62
BC(Marine)		2-43, 2-64
BC(HM)		57
BC(Safety 1)		57
BC(Safety 2)
BC(SOC)		57
BC(FC)
BC(RAC)
BC(Rescue Liaison)
BC(Rescue Ops)
BC(Foam)
DC01		18, 24, 63, 105, 2-41, 2-51, 2-108, 2-113, 2-165
DC02		53, 55, 65, 96, 2-51, 2-64
DC03		53, 55, 2-17
DC04		6, 36, 37, 75, 2-43
DC05		37, 39, 109, 2-65
DC06		51, 52, 2-37, 2-67
DC07		35, 37, 52, 88, 89, 2-07, 2-140 to 2-144, 2-165 to 2-166
DC08		21, 22, 41, 92, 95, 110, 2-35, 2-64, 2-78 to 2-79, 2-134
DC09		42, 52, 2-54
DC10		90, 92, 2-62, 2-102-
DC11		25, 26, 60, 61, 89, 101, 2-34, 2-65, 2-124, 2-134, 2-146 to 2-150
DC12		10, 70, 72, 73, 2-104
DC13		41, 60, 61, 2-17, 2-138
DC14		22, 39, 73, 2-38
DC15		19, 41, 48, 70, 2-35, 2-178
DC16		2-53, 2-56
DC17		41, 2-53
MarDiv		2-51, 2-65
RS01		3, 22, 23, 25 26, 28, 29, 33, 42, 105, 2-07, 2-48, 2-98, 2-113
RS02		10, 24, 67, 90, 103, 104, 2-10, 2-59, 2-12-3
RS03		51, 57, 2-33, 2-93, 2-143
RS04		27, 83, 93, 2-01, 2-20
RS05		22, 2-27, 2-134
RS06
HazMat1		28, 43, 68, 2-12, 2-57
TSU1		56
TSU2		22,
Squads		2-34,
S1		20, 66, 93, 2-27, 2-34, 2-59
S2		11, 16, 32, 105, 2-34
S3		49, 50, 67, 85, 2-34, 2-39, 2-59, 2-159
S4		30, 48, 95, 2-16, 2-34, 2-35
S5		12, 15, 24, 29, 61, 2-02, 2-15, 2-34, 2-38, 2-66, 2-134, 2-151, 2-186 to 2-193
S6		55, 2-92-
S7		55, 56, 100, 2-32, 2-34, 2-152- to 2-153
S8		55, 65, 105, 2-34, 2-35, 2-39
S9		2-34, 2-40
S18		2-34,
S21		105, 2-34
S22		3, 2-34
S24		10, 59, 2-34, 2-38
S41		2-34,
S61		2-34,
S252		2-34,
S270		2-34,
S288		2-34,
Fireboats		2-24,
Marine 1		1, 29, 2-25, 2-51
Marine 2		1, 2-23
Marine 3		1, 47, 94, 2-24
Marine 4
Marine 5		7, 38, 2-05, 2-25, 2-51
Marine 6		29, 38, 42, 2-05, 2-22
Marine 7		2-23,
Marine 8		4, 109, 2-24
M9		6, 2-25, 2-51
FB Devanney		2-71,
FB Ronaldson		2-71,
FB Kane		2-148
FB Boody		2-152- to 2-153
FB Hewitt		2-152- to 2-153
FB Mitchell		2-152- to 2-153
Boat Tender 1
Boat Tender 2		2-29,
Boat Tender 3
Boat Tender 4
Boat Tender 5
Boat Tender 6
Boat Tender 7
Boat Tender 8
Boat Tender 9
Hose Co's		2-06,
Hose 1		1, 19, 45, 2-45
Hose 2		10, 59, 2-06
Hose 3		2-17,
Hose 4		3, 5, 26, 2-66
Hose 5		2-31,
Hose 6		66
Hose 7		21, 98
Hose 8		8, 32, 74, 110
Hose 9		8, 110
Relay Hose Wagon 1
Relay Hose Wagon 2		2-29,
Relay Hose Wagon 3
Relay Hose Wagon 4
Relay Hose Wagon 5
Foam Units		2-61,
Foam 81		2-79 to 2-80
Ambulance 1		2-27, 2-75
Ambulance 2		19, 23, 45, 52, 2-19, 2-35, 2-58
Ambulance 3		23, 55, 89, 2-40, 2-41, 2-48
Ambulance 4		23, 2-48
RAC1		36, 75, 2-43
RAC2		43, 2-32, 2-39, 2-47
RAC3
RAC4
RAC5		72-
RAC6
Brush1/84/164/504		7-Feb
Brush2/86/166/506		66
Brush3		1, 93
Brush4/530		21, 98, 110, 2-35, 2-37
Brush5
Brush6		29,
Brush7		2-06,
Brush8		35
Brush56		19, 45
Brush96		2-21,
Brush82/162/502		21, 67, 98, 101, 2-127
Brush160		22,
CFR31		71, 102, 2-30
PATH Airports		10, 59
PATH Bridge&Tunnel		41
PATH Laguardia Airport		71
Bridge Chem 61		2-79 to 2-81
Bridge Chem 62		71, 102-
Bridge Chem 63		2-01,
Bridge Chem 64		83, 84
Chemical 1
Chemical 2		16
Chemical 3		66
Chemical 4		2-33,
Chemical 5		26, 2-28
Chemical 6
Chemical 7		70
Chemical 8
Chemical 9		2-2, 2-40
Disbanded Co's		43, 44
EMS04		2-193
EMS15		58
EMS17		2-27,
EMS23		8, 21, 98, 2-36
EMS26		15, 105, 2-37
EMS27		7, 34, 48, 88, 93, 2-44
EMS40		2-19,
EMS44		15, 70, 104, 2-38
EMS50		2-176
EMS55		51, 88, 2-185
Foam 82/96		2-22,
Foam 84		2-37,
Foam 88/95		2-22,
FK		2-176 to 2-177
Field Comm		20, 79, 2-146 to 2-147
Field Comm 1		2-18,
Field Comm 2		2-20,
FDR1		2-32,
High Pressure		2-14, 2-15, 2-17
Superpumper System		26, 85, 2-26, 2-32, 2-34, 2-146 to 2-147, Sat2 2-165 to 2-166
MSU		5, 90
SL1
SL2
SL3
SL4		2-14,
Salvages		102
Model Cities Salvage		2-21,
V1		22, 24, 2-10, 2-60
V2		36, 2-37, 2-43
V3		2-38, 2-141
V4		2-104
Fire Patrol 1		1, 19, 45
Fire Patrol 2		20, 2-12, 2-32, 2-53, 2-150
Fire Patrol 3		20, 2-53, 2-138, 2-151
Fire Patrol 4		2, 20
Fire Patrol 5		20, 2-08
Fire Patrol 6		1, 20
Fire Patrol 7		20, 2-08
Fire Patrol 8		20, 37
Fire Patrol 9		20,
Fire Patrol 10		20,
HiRise 1		2-134
HiRise 2
Quads		39, 74, 101
Squrts		74, 2-24
TowerLadders		103
Utility 1		100, 2-60
HQ		57
Shops		42
SOC		57, 90, 109
Supervising Engineers		2-59,
Training Academy		72
Suburban Co's		2-12,
Tandem Double Co's		80, 81
Tandem Firehouses		78
Brooklyn CO		88
Brooklyn Navy Yard		8
Dr Archer		2-05,
Governors Island		2, 2-93
39 Worlds Fair		2-11,
Lime Green Pumpers		2-28.
Long Island City FD		2-42,
Metropolitan FD		2-44,
Edgewater Park		97, 2-174
Oceanic H&L		94
Richmond EC		94
Great Kills VFD		2-127,
8-8 Club		2-21,
Fire Bell Club		2-21,
WLF		2-117
Constellation Fire		2-150
Triangle Shirtwaist		2-173
St George Hotel		2-178
Brooklyn Theater		2-178
365 Jay St HQ		2-150
Scaling Ladders		2-184 to 2-185
Index		2-01,

 

[mack]

Engine 287/Ladder136/Battalion 46    Firehouse  86-53 Grand Avenue  Elmhurst, Queens  14th Division 46th Battalion "Elmhurst Eagles"

    Engine 287 organized 86-18 Broadway former firehouse Wandowenock Engine 1    1913
    Engine 287 new firehouse 86-53 Grand Avenue                                                  1914
    Engine 287 moved to 64-18 Queens Boulevard at Engine 292                              1996
    Engine 287 returned to 86-53 Grand Avenue                                                      1997

    Engine 287-2 organized 67-32 Queens Blvd former volunteer firehouse                1913
    Engine 287-2 moved to new firehouse 64-18 Queens Blvd                                    1914
    Engine 287-2 became Engine 292                                                                      1918

    Ladder 136 organized 91-12 43rd Avenue former volunteer firehouse                    1913
    Ladder 136 new firehouse 86-53 Grand Avenue w/Engine 287                              1914
    Ladder 136 moved to 56-29 68th Street at Engine 288                                        1974
    Ladder 136 returned to 86-53 Grand Avenue at Engine 287                                1976
    Ladder 136 moved to 64-18 Queens Boulevard at Engine 292                              1996
    Ladder 136 returned to 86-53 Grand Avenue at Engine 287                                1997

    Battalion 2 LICFD organized 40-08 Astoria Boulevard at Engine 5 LICFD              1891
    Battalion 2 LICFD becomes Battalion 16 FDNY                                                    1898
    Battalion 16 becomes Battalion 36                                                                    1898
    Battalion 36 becomes Battalion 46                                                                    1906
    Battalion 46 new firehouse 42-06 Astoria Boulevard with Engine 163                    1909
    Battalion 46 disbanded                                                                                      1909
    Battalion 46 reorganized 86-18 Broadway w/Engine 287                                      1913
    Battalion 46 new firehouse 86-53 Grand Avenue w/Engine 287                            1914
    Battalion 46 moved to 97-28 43rd Avenue at Engine 289                                    1974
    Battalion 46 returned to 86-53 Grand Avenue at Engine 287                              1976
    Battalion 46 moved to 108-01 Horace Harding Expressway at Engine 324            1996
    Battalion 46 returned to 46-53 Grand Avenue at Engine 287                              1997


Note:  Elmhurst was protected by the volunteer Newtown Fire Department prior to 1913.  Elmhurst companies were:
    Wandowenock Engine 1  86-18 Broadway        1843-1913
    Wandowenock Ladder 1  86-18 Broadway        1890-1913
    Elmhurst Ladder 11  91-12 43rd Avenue          1896-1913


September 1, 1913:

   


86-18 Broadway (firehouse of Wandowenock Engine 1 and Ladder 1 - original firehouse Engine 287):   
   
   

   


Weathervane from 86-18 Broadway former firehouse:

   


91-12 43rd Avenue (original firehouse L 136 - firehouse of volunteer Elmhurst Ladder 11 ):

   


86-53 Grand Avenue:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   


Engine 287:

   
   
   

   

   


Ladder 136:

   

   

   


Battalion 46:

   

   


SSL-136:

   

   


Engine 287/Ladder 136/Battalion 46:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsubXIHFY3I

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_94zsHRPyE

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gFkQLPA9X8


Engine 287/Ladder 136/Battalion 46 Centennial: 

    http://www.qchron.com/editions/central/firehouse-celebrates-years-in-queens/article_026ccdb8-f0a2-5792-a32a-c73f08ba7593.html


Ladder 136 FDNY Medals:

    FF JAMES J. FLOOD LAD. 136 OFF DUTY JUL. 4, 1944 PRENTICE

         

    LT WILLIAM A. SIEGEL BAT. 46 L-138 OCT. 29, 1981 HISPANIC

         

    LT JOHN W. COLLINS LAD. 136 APR. 23, 1986 SIGNAL 77

         

    FF ANTHONY SANNELLA, JR LAD. 136 FEB. 1, 1992 MARTIN

         


Engine 287/Ladder 136 LODDs: 

    FF Peter Farley, Ladder 136, fell sliding pole, August 16, 1949

         

    FF Joseph Dugan, Ladder 136, collision with Rescue 4, July 31, 1954

         
   
         

    FF Samuel A Schiller, Engine 324 detailed to Ladder 136, collision with Rescue 4, July 31, 1954

         

    FF Robert Dayton - Engine 287, November 26, 1988 - LODD Port Washington Fire Department - Captain Robert Dayton, a 28-year-old firefighter died after being trapped in a smoke-filled building.  It was the first time in 40 years that Port Washington's volunteer Fire Department had a LODD. Captain Dayton was a member of FDNY Engine 287 and was a volunteer in his hometown for 10 years. 

         

          http://www.pwfdhistory.com/g1/albums/memoriam_dayton/dpnews881208_pz_web.pdf

          http://www.pwfd.com/?page_id=567

    Capt Wayne Smith, burned Box 22-7876, 81-04 37th Avenue, died August 7, 1994

         

    FF Michael Cawley, World Trade Center, September 11, 2001

         

          http://www.ffmichaeljcawley.org/bio.html

          http://www.legacy.com/sept11/story.aspx?personid=126941

    FF Christopher Pickford, World Trade Center, September 11, 2001

         

          http://www.legacy.com/sept11/tnonline/story.aspx?personid=131674

         

    RIP.  Never forget.



Elmhurst: 

   

    Original Dutch name Middenburgh.  Changed to Newtown.  Then Elmhurst.

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/21253580@N06/with/2227501380/

    http://oldelmhurst.blogspot.com/

    http://forgotten-ny.com/2011/04/forgottentour-39-newtown-elmhurst-queens/



   

   

   

   

 

[mack]

Captain Wayne E. Smith, Ladder 136

NYTimes  Death of Queens Fire Company's Leader Ends 59-Day Vigil
By JAMES BARRON
Published: October 5, 1994

"The signal -- a sequence of five bells repeated four times -- echoed through firehouses across the city yesterday. Slowly, solemnly, it confirmed what a telephone call had already told the firefighters at Ladder Company 136 in Elmhurst, Queens: the 59-day vigil for their commanding officer was over.

The commander, Capt. Wayne E. Smith, was trapped in a two-alarm fire on Aug. 7. With burns over 40 percent of his body and lung injuries from the air in the burning building at 81-04 37th Avenue, Captain Smith died at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. His wife, Connie, had kept a daily vigil. Fire Commissioner Howard Safir had stopped by nearly every day.

"Fifty-nine days of waiting for what was really the inevitable, unfortunately," Commissioner Safir said yesterday. "The prognosis from the beginning was extremely critical. We all hoped against hope."

Captain Smith, at 37 one of the youngest captains in the department, was the fifth firefighter to die in the line of duty this year.

At Captain Smith's firehouse -- its nickname, chosen by the firefighters and emblazoned on T-shirts they wear off duty, is Wayne's World -- the news seemed not to have sunk in, despite the telephone call, the bells and the flag at half-staff.

"There's a feeling like it's not really happening, that Wayne's going to wake up," said a firefighter, Duecy Smith, who is not related to Captain Smith.

He and other rank-and-file firefighters at Company 136 -- "truckies," they call themselves with pride -- remembered Captain Smith as someone who, in only nine months as a commander, had raised morale.

"To win over a firehouse that quickly takes considerable talent," Commissioner Safir said. "He was a real leader in the firehouse. No one was surprised that Wayne led his men into this fire and was right in front. They found him on the floor above where the fire was. One of the duties of a ladder company is to go above the fire floor and search for victims. That's exactly what Wayne was doing, putting his life in jeopardy to save others."

On the way in, firefighters faced huge volumes of smoke and flame. Captain Smith was one of the first to go inside.

Other firefighters discovered Captain Smith, overcome by the smoke, on an upper floor. Fourteen other firefighters were also injured, two seriously. Commissioner Safir said the blaze was still under investigation but is believed to have been caused by faulty electrical  wiring."


RIP.  Never forget.

 

[mack]

Robert H. Dayton, Engine 287, was killed at an arson fire while serving as a member of Flower Hill Hose Co. #1, Nassau County, on, November 26, 1988.


3rd Alarm, 165 Main Street, Post Washington, LI
0729 hrs, November 26, 1988:

   

While commanding a search and rescue team at an apartment fire on Main Street, he became trapped and ran out of air. Due to the intense heat and smoke, repeated efforts to rescue Captain Dayton were unsuccessful. He was later pronounced dead at St. Francis Hospital. The Nassau County Police Homocide Squad and Fire Marshall?s Office later ruled the cause of the fire to be arson.

Captain Dayton attended Schreiber High School and later studied computers at Nassau Community College. He joined Flower Hill Hose Co. #1 at 18 years old. In addition to serving as a volunteer in Port Washington, he was also a professional firefighter with the Fire Department, City of New York, assigned to Engine Company 287 in Elmhurst, Queens. He was posthumously promoted to Captain of Flower Hill Hose Company #1.

The Port Washington Fire Department continued to mourn the loss of Captain Dayton. In 2010 the Town of North Hempstead renamed Haven Avenue, where Flower Hill Hose Co. #1 is located, Captain Robert H. Dayton Way.


RIP.  Never forget.

 

[nfd2004]

FDNY and NYC Firehouses and Fire Companies - 2nd Section - Thread continues 1st Section 

Many FDNY and NYC firehouses and berths served as quarters for FDNY, Brooklyn FD, Long Island City FD, fire patrols, police, airport, federal, military, commercial and volunteer departments and companies.  The original sheds which housed the first fire companies formed to protect NYC in the late 1700s and early 1800s are gone.  But many of the original firehouses built by the volunteer departments, FDNY, Brooklyn and LIC in the mid and late 1800s still exist - some operate as active firehouses, some serve community, business or housing purposes.  Current FDNY firehouses include historic and new state-of-the-art fire stations.  This thread is dedicated to the firehouses, their companies, their apparatus, their histories and the firefighters who served in them.

"mack", let me THANK YOU for continuing with the FDNY and NYC Firehouse thread. By far the 1st section the MOST POPULAR and VIEWED thread on this site. As the year 2017 comes to a close and 2018 begins, that first thread had a total of 147 pages, about 2,200 replies and almost 800,000 views.

The series now continues with "The 2nd Section", and I'm sure for many of us who have been around for awhile, we can certainly appreciate the newest title. Kind of rings a bell of those very busy days when the FDNY had so many fires and runs, some firehouses had to have TWO separate Engine Companies or maybe even TWO separate Ladder Companies operating out of the same firehouse. (examples: Engine 41-1, Engine 41-2, or Ladder 103-1, Ladder 103-2).

With your most recent firehouse posting of Eng 287/Lad 136/B46, together some of us on this site had the privilege of visiting that firehouse a while back where the members there treated us GREAT.

Thanks for the history, the pictures, the stories and the videos unique to each Firehouse of NYC that you post. As well as the many other contributions that other members have contributed as well.

A GREAT start with only a few hours left to begin the New Year of 2018.

 

[mack]

Battalion 46 - Originally organized as Battalion 2 in paid Long Island City Fire Department (LICFD) in Astoria at quarters of Engine 5 (LICFD - became Engine 263 FDNY ) and Ladder 4 (LICFD - became Ladder 117 FDNY).  Battalion 2 (LICFD) became Battalion 16 (FDNY), then Battalion 36, then was disbanded, then reorganized as Battalion 46 in Elmhurst.

    Battalion 2 (LICFD) organized 40-08 Astoria Boulevard at Engine 5 (LICFD) and Ladder 4 (LICFD)      1891
    Battalion 2 (LICFD) became Battalion 16 (FDNY)                                                                            1898
    Battalion 16 became Battalion 36                                                                                                  1898
    Battalion 36 became Battalion 46                                                                                                  1906
   
          40-08 Astoria Boulevard firehouse:
       
               
   
    Battalion 46 moved to firehouse 42-06 Astoria Boulevard with Engine 163/Ladder 67    1909
     
         
   
    Battalion 46 disbanded                                                                                      1909
   
    Battalion 46 reorganized 86-18 Broadway w/Engine 287                                      1913
   
         


Battalion 46 new firehouse 86-53 Grand Avenue w/Engine 287/Ladder 136            1914

         

         


    - thanks fdhistorian

 

[fdhistorian]

Battalion 46 - originally organized in Astoria at quarters of Engine 163 (became Engine 263) and Ladder 67 (became Ladder 117).  Engine 163 and Ladder 67 were paid Long Island City Fire Department companies located on Flushing Avenue (became Astoria Boulevard).  Battalion 46 was disbanded and then reorganized in Elmhurst at Engine 287 in 1913.

    Battalion 46 organized 40-08 Astoria Boulevard at Engine 163/Ladder 67              1906

    Battalion 46 moved firehouse 42-06 Astoria Boulevard with Engine 163/Ladder 67    1909
   
    Battalion 46 disbanded                                                                                      1909

    Battalion 46 reorganized 86-18 Broadway w/Engine 287                                  1913
   
    Battalion 46 new firehouse 86-53 Grand Avenue w/Engine 287/Ladder 136            1914

Originally, Battalion 46 came into the FDNY in 1898 as Queens Battalion 16 having been Long Island City Battalion 2.
Later in 1898, Queens Battalion 16 was renumbered as the original Battalion 36.
Battalion 36 was renumbered as Battalion 46 in 1906.
It was at 40-08 Astoria Blvd since 1894.

 

[68jk09]

BILL TOMPKINS FDNY FH PHOTOS.... http://www.btfirephotos.com/Firehouses/FDNY-New-York-Firehouses/FDNY-Firehouses/

 

[68jk09]

Some more info on Fire Patrol 2 FH but i put it here because it also contains info on former FDNY FHs in other Boros....  https://untappedcities.com/2014/02/13/7-repurposed-fire-stations-in-nyc/?displayall=true  ....In the "untapped cities" link above ^^^^^ Picture #1 in addition to ENG*31 also housed SQ*8......... #4 ENG*30 originally had 3 Sections...after they were disbanded the bldg housed the Medical Office (into the late '60s until the MO moved to Lafayette St w/LAD*20) the Spring St FH also had SATELITE*2 by itself which was manned by 2 FFs.....prior to The FDNY Museum moving to Spring St they were in the third & then separate bay & 3 floor portion of the FH on Duane St attached to ENG*7...LAD*1...BN*1.....after 9-11 that 1/3 of the FH was used as a Command Center during the Recovery then it became Manhattan Boro Command for awhile...... #8 ENG*206 was 2 separate houses built together.....206 was in the left half & the right side although lettered for LAD*133 was never occupied .....& in the '50s/'60s was primarily for storage of old equipment & pretty deteriorated...the apparatus floor had some antique horse & hand drawn rigs that were later refurbished & placed in the basement office area of the Dept Shops....the 2nd floor had hundreds of WW2 4 gal galvanized "Stirrup Pumps" that had originally been all around NYC for use by Auxiliaries & or Air Wardens in case of an incendiary bomb attack by air.....the 3rd fl had hundreds of red Civil Defense steel pot helmets.....after 206 moved to the new Qtrs just over on Grand in the late '70s the old FH became a wicker basket sales place for many years....during Sandy both the old & new FHs flooded as nearby Newtown Creek rose....some of these FHs have been discussed in more detail in other posts but this is just a little info on these pictures....also continue scrolling the "untapped" link for some more interesting non FD but NYC places.

 

[mack]

Engine 292  Firehouse  64-18 Queens Boulevard  Woodside, Queens  14th Division, 46th Battalion "Winfield Cougars"

    Engine 287-2 organized 67-32 Queens Boulevard at former volunteer quarters  1913
    Engine 287-2 new firehouse 64-18 Queens Boulevard                                      1914
    Engine 287-2 disbanded ? became Engine 292                                                1918
    Engine 292 organized 64-18 Queens Boulevard                                                1918

    Rescue 4 organized 64-18 Queens Boulevard at Engine 292                              1931
    Rescue 4 moved 30-89 21st Street at Engine 262                                            1996
    Rescue 4 returned 64-18 Queens Boulevard at Engine 292                              1997
    Rescue 4 moved 30-89 21st Street at Engine 262                                            1999
    Rescue 4 returned 64-18 Queens Boulevard at Engine 292                              2000
    Rescue 4 moved 27-12 Kearney St with Engine 316                                        2013
    Rescue 4 returned 64-18 Queens Blvd at Engine 292                                      2015
     
    Foam Unit Queens located 64-18 Queens Boulevard at Engine 292              1965-1972

    Ladder 136 located 64-18 Queens Boulevard at Engine 292                        1996-1997


Former Woodside volunteer company replaced by Engine 287-2 was Gooderson Engine 2 of the Newtown Fire Department.  Gooderson Engine 2 was organized in 1862 at Thompson Avenue (Queens Bouldvard) and Fisk Avenue.  Gooderson Engine 2 relocated a new firehouse at Thompson Avenue and Fisk Avenue (67-32 Queens Boulevard) in 1882.   

Original firehouse (Thompson Ave became Queens Blvd):

   

   

   


64-18 Queens Boulevard firehouse:

   

   

   

   

   

   
 
   


Engine 292:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9v1qXQKpa4

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnFW7GpOyvY


Engine 292 - 1st due - 8/25/09 All-Hands 65th Pl & 50th Ave

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rszTZhGuzrA


Engine 292 FDNY Medal:

    FF John Marshall  February 1, 1956 Kane Medal


Engine 292 LODDs:

    LT Robert Grant, heart attack in quarters, March 25, 1932:

         

    LT Grant had been seriously injured as a member of Engine 23 in November 1913 when his steamer swerved to avoid a truck and he was thrown from apparatus.  He was also seriously injured as a member of Engine 33 in a collision with a hose wagon responding to a Manhattan fire in 1930. He was hospitalized for 3 months and required life-saving blood donations from 22 FFs.  He returned to full duty and was promoted to LT.
   

    FF Howard V. Colbert, KIA Saipan, Marianas Islands, WWII, July 9, 1944

          FF Colbert was killed on Saipan while serving as a Sergeant with Company H, 105th Infantry.

             

          Prior injury:

             


FF Vincent Schmitt. Engine 292, KIA, Belgium, WWII, January 6, 1945:

   

   


WWII Notes:

    The two Engine 292 members who were KIA during World War II have a sad similarity.  Both members fought in major WWII battles, the Battle of Saipan and the Battle of the Bulge.  Both battles had extremely high casualties and both were important Allied victories. Both Engine 292 members, unfortunately, lost their lives near the end of each battle.

FF Colbert - SGT US Army, 105th Infantry, KIA July 9, 1944

    Battle of Saipan:  The Battle of Saipan was a major battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on the island of Saipan in the Mariana Islands from June 15 to July 9, 1944. The US 2nd Marine Division, US 4th Marine Division and the US Army 27th Infantry Division defeated the 43rd Infantry Division of the Imperial Japanese Army, commanded by LT General Yoshitsugu Saito.
    By July 7, the Japanese had nowhere to retreat. Saito made plans for a final suicidal Banzai Charge. At dawn, with a group of 12 men carrying a great red flag in the lead, the remaining able-bodied troops ? about 3,000 men ? charged forward in the final attack. Amazingly, behind them came the wounded, with bandaged heads, crutches, and barely armed. The Japanese surged over the American front lines, engaging both Army and Marine units.
    MAJ Edward McCarthy, then in command of 2-105 Infantry and one of the few officers of the regiment to survive the attack, described the scene as follows: "It reminded me of one of those old cattle-stampede scenes of the movies. The camera is in a hole in the ground and you see the herd coming and they leap up and over you and are gone. Only the Japanese just kept coming and coming. I didn?t think they?d ever stop". This charge hit the 105th directly and violently, and the two lead battalions were overrun. LTC O'Brien led the defense in the 1-105 area, with a pistol in each hand and even manning a nearby .50 Caliber machine-gun until he was killed. When his body was found, there were 30 dead Japanese around him, and he received a posthumous Medal of Honor.
    When the carnage of the final charge finally ended, 2,295 dead Japanese lay in front of the 105th's positions, and another 2,016 lay intermingled or in the rear of the 105th's positions for a total of 4,311 dead. US casualties were also heavy, and 1-105 and 2-105 suffered 406 KIA and 512 WIA.  SGT Colbert was one of the KIAs and lost his life just before Saipan was declared "Secured".

    http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-saipan

FF Schmitt PVT US Army:

    PVT Schmitt was appointed to FDNY in 1939 just prior to the war.  He arrived in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge, December 16, 1944 ? January 25, 1945, which  was the last major German offensive campaign of World War II. It was launched through the densely forested Ardennes region in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg, on the Western Front, towards the end of World War II, in the European theatre. PVT Schmitt lost his life January 6, 1945, during the final German counter-offensive of the campaign.

    http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-the-bulge

RIP - Never forget.


Winfield history: 

    Named after General Winfield Scott

    http://forgotten-ny.com/2004/12/the-general-and-queens/

    1873 map:  http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/1700/Winfield+Town/Long+Island+1873/New+York/

          Note - Gooderson Engine 2 located at Columbia Avenue and North Shell Road (old street names)


   

   

   

 

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Looks like "141 Hook & Ladder 141" is lettered above left front door bay on this early photograph of Engine 292's firehouse:

   


Ladder 141 was never organized.

 

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Gooderson Engine 2  Newtown Fire Department - Winfield, Long Island - Pre-FDNY Engine 292

    Gooderson Engine 2 was organized in 1862 at Thompson Avenue (Queens Boulevard) and Fisk Avenue. 
    Gooderson Engine 2 relocated a new firehouse at Thompson Avenue and Fisk Avenue (67-32 Queens Boulevard) in 1882.     


67-32 Queens Boulevard firehouse:

   

   


Gooderson Engine 2 members:

   

 

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Engine 83/Ladder 29 Firehouse 618 East 138th Street, Mott Haven, Bronx 6th Division, 14th Battalion  "da' Bums on da' Hill"

    Engine 83 organized 618 East 138th Street w/Ladder 29                      1906

    Ladder 29 organized 618 East 138th Street w/Engine 83                      1906

    Bridge Chemical 63 located at 618 East 138th Street at Engine 83    1939-1944

    Satellite 2 located at 618 East 138th Street at Engine 83                  1965-1975


618 East 138th Street firehouse built 1906:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

     


Engine 83:

   

   

   

   

   

   


Ladder 29:

   

   

   

   

   

   


Satellite 2:

   


Engine 83/Ladder 29 Videos:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFlVY-pOLkA

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv-seVvmGqs

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl2bcBwiIic


Engine 83 FDNY Medals:

    CAPT MICHAEL J. CLEARY 1949 STEPHENSON

    LT FRANK M. JACOBY MAR. 11, 1969 KENNY

         

    LT ANTHONY J. ALVA  JAN. 18, 1973 CONRAN

          FDNY 1959-1990, "Tough Tony", retired Captain Ladder 19.

    FF JOHN T. DONNELLAN MAR. 16, 1980 BRUMMER


Ladder 29 FDNY Medals:

    FF JAMES J. FLEURY  APR. 7, 1973 DELEHANTY

    FF JOSEPH KREBBS  SEP. 21, 1974 STEUBEN

    FF ELI V. GIAQUINTO  JUN. 17, 1978 HISPANIC

         

    LT DENNIS P. MARTIN  MAR. 16, 1980 AMERICAN LEGION

          FDNY 1962-1995, retired Deputy Chief

    FF FRANK UNGARO  APR. 29, 1980 MC ELLIGOTT

    CAPT FRANCIS G. GRIFFIN JAN. 11, 1981 FIRE MARSHALS

         

    FF RICHARD P. KEARNS  DEC. 3, 1986 WILLIAMS

         

    FF ALFRED J. ZAHRA  DEC. 3, 1986 EMERALD

       

    FF JAMES M. KERLEY  MAY 21, 1992 FIRE CHIEFS


Engine 83/Ladder 29 LODDs:

    FF JOSEPH FINGER LADDER 29 December 25, 1906

          Christmas Day, 1906, FF Finger was driving Ladder 29 back to quarters from a fire at 271 Ryder Avenue. While turning from St. Ann?s Avenue onto East 138th Street, the horses bolted. FF Finger, not wearing a seat belt, was jerked from his seat to the ground and the wheels passed over him. Six other fireman were injured, none seriously. Once at Lincoln Hospital, doctors discovered that FF Finger suffered from internal injuries and six fractured ribs. He died shortly after arriving at the hospital.

    FF JOHN DUFFY ENGINE 83 September 7, 1915

          On September 6, 1915, Engine 83 responded to an excavation site on 138th Street near Cypress Avenue for a trapped 12 year old boy who had fallen into the work site.  In trying to rescue the boy, FF Duffy fell 20 feet into the site.  The boy, Aaron Steinburg of 609 East 138th Street and FF Duffy sustained injuries.  They were rescued and transported to Lincoln Hospital.  The boy had scalp lacerations and survived but FF Duffy died the next day from head and internal injuries.  FF Duffy was 45 years old and lived at 3825 Eagle Avenue in the Bronx.   

         


    FF THOMAS SCHOALES ENGINE 83 September 11, 2001

          FF Thomas Schoales, responded the World Trade Center terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, with members of Engine 4.  FF Schoales lost his life when the building collapsed while he was trying to save others.  FF Schoales was the son of BC Edward Schoales, FDNY.

         

         

          http://www.legacy.com/sept11/cantonrep/story.aspx?personid=147297

          https://nypost.com/2002/01/13/golden-boy-fireman-found-in-wtc-rubble/


    RIP.  Never forget.


Mott Haven:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mott_Haven,_Bronx

    http://forgotten-ny.com/2013/11/mott-haven%E2%80%94port-morris-bronx/


Pre-FDNY Mott Haven fire protection:

    Mott Haven Fire Department, a volunteer department, protected Mott Haven from the mid-1800s (unknown organization date) until it merged with the volunteer Morrisania Fire Department in 1856.  MFD provided fire protection until FDNY expanded into the Bronx when it was disbanded in 1874.

          Jackson Engine Company 4 served until 1874

          Mott Haven Ladder Company 2 served until 1874 at 2594 3rd Avenue

              Former firehouse current use: 

                   

 

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Engine 83/Ladder 29 firehouse - Landmarks Preservation Commission - 2012

   

Landmarks Preservation Commission: The firehouse was completed in 1905 and landmarked in 2012.  The building, an early example of a "two-vehicle-bay firehouse", was designed by Robert Kohn and incorporates "Vienna Secessionist" style.


FIREHOUSE, ENGINE COMPANY 83, HOOK & LADDER COMPANY 29,  618 East 138th Street (aka 618-620 East 138th Street), the Bronx.  Built 1904-05; Robert D. Kohn, architect.

LANDMARK SITE: Borough of the Bronx

    On May 15, 2012, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a public hearing on the proposed designation as a Landmark of the Firehouse, Engine Company 83, Hook & Ladder Company 29 and the proposed designation of the related Landmark Site (Item No. 3).  The hearing had been duly advertised in accordance with the provisions of law.  There were two speakers in favor of designation: representatives of the Historic Districts Council and The Victorian Society New York. There were no speakers in opposition to designation. In addition, the Commission received a communication from the Fire Department of the City of New York in support of designation.

SUMMARY:

    The imposing two-story neo-Classical style Firehouse, Engine Company 83, Hook & Ladder Company 29, in the Mott Haven section of the South Bronx, was constructed in 1904-05 during the period when an enormous number of public structures were being placed in neighborhoods throughout the five boroughs following the Consolidation of Greater New York in 1898. The architect of this firehouse was Robert D. Kohn, a graduate of Columbia University and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, who emerged around this time as one of the few American architects (like Emery Roth early in his career) who produced major designs influenced by the Vienna Secession, between about 1905 and 1915. An early example of the two-vehicular-bay firehouse, a type that predominated in New York City for the next quarter century, this building is clad in salmon-colored brick with a monumental three-bay limestone enframement on the first story and a bracketed terra-cotta cornice. Within the elegantly composed neo-Classical ornamental vocabulary are subtle Secessionist references. Engine Company 83, Hook & Ladder Company 29 has continuously served the neighborhood in this building since 1906.

DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS:

    Firefighting in New York - Even in the colonial period, the government of New York took the possibility of fire very seriously.  Under Dutch rule, all men were expected to participate in firefighting activities. After the English took over, the Common Council organized a force of 30 volunteer firefighters in 1737, operating two Newsham hand pumpers that had recently been imported from London. By 1798, the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY), under the supervision of a chief engineer and six subordinates, was officially established by an act of the New York State Legislature.    As the city grew, this force was augmented by new volunteer companies. In spite of growing numbers of firefighters and improvements in hoses and water supplies, fire was a significant threat in an increasingly densely built up city. Of particular significance was the ?Great Fire? of December 16-17, 1835, which caused more damage to property than any other event in New York City. The damages resulting from several major fires which occurred between 1800 and 1850 led to the establishment of a building code, and an increase in the number of firemen from 600 in 1800 to more than 4,000 in 1865. Despite rapid growth, the department was often criticized for poor performance.  Intense competition between companies began to hinder firefighting with frequent brawls and acts of sabotage, often at the scenes of fires. During the Civil War, when fire personnel became harder to retain, public support grew for the creation of a professional firefighting force, similar to that established in other cities and to the professional police force that had been created in New York in 1845.  In May 1865, the State Legislature established the Metropolitan Fire District, comprising the cities of New York (south of 86th Street) and Brooklyn. The act abolished the volunteer system and created the Metropolitan Fire Department, a paid professional force under the jurisdiction of the state government.  By the end of the year, the city?s 124 volunteer companies with more than 4,000 men had retired or disbanded, to be replaced by 33 engine companies and 12 ladder companies operated by a force of 500 men. Immediate improvements included the use of more steam engines, horses, and a somewhat reliable telegraph system. A military model was adopted for the firefighters, which involved the use of specialization, discipline, and merit. By 1870, regular service was extended to the ?suburban districts? north of 86th Street and expanded still farther north after the annexation of part of the Bronx in 1874. New techniques and equipment, including taller ladders and stronger steam engines, increased the department?s efficiency, as did the establishment, in 1883, of a training academy for personnel. The growth of the city during this period placed severe demands on the Fire Department to provide services, and in response the department undertook an ambitious building campaign. The area served by the FDNY nearly doubled after the Consolidation of Greater New York in 1898, when the departments in Brooklyn and numerous communities in Queens and Staten Island were incorporated into the city. After the turn of the century, the Fire Department acquired more modern apparatus and motorized vehicles, reflecting the need for faster response to fires in taller buildings. Throughout the 20th century, the department endeavored  to keep up with the evolving city and its firefighting needs. 

FIREHOUSE DESIGN:

    By the early 20th century, the firehouse as a building type had evolved from the wooden storage shed used during the 17th century to an imposing architectural expression of civic character. As early as 1853, Marriott Field had argued in his City Architecture: Designs for Dwelling Houses, Stores, Hotels, etc. for symbolic architectural expression in municipal buildings, including firehouses. The 1854 Fireman?s Hall, 153 Mercer Street, with its highly symbolic ornamentation, reflected this approach, using flambeaux, hooks, ladders, and trumpets for its ornament.  Between 1880 and 1895, Napoleon LeBrun & Son served as the official architectural firm for New York?s Fire Department, designing 42 firehouses in a massive effort to modernize the facilities and to accommodate the growing population of the city. Although the firm?s earliest designs were relatively simple, later buildings were more distinguished and more clearly identifiable as firehouses. While the basic function and requirements of the firehouse were established early in its history, LeBrun is credited with standardizing the program, and introducing some minor, but important, innovations in the plan.  Placing the horse stalls in the main part of the ground floor to reduce the time needed for hitching horses to the apparatus was one such innovation. Firehouses were usually located on mid-block sites because these were less expensive than more prominent corner sites. Since the sites were narrow, firehouses tended to be three stories tall, with the apparatus on the ground story and rooms for the company, including dormitory, kitchen and captain?s office, above. After 1895, the department commissioned a number of well-known architects to design firehouses.  Influenced by the Classical Revival which was highly popular throughout the country, New York firms such as Hoppin & Koen, Flagg & Chambers, Horgan & Slattery, and Robert D. Kohn created facades with bold Classical style designs. 

GROWTH OF MOTT HAVEN AND THE BRONX:

    The site of the Firehouse, Engine Company 83, Hook & Ladder Company 29 was originally part of the extensive land holdings purchased in 1670 by the Welsh-born Richard Morris (died 1672) and inherited in 1691 by his son Lewis Morris (1671-1746), later an Acting Governor of New York and Governor of New Jersey. Their estate, known as ?Morrisania,? was part of Westchester County during the late 18th and most of the 19th centuries. In 1828, Jordan L. Mott, inventor of the coal-burning stove, bought a large tract of land in the southwestern part of Morrisania and established the Mott Haven Iron Works on the Harlem River at Third Avenue and 134th Street. The area around this business was developed with houses for Mott and his workers and became known as Mott Haven. Even though the larger area of Morrisania continued as a quiet, rural district, this section of Mott Haven developed more rapidly because of the expansion of the iron works and the advent of other industrial enterprises attracted by the Mott Haven Canal, which led from the Harlem River north to 138th Street. The New York & Harlem Railroad, incorporated in 1831, expanded over the Harlem River in 1840, bringing goods and people to the industrial community of Mott Haven. As the railroads and streetcars crossed the area, beginning in the 1860s, streets were laid out and land speculation began in earnest. In 1874, the townships of Morrisania, West Farms and Kingsbridge split from Westchester County and became the 23rd and 24th Wards of the City of New York, this area of the Bronx becoming known as the Annexed District. Beginning in the early 1880s, booster organizations such as the North Side Association advocated for infrastructure improvements; streets were paved, sewers dug, and mass transit lines brought the elevated trains to the Bronx. The El spurred tenement construction. By 1897, just a decade after the El began operation, the once vacant blocks east of Third Avenue were almost completely built over with solid brick buildings. This area held a mixture of building types: single-family rowhouses built in the late 1880s; multi-story apartment houses, built with increasing frequency in the 1890s; and various industrial and manufacturing establishments located along the neighborhood?s southern fringe. The population of the Bronx grew rapidly ?  in 1890, there were 89,000 people living in the area of the Bronx known as the North Side, ten years later the population had more than doubled to over 200,000, and by 1915 the number had increased threefold to 616,000. As the population and number of new buildings increased,  protection from the ever present danger of fire became increasingly important. The firefighters of Engine Company 83, Hook & Ladder Company 29 played a vital role in the Mott Haven community.

ENGINE 83, HOOK & LADDER 28:

    In the mid-19th century, as the Mott Haven Iron Works and the neighborhood?s residential development expanded, fire protection in Mott Haven became increasingly important. A volunteer company, J. & L. Mott Ladder 2, was established in a three-story wooden building at 2608 Third Avenue. With the annexation of this section of the Bronx to New York City in 1874, this volunteer squad was disbanded and replaced at the same location with Hook & Ladder Company 17, which moved in 1877 into a  rented four-story brick stable nearby at 589 (later re-numbered 341) East 143rd Street. By 1891, this company had 12 men and officers stationed here, with two horses, and one roller-frame hook-and-ladder truck with a fifty-foot extension ladder. That year they fought 60 fires, out of the total 158 fires that occurred in the entire lower Bronx. Following the Consolidation of Greater New York in 1898, when the entire Bronx became part of the city, it benefitted, as did all five boroughs, from the construction of an enormous number of new public structures, placed in all neighborhoods. Hook and Ladder Company 17 received a new two-bay firehouse (1906-07), designed by Michael J. Garvin.9  Immediately after Consolidation, plans were made for a second engine company and firehouse to be located in Mott Haven. A three-story $24,000 firehouse was proposed for 898 (later re-numbered 618) East 138th Street near Cypress Avenue in 1899, and plans were produced by architect Manly N. Cutter, Deputy Building Superintendent of the Fire Department, but these were not acted upon. In December 1903, the Fire Department signed a contract with architect Robert D. Kohn to prepare plans and specifications. Kohn filed for a two-story firehouse in July 1904, and construction occurred between January and October 1905 at a cost of $41,698. The contractor was Alfred Nugent & Son, a firm that built numerous public buildings, such as schools and firehouses, during this period. The Real Estate Record & Builders Guide noted that ?The site for the new building is in a district crowded with factories and tenements. At present there is no firehouse within a radius of half a mile.?  The firehouse is an early example of the two-vehicular-bay firehouse, a type that predominated in New York City for the next quarter century. Engine Company 83, Hook & Ladder Company 29 was officially organized in February 1906. It has continued to serve the neighborhood since that time.

THE ARCHITECT:

    Robert David Kohn (1870-1953), born in Manhattan, graduated from the College of the City of New York (1886) and Columbia University (1890), then attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris (1891-95). Upon his return to New York, he worked for a number of architectural firms before establishing his own independent practice in 1896. Among Kohn?s early commissions were town houses designed in an abstracted Beaux-Arts style, including 352-353 Riverside Drive (1899-1901); River Mansion, 337 Riverside Drive, and the neighboring 322 West 106th Street (1900-02); and 46 East 74th Street (1901-02).12 He was associate architect, with Carrere & Hastings, of the abstracted neo-Renaissance style New York Society for Ethical Culture School (1902-04), 33 Central Park West 13 (Kohn was a close personal friend of Dr. Felix Adler, the founder (1876) of the Society, and was a member and, later, president, of the congregation). His practice came to encompass warehouses, factories, and residential, commercial, office, and institutional buildings. Kohn emerged as one of the few American architects (like Emery Roth in his early career) who produced major designs influenced by the Vienna Secession, between about 1905 and 1915. These works, all aesthetically noteworthy and among Kohn?s most interesting work, included the Hermitage Hotel (1905-07; demolished), 592 Seventh Avenue, a bachelor apartment hotel; New York Evening Post Building (1906), 20 Vesey Street; Spero Building (1907-08), 23 West 21st Street, a store-and-loft structure for a wholesale millinery goods firm; and New York Society for Ethical Culture (1909-10), 2 West 64th Street.14 Kohn was married in 1905 to the sculptress Estelle Rumbold, who collaborated on the Evening Post and Ethical Culture projects.  Kohn?s Firehouse, Engine Company 83, Hook & Ladder Company 29 (1904-05), an imposing two-story neo-Classical style building, is clad in salmon-colored brick with a monumental three-bay limestone enframement on the first story and a bracketed terra-cotta cornice. Within the elegantly composed neo-Classical ornamental vocabulary are subtle Secessionist references, such as the concave segmental arches of the first-story enframement, the entablatures of the central pedestrian entrance and  first-story enframement, and the end terminating elements of the roof parapet. Kohn later explored a different modern aesthetic that sometimes referenced his earlier Secessionist influence, and presaged or paralleled such stylistic trends as modern Classicism and Art Deco. He designed the 11-story Auerbach & Sons factory (1915), 628-644 11th Avenue, which features vertical articulation, wide horizontal windows, and stylized geometric ornament, and additions to the R.H. Macy & Co. Department Store (1922-31), Seventh Avenue and West 34th Street.15 Kohn was a founder (1921) and president (1929) of the New York Building Congress and served as president of the American Institute of Architects (1930-32), director of the housing division of the Public Works Administration (1933-34), and vice president of the New York World?s Fair (1939-40), as well as a member of the fair?s board of design. He received the medal of honor in 1933 from the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Certain of his commissions were executed under the firm name of Robert D. Kohn & Associates. Kohn?s office address after 1917 was the same as architect Charles Butler?s,16 and he apparently formed a partnership with Butler that lasted, informally and formally, to at least 1952.17 They entered the competition for the design of the Nebraska State Capitol in 1919, and were responsible for the A.I. Namm & Son Department Store (1924-25, 1928-29), 454 Fulton Street, Brooklyn,18 and the 12-story Dorothy Gray Building (1928), 683 Fifth Avenue, which received a silver medal from the Fifth Avenue Association in 1929.19 Kohn and/or Butler joined with Clarence S. Stein on a number of projects. Stein (1883-1975), born in Rochester, New York, trained as an architect at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts (1908-11) and entered the office of Bertram G. Goodhue, where he became chief designer. Stein became best known as a pioneering planner, with Henry Wright, of housing projects and planned communities, including Sunnyside Gardens (1924-28), Queens, and Radburn, New Jersey (1928-32), for which Kohn was one of the architectural consultants. Among the collaborations of Kohn, Butler and Stein were: Parkwest Hospital (1925-26, Butler and Stein), 170 West 76th Street;20 Fieldston School buildings (1927-28, Kohn and Stein), operated by the Ethical Culture Society in Riverdale, the Bronx; Temple Emanu-El (1927-29, Kohn, Butler and Stein, with Mayers, Murray & Phillip), 840 Fifth Avenue; 21 and Fort Greene Houses (1942-44, Butler and Stein, with numerous other architects), Brooklyn.

DESCRIPTION - HISTORIC:

    Two-story neo-Classical style firehouse; salmon-colored brick cladding with three-bay, first-story limestone enframement; outer bays have historic pull-down paneled wood doors and historic FDNY company names; central bay has pedestrian entrance surmounted by entablature with bronze dedication plaque and segmental-arched window with leaded glass panes; three second-story tripartite windows with one-over-one double-hung wood sash; flagpole at central second-story window; bracketed terra-cotta cornice; roof parapet with stone coping and end terminating elements

ALTERATIONS:

    Metal pedestrian door; sidelights of central first-story leaded glass window; first-story electrical conduits and lighting fixtures  West Wall: paInted brick cladding, with a door; ventilating pipe 



    http://www.neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org/db/bb_files/2012-FirehouseEngineCompany83.pdf

 

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Extremely disappointed in some of the buffs here.  L 29 was TL 29 for a time.  No one noticed! 

Also noteworthy, the late FF Eli Giaquinto, a L 29 medal winner, went on to start a major fire escape servicing company in San Francisco.

 

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Engine 83/Ladder 29  - from "1st Responder Broadcast Network"

"'83 Engine and 29 Truck'

    By Larry Woodcock Correspondent  1st Responder Newspaper    Story Number 032615109

    Disclaimer: This article is a direct street report from our correspondent and has not been edited by the 1st Responder newsroom.


    The South Bronx has always been synonymous with mean streets and urban decay. Mention the South Bronx and right away people remember buildings and blocks on fire and crime on such a grand scale that police officers didn?t even want to work there.

    Thankfully, times have changed and places have improved. So too has the area known as Mott Haven.
Originally owned by the Morris family, it is also known as Port Morris with a population of over 50,000 within a square mile today. It is dominated by tenements and large public housing projects.
From the end of the 1800?s through the 1940?s, the neighborhood was quickly developed and at the same time became an upper middle class residential area marked by elaborate brownstones and became known as Doctors Row and the Irish Fifth Avenue.
   
    With its large German and Irish population made possible by public transportation, it supported the construction of tenement buildings. One of the city?s largest parades took place here every year on Easter Sunday in the 1940?s and 1950?s, marching down Willis Avenue to 138th Street. Saint Ann?s church, which was built in 1840, is the oldest church in the Bronx and is located on Saint Ann?s Avenue. It was added to the Register of Historic Places in 1980 and includes a graveyard that dates back to the early 1700?s.

    Mott Haven is also home to Da?Bums on Da?Hill, 83 and 29. The nickname goes back to the 1930?s, when surrounding companies would refer to them as such. Rivalries were much bigger then as competition was fierce.

    This firehouse was built in 1905 and opened in 1906 to incorporate two new companies. On January 31, 1906, 83 Engine was organized and on February 1, 1906 so too was 29 Truck.
At the time, Mott Haven had become a major shopping district for the Bronx (along 138th Street) and the need for more adequate fire protection was becoming apparent. The early days of firemen back in those days were typical of the times, ten days on followed by one day off and four hours a day for meals.

    As the neighborhood grew, so did the call volume and in the mid to late 1960?s as in so many urban areas, it changed overnight-first with civil unrest then in the 1970?s it was stricken by social and physical decline.  That was followed by drugs, crime, and the neglect by the city during its fiscal crisis. Building abandonment and arson swept through like a plague. Both company?s runs jumped from less then 300 runs per year in 1966 to over 5,000 in 1968. It even topped 6,000 in 1973. The trend continued until the early 1980?s.  Combined, the companies received over thirty unit citations and fourteen individual medals of valor.

    Two members were killed in the line of duty.

    Fighting fires one after the other and multiple fires burning simultaneously became the norm until virtually nothing was left to burn.  Some neighborhoods lost as many as 90 percent of their buildings and with 83 and 29, theirs was no different.

    With so many notable fires in the city?s history, one very memorable fire occurred with 83 and 29 first due.  On December 29, 1989 at 1:10 p.m., a backhoe accidentally ruptured a high-pressure gas main at 132nd Street and Locust.  The enormous explosion was felt in quarters as well as ten miles away. Ensuing was a fireball, 100 feet in the air and visible for blocks.  First responding 83 and 29 did all they could to evacuate nearby buildings, as five alarms were transmitted.  One worker was killed immediately and a civilian was blown into the East River, dieing later that night. The blast created a 25-foot deep crater and the heat from the fire melted cars and buses right down to their frames.  No structures were lost due to the quick and decisive actions of the firefighters and just plain luck.

    Along with 83 and 29, Satellite 2 responded out of this house when it was organized on October 1, 1965.  Members of the engine would take it on second alarms or greater, until the satellite relocated to 72 Engine in July of 1975."

    - http://www.1strespondernews.com/webpages/news/displaynews.aspx?PT=columns&cat=FDNY%20Houses&ID=f0c02455-35e6-44c4-950b-2c72104c6331

 

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Extremely disappointed in some of the buffs here.  L 29 was TL 29 for a time.  No one noticed! 

Also noteworthy, the late FF Eli Giaquinto, a L 29 medal winner, went on to start a major fire escape servicing company in San Francisco.

Scoobyd - Thanks alot for TL 29 info.  What years did they have a tower ladder assigned?  I will make appropriate notes in company details. 

 

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Extremely disappointed in some of the buffs here.  L 29 was TL 29 for a time.  No one noticed! 

Also noteworthy, the late FF Eli Giaquinto, a L 29 medal winner, went on to start a major fire escape servicing company in San Francisco.

Obituary - Eli V. Giaquinto

   

Feb 13, 1936 - May 1, 2017

Passed away unexpectedly at CPMC in San Francisco. Born and raised in Harlem, NYC to Babette and Peride Giaquinto. Eli was a navy veteran and decorated NYC fireman. He drove the ladder truck at Engine 83, Ladder 29 "Da Bums On Da Hill" So. Bronx and retired after 25 yrs. He moved to SF after meeting Susan, who became the love of his life. Eli started two successful business in SF, Giaquinto Janitorial and Great Escape Fire Escape Service. Eli had a warm and generous heart that showed by spoiling any animals. He would cook special meals for Truckie, Maggie, Rocky, Rita and Kook-A-La.

He loved playing softball, starting in NYC as a teenager until age 58 in the SF bar leagues. Eli also spent his years having fun as a bartender at Zhivago's and "The Bell" and being a patron to many others. He frequented the Abbey Tavern with everyone laughing from his stories complete with NY accent while drinking his favorite, a Makers Mark Manhattan on the rocks.
Eli was into gaming and had the magic touch in choosing many winning horses at Bay Meadows OTB, picking yearly football pool winners; even just winning the 2017 Masters Golf pool by picking the long shot. His infamous AA "Attitude Adjustment" party he hosted with Susan for 12 years and monthly poker nights with "the guys" allowed him to express his love for entertaining friends.

Everyone has a favorite "Eli" story to smile upon; The Big "E" will be missed by all.

He leaves behind his wife, Susan Stanich Giaquinto; daughter Kim Giaquinto Hart, granddaughters Toni Marie Wright (Benny), Sammi Jo Jean; and Kayla Rae Powell, daughter of the late Lori Giaquinto-Powell; sister and brother-in-law Francine Stanich Bailey and Jim Bailey; nephew Michael Bailey; half-brother and sisters Bill, Carol, Marian and Nancy.
A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, August 26th at the Irish Cultural Center of San Francisco at Noon.

    - Published in San Francisco Chronicle on May 14, 2017

RIP.


Great Escape Fire Escape Company

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