FDNY and NYC Firehouses and Fire Companies

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NY Fire Patrol 2  Manhattan

    FP 2 organized firehouse Marion St vic bell tower  1855
    FP 2 moved to firehouse 153 Elm St  1866
    FP 2 moved to firehouse 173 Elm St (Lafayette St)
      former quarters volunteer Lady  Washington Engine 40 1869
    FP 2 moved to 31 Great Jones St firehouse 1873
    FP 2 moved to 84 W 3rd St new firehouse  1907
    FP 2 disbanded 2006

FP 2 firehouse 173 Elm St  1869

Former quarters of vol Lady Washington Eng 40

FP 2 firehouse 31 Great Jones St 1873-1907:


FP 2 firehouse 31 Great Jones St 1873-1907:


FP 2 at 84 W 3rd St 1907:



FP previously wore white rubber turnout coats w/ red helmets before switching to black turnout coats











FDNY Fire Patrol 2 responding








NYC Fire Patrol N? 2

FPNY- The New York Fire Patrol

http://www.gvshp.org/_gvshp/preservation/fire_patrol/fire_patrol_main.htm

http://www.celebritynetworth.com/articles/celebrity-homes/anderson-coopers-home-historic-nyc-firehouse/

31 Great Jones St former FP 2 firehouse currently used as restaurant:

Was horse stable before FP 2 firehouse.

 

[mack]

NY Fire Patrol 3  Manhattan

    FP 3 organized at 115 W 29th St  1868
      - 115 W 29th St firehouse was former quarters of volunteer Madison Hose Co 37 and belonged to FDNY
    FP 3 moved to 104 W 30th St  - date unknown 
    FP 3 moved to 240 W 30th St  1895
    FP 3 redesignated FP 1 1955

    Note: FDNY Engine 1 operated from FP 3's quarters 1906-1907

FP 3's initial response district was 23rd St to 57th St.

Firehouse at 240 W 30th St:




FP 3 leaving 240 W 30th St firehouse:



Firehouse at 240 W 30th St today:

 

[mack]

NY Fire Patrol 4  Manhattan

    FP 4 organized at 94th St between 4th Ave and Lexington Ave  1876
    FP 4 moved to new firehouse 113 E 90th St
    FP 4 disbanded 1941 due to World War II manpower shortages

- FP 4 initial response area was above 59th St
- NYFP was placed under FDNY control during World War II.  FP 4 firehouse was used for auxiliary purposes.

FP 4 firehouse 94th St:


113 E 90th St:


1920s:


1930s:


Former firehouse 13 E 90th St - current:

 

[mack]

NY Fire Patrol 5  Harlem

    FP 5 organized 307 W 121st St  1892
    FP 5 moved to new firehouse 309 W 121 St 
    FP 5 disbanded  1955

    * FP 6 (Bronx) was redesignated FP 5  1955

FP 5 response area - boxes above 121 St.





FP 5 apparatus:


1920s

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Former firehouse 309 W 121 St today:

 

[mack]

NY FP 6  Bronx

    FP 6 organized at 838 Cortland Ave firehouse  1901
    FP 6 moved to new firehouse 278 E 156th St  1913
    FP 6 moved to 1079 Nelson Ave (former firehouse FDNY L 49)  1949
    FP 6 became FP 5  1955
    FP 5 disbanded  1955

FP 6 vacated 278 E 156 St firehouse for construction of high rise apartments

FP 6 838 Cortland Ave:




278 E 156 St firehouse:




FP 6 with white turnout coats:


FP 6 firehouse 1079 Nelson Ave 1949-1955/FP 5 firehouse 1955:

Ladder 49 - previous firehouse 1913-1947

Former firehouse 838 Cortland Ave:

 

[mack]

NY FP 7  Manhattan

    FP 7 organized 133 Norfolk St  1906
    FP 7 disbanded 1933

FP & firehouse 133 Norfolk St:


Former firehouse 133 Norfolk St today:

Cronkite Pizzeria located at address.

 

[mack]

Unit 1 Brooklyn Salvage Corps  - became FP 8 when merged with NYFP
    Unit 1 BSC organized 172 Pacific St  1895
    Unit 1 BSC became FP 8 NYFP  1911

- Organized with: 10 men; 2 wagons; 5 horses; 350 rubber covers
- Response district was  Hudson Ave/Flatbush Ave/9th St/Gowanus Canal/NY Bay/East River
- Unit 1 responded to 605 fires in 1901, traveled 1388 miles, in service 492 hours, spread 1649 covers and extinguished 14 fires.

Original firehouse 172 Pacific St - today:


Brooklyn Salvage Corps - Bylaws/Rules and regulations:
http://archive.org/stream/charterbylawsoff00broorich#page/n45/mode/2up


12 Dean St firehouse:







12 Dean Street former firehouse - today:

 

[mack]

Unit 2 Brooklyn Salvage Corps - became FP 9 when merged with NYFP - Brooklyn

    Unit 2 orgainzed 12-16 Powers St  1896
    Unit 2 moved to new firehouse 33 Skagg St  1896
    Unit 9 became FP 9 1911
    FP 9 became FP 4  1955
    FP 4 disbanded  1959

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Unit 2 12-16 Powers St - former firehouse today:   


Unit 2 12-16 Powers St - former firehouse today: 


Unit 2/FP 9/FP 5 firehouse 33 Skagg St:


Unit 2 interior:


Brooklyn Eagle newspaper 1900:

 

[mack]

Unit 3 Brooklyn Salvage Corps - became NYFP 10 - Brooklyn

      Unit 3 organized Brooklyn Ave vic Herkimer St  1905
      Unit 3 moved to new firehouse 516 Herkimer St  1906
      Unit 3 became FP 10  1911
      FP 10 disbanded  1954 





Inside Herkimer St firehouse:


516 Herkimer St former firehouse - today:

 

[mack]

Aquehonga Hook & Ladder 1  Mariners Harbor, SI

    Aquehonga H&L 1 organized at 369 Richmond Terrace  1879
    Aquehonga H&L 1 moved to new firehouse 22 DeHart Place 1894
    Aquehonga H&L 1 disbanded 2007 when FDNY Engine 208 (Eng 158) organized

- Aquehonga H&L 1 was part of SI's North Shore Fire Department (Port Richmond to Mariner's Harbor)
- North Shore Fire Department had 4 engine companies, 4 ladder companies, 6 hose companies in 9 firehouses
- Aquehonga H&L 1 had a roster of 49 firemen
- FDNY Engine 208 (Engine 158) used Aquehonga H&L 1's 2nd firehouse as original quarters

369 Richmond Terrace:

   


22 DeHart Place:

   


22 DeHart Place today:

   


   

 

[nfd2004]

"22 DeHart Place", there is NO WAY I would look at that place today and say that was once a "FIREHOUSE". That's amazing if that was a rehab job to convert it over to residential.

 

[mack]

Engine 158  firehouses  Mariners Harbor  SI

    Engine 208 organized 22 DeHart Pl (former quarters of Aquehonga H&L 1) 1907
    Engine 208 became Engine 158                                                              1913
    Engine 158 moved to 65 Harbor Rd                                                        1931

    Brush Fire Patrol 158 located at 65 Harbor Rd                1955, 1956, 1957, 1960s


22 DeHart Pl former firehouse of volunteer company Aquehonga Hook & Ladder 1

    Aquehonga H&L 1 organized at 369 Richmond Terrace  1879
    Aquehonga H&L 1 moved to new firehouse 22 DeHart Place 1894
    Aquehonga H&L 1 disbanded 2007 when FDNY Engine 208 (Eng 158) organized

    - FDNY Engine 208 (Engine 158) used Aquehonga H&L 1's 2nd firehouse as original quarters


22 DeHart Pl Aquehonga H&L 1:

   


22 DeHart Pl today:

   


    Engine 208 originally had an 1871 Sibley steamer pulled by a single horse.

Engine 158 22 DeHart Pl firehouse:

   


Engine 158 65 Harbor Rd firehouse:

   


Engine 158 firehouse - current:

   


Engine 158:
   


Engine 158 Brush Patrol:

   


December 2011 - Engine 158 comes to aid of NYPD officers being attacked by mob:

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/General+News/111318/FDNY-Rescues-NYPD-Officers-By-Using-Water-Cannon-On-Mob-Of-Thugs.html

http://www.fireengineering.com/articles/2011/12/ny-firefighters-rescue-cops-from-angry-mob.html

Engine 158 responding:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnZkMW6LPrE

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7trpnzbHvY

 

[mack]

Bill - current structure at that location is original firehouse. 

 

[mack]

Engine 259/Ladder 128/Bn 45 firehouse 31-51 Greenpoint Ave  Sunnyside, Queens

    Engine 2 Long Island City FD organized 59 Gale Ave  1894
    Engine 2 Long Island City FD became Engine 2 FDNY  1898
    Engine 2 became Engine 159  1899
    Engine 259 moved to 31-51 Greenpoint Avenue  1909
    Engine 159 became Engine 259  1913
    Engine 259 moved 10-40 47th Ave at Engine 258  2007
    Engine 259 returned to 31-51 Greenpoint Avenue  ?

    Ladder 78 organized 31-49 Greenpoint Ave 1910
    Ladder 78 became Ladder 128  1913
    Ladder 128 moved to 205 Greenpoint Ave at Engine 238/Ladder 106  2007
    Ladder 128 returned to 31-49 Greenpoint Ave with Engine 259 ?

    Bn 45 organized 10-40 47th Ave at Engine 258  1906
    Bn 45 moved to 31-51 Greenpoint Avenue at Engine 259/Ladder 128  1979

    Field Communications Unit Queens organized at 31-59 Greenpoint Ave 1964
    Field Communications Queens became Field Communications Unit 2  1965
    Field Communications Unit 2 became Field Communications Unit Queens 1974
    Field Communications Unit Queens moved to 30-89 21st St at Engine 262  1978
    Field Communications Unit Queens moved to 31-51 Greenpoint Ave 1978
    Field Communications Unit Queens moved to 30-89 21st St at Engine 262 1979

Long Island City Fire Department was a paid fire department with protected LIC prior to annexation by NYC.
   




E 259/L 128/Bn 45 - firehouse today:




Firehouse/Calvary Cemetery:


Calvary Cemetery has over 3 million graves - largest in US.

Calvary Cemetery firefighter memorial gravesite:



http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9E00E1D81E3EE433A25755C1A96F9C94639FD7CF

L 128:

 

[mack]

Engine 329/Ladder 171 (disbanded)  - firehouse -  402 Beach 169th St  Ft Tilden, Queens

    Engine 329 organized 402 Beach 169th St  1961
   
    Ladder 171 organized 402 Beach 169th St  1961
    Ladder 171 disbanded  1975

1960s FDNY firehouse design:



(similar to E 16/E 22/E 28/E 165/E 166/E 275/E 299/E 331/E 246 firehouses)

Firehouse 402 Beach 169th St:




Engine 329:


Engine 329 ATRV (lost during Hurricane Sandy):

http://www.emtbravo.com/SpyShots/FDNYATRV329.html

http://www.unyquefiretrucks.com/FDNY_E329_-_ATRV.html


Engine 329:




Ft Tilden History:

16in gun 1940: 


Ft Tilden 1940:


http://www.fortwiki.com/Fort_Tilden

http://www.oocities.org/fort_tilden/harris.html

"Fort Tilden: 1917-1974  A 317 acre Coastal Defense Post established in 1917. Initial WW1 installations included a Mortar Battery of 4- 12 inch mortars, an East Battery named Battery Fergusson with two 6 inch rapid fire guns, and West Battery named Battery Kessler with two 6 inch rapid fire guns. In 1921-49 Battery Harris with two 16 inch guns were added. Later paired with the Navesink Battery on Sandy Hook, NJ, with similar guns. World War 2 also saw the installation of a twin 90 mm Anti Motor Torpedo Boat (AMTB) gun emplacement, installation of coincidence range finders and plotting rooms at the batteries, and a Harbor Entrance Command Post. 1955-1958 Nike-Ajax Site (NY-49), upgraded in 1958-74 as Nike-Hercules. All now part of Gateway National Recreation Area."  http://dmna.ny.gov/forts/fortsT_Z/tildenFort.htm

Ft Tilden Army Fire Station 2 1918:


Ft Tilden Nike Missile Site - "Constructed during 1954-1955, Nike battery NY-49 was located at historic Fort Tilden, a former Coast Artillery site which had earlier guarded the eastern approaches to New York harbor. The four magazine configuration of this double Nike battery was similar to that of its "sister" site located on the other side of the New York Bight at Fort Hancock, New Jersey. During 1958, this site became the second in the nation to deploy the more advanced, second-generation Nike Hercules missile system.

The numerous Nike sites were coordinated by an Army Air Defense Command Post (AADCP) operating the "Missile Master" or "Battery Integration and Radar Display Equipment" (BIRDIE) system to ensure that only one battery engaged a target and that friendly aircraft were not targeted. Missile Master could up to 24 batteries, while BIRDIE could handle up to 16 batteries.

On July 4, 1960, the New York area Missile Master was activated and manned by personnel from the 52nd Air Defense Artillery Brigade (formerly stationed at Fort Wadsworth in Staten Island, NY). This Missile Master facility was located at the Highlands Air Force Station along with the U.S. Air Force 646th Radar Squadron. The 646th was a component of the "Semi-Automatic Ground Enviroment" (SAGE) system, based at McGuire AFB, NJ.

Fort Tilden's Nike missile site was half-converted from Nike Ajax missiles to the newer Nike Hercules missiles. Construction began in March of 1958, and was completed on July 1,1958.  On October 15, 1958, the remainder of Fort Tilden's Nike missile site was fully converted to Nike Hercules missiles. These missiles remained at Fort Tilden until they were removed in 1972.

Nike missiles were never fired from Fort Tilden. But the Nike crews did fire the missiles for practice. After 1961, the Annual Service Practice (ASP) was instituted. On an annual basis, Nike crews would travel to Fort Bliss, TX, to fire missiles at the McGregor Range. Batteries would only have a 48 hour notice, and were chosen at random so that each unit would always be at a state of high readiness."  http://www.techbastard.com/missile/nike/ny49.php

Naval Aire Station Rockaway: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Rockaway

Ft Tilden - National Park: http://www.nyharborparks.org/visit/foti.html

Hurricane Sandy - 6 alarms - Breezy Point:
6 Alarm Fire Breezy Point, Queens NY- Hurricane Sandy

E 329/L 144 responding Breezy Point after Sandy:
FDNY Engine 329 and Truck 144

 

[mack]

Engine 169/Engine 269/Squad 1 firehouse - 786 Union Street - Brooklyn

    Engine 169 organized 786 Union Street  1908
    Engine 169 became Engine 269  1913
    Engine 269 disbanded  1975
    Engine 269 reorganized  1975
    Engine 269 disbanded  1975

    Squad 1 organized 187 W 137 St Manhattan at Engine 59  1955
    Squad 1 moved to new firehouse 111 W 133rd St Manhattan w/Engine 59  1962
    Squad 1 moved to 451 E 176th St Bronx at L 58  1972
    Squad 1 moved to 925 E Tremont St Bronx at Engine 45  1975
    Squad 1 disbanded 1976
    Squad 1 reorganized 786 Union St Brooklyn former firehouse of Engine 269  1977
    Squad 1 moved to 395 4th Ave Brooklyn at Engine 239  2003
    Squad 1 returned to 786 Union St w/TRV  2004

    Note - Squad 1 located at 6 different firehouses in 3 different boroughs
   
Engine 269 backing into 786 Union St firehouse:




1960 Park Slope airline crash:  http://brooklynpix.com/catalog09f.php?locality_no=12611

786 Union St firehouse:


Squad 1 goes into service in Harlem 1955:


Squad 1 1958:


Squad 1's quarters - 786 Union St:






Squad 1's Mack operating:


Squad 1's ALF:




TRV:


TRV:




FDNY Squad 18 is 1st due on a non-structural call

FDNY, Squad 1 & TRV 1 Responding HD

WTC - Squad 1 - RIP:


WTC Squad 1's door:





Squad 1 WTC firehouse memorial:
http://brooklyn.about.com/od/AboutSeptember-11th-2011/ss/September-11-2001-Memorials-In-Brooklyn-Places-To-Visit-To-Remember-911-From-The-Heart_6.htm

Squad 1 members lost:
http://www.angelfire.com/nc3/squadco1/memorial.html

Squad 1 company web site: http://www.angelfire.com/nc3/squadco1/

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Fire_Department_Squad_Company_1

Park Slope neighborhood:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Slope,_Brooklyn

http://ny-pictures.com/nyc/photo/area/7959/Park_Slope2C_Brooklyn

http://www.nyc-architecture.com/PS/PS.htm

Squad 1's patch:

 

[mack]

Squad 1 was organized in 1955.

Has any other FDNY company had as many relocations and has served in as many different boroughs? 
    - 6 different firehouses
    - Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn

Also, does any FDNY company (engine/ladder/rescue/squad) have a response area as large as Squad 1's - good part of Bklyn and all of SI?

Does anyone have longer runs on 10-75s?  They are 1st due squad in Tottenville, SI, over 25 miles?

 

[68jk09]

LAD*112 has been in four FHs .....Madison St....Knickerbocker Ave w/277 ....Ralph Ave w/222....then to the new FH back on Knickerbocker...............AND 1 Member worked in all 4 FHs .....as FF.. LT..& CPT of 112....Ret CPT Ron Carritue. 

 

[mack]

Looks like:
Engine 10 had 10 different firehouses
Engine 40 - 7 firehouses
Engine 1  - 6 firehouses
Engine 6  -  6 firehouses
Engine 31 - 6 firehouses

Ladder 10 had 10 different locations
Ladder - 8 firehouses

Engine 77 (Marine) - became Marine Co 7 - had 6 different berths in 4 different boroughs - Manhattan, Bklyn, Queens, SI
Engine 43 (Marine) had 9 different locations

 

[mack]

Division 1 looks like it had 11 different locations
Division 2 had 9

Battalion 1 had 9 different firehouses.