Ladder 108/Bn 35 firehouse 112 Seigel St East Williamsburg, Brooklyn
(also served as initial quarters for Engine 18 BFD which became FDNY Engine 218)
Engine 18 BFD organized 112 Seigel St 1877
Engine 18 moved to 650 Hart St 1887
Ladder 8 BFD organized 112 Seigel St 1887
Ladder 8 BFD became Ladder8 FDNY 1898
Ladder 8 became Ladder 58 1899
Ladder 58 moved to 89-91 Humboldt St 1906
Ladder 58 moved to 112 Siegel St 1907
Ladder 58 became Ladder 108 1913
Ladder 108 moved to 187 Union Ave w/Bn35 1971
(Note: Engine 216 moved to 187 Union Ave later in 1971)
Bn 35 organized 166 Clymer St at Engine 111 1906
Bn 35 moved to 137 Powers Ave at Engine 113 1908
Bn 35 moved to 166 Clymer St at Engine 211 1915
Bn 35 moved to 112 Siegel St at Ladder 108 1927
Bn 35 moved to 187 Union Ave w/Ladder 108 1971
Brooklyn Eagle 1887 Ladder 8 BFD organized:
From "Our Firemen: the Official History of the Brooklyn Fire Department":
"Hook and Ladder Company No. 8 occupied a two-story brick structure with brown-stone facings, on Siegel Street near Graham Avenue, in the Sixteenth Ward. The district covered by this company is a large and particularly dangerous one, for the reason that nearly every lot has a front and rear house standing upon it, the majority of which are four-story frame dwellings occupied chiefly by German families. On a first-alarm the members respond to calls from 108 boxes, which cover the territory bounded by Leonard and Jackson Streets, by Newtown Creek, Atlantic and Albany Avenues, and by Penn Street and Broadway. In addition to this they cover 88 boxes on a second-alarm and 56 on third-alarm, which latter takes in the Greenpoint District. On"special calls" they go down to the Western District. Among the large buildings in the district are St.Catherine's Hospital, the Montrose Avenue Orphan Asylum, St. Joseph's Home, St. John's College, Home for the Aged, the Beecher Home, St. John's Orphan Asylum, Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum, Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, St. Mary's Catholic Church. There are also in this district several public schools, the Lyceum Theatre, Batterman's dry goods and furniture stores, Berlin's dry goods house, Worn & Sons' furniture factory, the Iron Clad manufactory, Bossert's lumber yard, Newman's lumber yard, and Puger's sash and blind factory.
This company was organized Nov. 30, 1887. The house was formerly occupied by Engine No. 18. It has a second-class Hayes truck with extension-ladders, which was built in 1890. "Tom," a gray horse, and "Frank" and "Billy," dark bays, all fine, serviceable young horses, furnish the power for transportation. District Engineer Fanning's horses "Joh'n" and "Dick," a roan and chestnut, also have their quarters in the house. The apparatus and horses are always in the pink of condition when not in active service. There are among the members those who have been in perilous positions while in the discharge of their duties as protectors of the property and lives of citizens, and still others who have unflinchingly thrown aside all feeling of personal safety to save the lives of those who were cut off by smoke and flame."
Street map:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_East_Williamsburg_(2009).jpg
L 8 BFD at 112 Siegel St:
L 108:
1961:
112 Siegel St 1960s:
L 108 - 1962:
L 108 responding
1971:
L 108/Bn 35/Bn 60 - last tour 112 Siegel St:
Note: Bn 60 assigned to operate with Bn 35 for last tour on 112 Siegel St.
Engine 216/Ladder 108/Battalion 35 187 Union Avenue firehouse:
L 108 at the Rock 1975:
L 108/Bn 35 1976
1976:
L 108 apparatus:
FDNY ***NEW*** LADDER 108
Note: additional L 108 pictures
http://nycfire.net/forums/index.php/topic,24281.0.html (thanks Chief)
East Williamsburg:
http://forgotten-ny.com/2007/04/east-williamsburg-part-1-brooklyn/
http://forgotten-ny.com/2007/04/east-williamsburg-part-2-brooklyn/
http://brooklynbased.com/blog/2012/07/24/the-neighborhood-name-police-east-williamsburg/
Old pictures:
http://gothamist.com/2012/05/03/28_photos_of_williamsburg_youve_nev.php#photo-1
http://www.mhtbrooklyn.org/en_ourneighborhood.htm
Ladder 108 Runs and Workers 1944-2012:
Year Ladder Runs EMS Workers OSW ALL HANDS
1944 108 926 354
1947 108 967 711
1950 108 1166 861
1953 108 1363 967
1954 108 1335 1026
1956 108 1315 1000
1960 108 1845 1116
1962 108 2234 1190
1964 108 2709 1216
1966 108 3607 1512
1969 108 5443 3604
1970 108 6037 4239
1971 108 6145 4307
1975 108 4450 3277
1976 108 4703 3310
1977 108 3949 3582
1978 108 3804 2530
1979 108 4233 2717
1980 108 4742 3090
1981 108 4456 3015
1982 108 4508 2971
1983 108 4462 3073 508
1984 108 4026 2765
1985 108 3726 2598 474
1986 108 3718 2664 448
1987 108 4018 2904 386
1988 108 3920 2913 392
1989 108 4188 3252 407
1990 108 4198 3173 405
1991 108 4041 3066 402
1992 108 4038 3198 429
1993 108 4361 3595 435
1994 108 4020 3330 551
1995 108 3763 2136 518
1996 108 3304 70 2739 533
1997 108 3010 198 2529 526
1998 108 2793 63 2382 508
1999 108 2835 38 2415 444
2000 108 2779 29 2299 430
2001 108 2696 0 2244 457
2002 108 2635 0 2152 435
2003 108 2801 0 2296 430
2004 108 2778 0 2245 452
2005 108 2778 0 2245 447
2006 108 2637 0 2236 439
2007 108 2918 0 1668 405
2008 108 2726 0 2324 464
2009 108 2954 0 2626 430
2010 108 2947 0 2523 464 67
2011 108 2942 0 2513 407 107
2012 108 2941 0 2693 404 52
Thanks Frank Raffa and WNYF
Note: Ladder 108 consistently in the top 25 runs and workers totals