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Of course, Mack, you are absolutely correct but I was referring to long before the War Years. In the decades surrounding 1900, Engine 17 was top dog In the entire city.


 
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nfd2004 said:
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Great traditions in Emgine 17. If I am not mistaken it was the busiest company in the city for much of the early 20th century.

"3511", yes Eng 17 was one of the busiest during those very busy years. Eng 17 would team up with Eng 28, Lad 11, Lad 18, and the 4th Battalion in the Lower East Side. Aves A, B, C, and D and everything in between kept those companies right up with the best of them. It was the South Bronx of Manhattan.

Lower east side also known as "Alphabet City"
 
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You can sense there was an ulterior cost-cutting motive by the "powers that be" when they chose a new E17/L18/Bn4 firehouse site only 2 blocks from Engine 15. :( :mad:
 
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Was Squad 5, when it was running in the Lower East Side, stationed by itself at 55 E. Broadway after moving from Fort Pitt?
 
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I saw the new door the other day...very nice....they also have a very nice large 9-11 mural on the side wall of the FH facing the parking lot.
 

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Engine 17 - 71 Ludlow St - busiest fire company in NYC, and the world - 1924 - 1288 runs - Lower East Side




 
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L4's house also had a separate chief's quarters that ran perpendicular behind the apparatus floor and opened onto the cross street rather than 8th Ave. It was a holdover from the days when the Chiefs and their families actually lived in quarters. Engine 71's,  old house on Park Ave in the Bronx, now an EMS station, has a similar arrangement that used to be the 7th Division's house. Anybody know Of any other old Fire houses Built that way?
 
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The 48 St side entrance for BN*9 opened into the area that is presently the kitchen in the "new"  qtrs.....the old kitchen was there also & the Chiefs app door opened right into it.
 

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4 Truck's old quarters was originally Volunteer Empire H&L 8 (1848-1865)
Batt 8's old quarters was originally Volunteer Index Hose 32 (1852-1865)
 
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I don't know if it was a chief's bay but Engine 37's old quarters at 503 W. 126th st. had a bay door at the right rear that went to Amsterdam Ave.
 
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guitarman314 said:
I don't know if it was a chief's bay but Engine 37's old quarters at 503 W. 126th st. had a bay door at the right rear that went to Amsterdam Ave.

Gman, I saw E37 pulling into Qtrs from the Amsterdam Ave side in the late 50's,one of the few firehouses I ever saw like that.
 
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JOR176 said:
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I don't know if it was a chief's bay but Engine 37's old quarters at 503 W. 126th st. had a bay door at the right rear that went to Amsterdam Ave.

Gman, I saw E37 pulling into Qtrs from the Amsterdam Ave side in the late 50's,one of the few firehouses I ever saw like that.
Must've been running with two Ward LaFrances: #1 was a 1952 (#2969) with a ragtop canopy and #2 was a 1954 (#3451) Civil Defense C.D. 41 ;)
 

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Engine 37/Bn 11 - former firehouse - 503 W. 126th St
    - E 37 organized 1868 at 58 Lawrence St (W 126th St) - 1868 (former volunteer  firehouse and quarters of FDNY Surburban Engine 39)
    - Relocated to new firehouse 83 Lawrence St (503 W 126th St) - 1881
    - Address changed to 503 W. 126th St - 1924
    - Relocated to new firehouse 415 W. 125th St w/L 40 - 1974

    - Bn 11 organized at E 37 - 1884
    - Bn 11 relocated 133 W 99th St (former quarters Bn 12) 1898
    - Bn 11 also relocated to Bronx (L 17) and back to Manhattan (E 76, L 22, E 76)

E 37 in front of former firehouse:


503 W. 126th St former firehouse (front) current:


503 W. 126th St former firehouse (rear Amsterdam Ave) current:


E 37/L 40/TL 23 responding from 415 W. 125th St firehouse:

Engine 37 + Tiller ladder 40 + Tower ladder 23 FDNY
FDNY Engine 37 + Tiller Ladder 40 Turnout
 
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Does anyone have the top 5 oldest (still operating) houses and the dates they were built ? Thanks.
 

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I apologize if I miss someone but it appears that the oldest firehouses in Manhattan are:

Engine 26 - 1860 (former volunteer firehouse)
Engine 5  -  1864 (former volunteer firehouse)
Engine 44 - 1881
Engine 47 - 1891
Squad 18 - 1892
Engine 14 - 1895
Engine 33 - 1899 (June 1)
Engine 55 - 1899 (June 6)

SI oldest firehouse is L 79/Bn 22 - 1904 (former volunteer firehouse)
 

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Bronx oldest firehouses:

E 62 - 1896
E 73 - 1900
E 41, E 43, E 79 - 1904
E 82 - 1905
 
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