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I too remember those old municipal green doors to firehouses. And also the ones that slid open.  Those at my local house, E79/L37, were huge. Thick metal, with the old type clouded glass that blocked one from looking in or the men from seeing out. (They eventually cut a small slit of clear glass into one pane.) They opened from the middle, one half at a time, sliding on tracks that ran across the doorway floor. It took a grown man to push them open, they were that heavy.

And this too. They were left open during the warmer months when the companies went out, the men's shoes scattered on the apparatus floor. And there were NEVER any reports of anyone stealing anything.  If the companies were out at a worker a local buff might close the doors. In the winter the men had to push them closed before they could respond.

I asked my dad one time about leaving the doors open (our apartment was always locked like a fortress) and he told me one man was left behind to guard the firehouse. This was BS of course but I promptly told all my friends, which is what he wanted me to do in case anyone got any ideas.  (if he told me they kept a guard lion in the kitchen I would have believed that too.)

But there were never (or rarely) any reports of thefts from an open firehouse. Amazing isn't it, that people back then had such respect. A different world.
 
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I went to St. Teresa's on Classon & St. Johns in Brooklyn, right down the bock from 280/132 and I remember the Nuns and Brothers stopping whatever they were saying when the companies passed the school on a run and have us say a prayer for the men.
I also remember some of the oldtimers in the neighborhood stopping and blessing themselves when we would pass them by, whether responding on a run or returning from one.
You don't see that anymore....haven't seen it for a long time.
 
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The FDNY red door story went like this. Fire Commissioner Edward Cavanaugh's wife had a problem with her car one evening (flat tire I think) on Lexington Ave. & E67th street. It apparently took some time to get going again and when she told him this he said she should have went right around the corner to E39/L16 quarters to seek aid. She said she didn't see a fire house there. Hence, all doors being painted red. (I guess she didn't even see the 19th precinct station house right next door either.)
 

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FDNY firehouses - green doors:


Engine 218 650 Hart Street (current):
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Engine 209  Taaffe Place  1950s:
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Ladder 102 (also disbanded Engine 209/Battalion 34)  firehouse 1966-present  -  850 Bedford Avenue  Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn                  Engine 209 Disbanded

850 Bedford Avenue  Ladder 102/Engine 209/Battalion 34  1980s
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Engine 209/Ladder 102/Battalion 34 new firehouse. 
34th Battalion assigned Superpumper, Supertender and High Ladder


11th Division companies 1966:
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Ladder 102 firehouse 850 Bedford Avenue:
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Ladder 102:
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Ladder 102 1930s:
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Ladder 102 1947 WLF:
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Ladder 102 1960 100 ft ALF tiller:
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Ladder 102:
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Ladder 102 1922 3rd alarm Williamsburg:
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Ladder 102 War Years:
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Reserve Engine 516:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XYTJmSgVtk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48t2jogMNwc


Ladder 102 LODDs:

    FF Benjamin H Fay, Ladder 102, November 2, 1918  - KIA 106th Infantry  World War I  France 

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    FF William F Selluiger, Ladder 102, September 18, 1921 -  died in quarters

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Bedford-Stuyvesant:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedford%E2%80%93Stuyvesant,_Brooklyn



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Some comments on another one of mack's excellent posting's....in the newspaper article posted the FF named Joseph  La Grange w/211 later became a LODD in 108....in the 1st photo of LAD*102 War Years the FF on the left is George Goldabach then in 102 & later a LT in SQ*4 then 222 when the SQ was disbanded...the FF on the right is Byron Preston from 235...in the next photo the FF on the turntable carrying the child is Willie Scales then in the Superpumper & formerly a long time Chauf. in 108.... as far as the FH for 102/209RIP/BN*34RIP the FH was designed w/a lot of input from a well respected Chief Officer in the FDNY named George Stressler whose Son of the same name was a long time Chauf. in 102...in '64 when the FH was built the E & T door was one big one w/no division ....after a few years of replacing door motors 2 separate doors were installed & remain today. 
 

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Engine 217/Engine 217-2  firehouse 940 Dekalb Avenue  Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
     
    Engine 17 BFD organized  940 Dekalb Avenue                      1876
    Engine 17 BFD became Engine 17 FDNY                                1898
    Engine 17 became Engine 117                                              1899
    Engine 117 moved to 231 Herkimer Street at Engine 114      1908
    Engine 117 new firehouse 940 Dekalb Avenue                      1909
    Engine 117 became Engine 217                                            1913
    Engine 217 moved to 850 Bedford Avenue at Ladder 102      2008
    Engine 217 returned to 940 Dekalb Avenue                          2009

    Engine 217-2 organized 940 Dekalb Avenue at Engine 217    1968
    Engine 217-2 disbanded                                                      1972

Engine 17 BFD:
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940 DeKalb Avenue:
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Engine 217 firehouse remodel:
http://www.galantearchitecture.com/Project%20Pages/Municipal/FDNY%20EC%20217/Fire%20station%20FDNY%20EC%20217.html


Engine 217 steamer:
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Engine 217 1941 Mack:
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Engine 217 LODDs:

    FF William S Nelville, Engine 217, injured December 9, 1936 Box 904 357 Sumner Avenue, smoke, died December 10, 1936

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    FF Kenneth Phelan, Engine 217, September 11, 2001

    FF Neil Leavy, Engine 217, September 11, 2001

    Never forget.


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Runs and Workers  Engine 217

Year Engine Runs EMS Workers OSW  ALL HANDS
1975  217  3904    0    2565      0 
1976  217  4422    0    3015      0 
1977  217  4325    0    3293      0 
1978  217  4008    0    3145      0 
1979  217  3011    0    2177      0 
1980  217  3135    0    2220      0 
1981  217  3519    0    2454      0 
1982  217  3384    0    2366      0 
1983  217  3512    0    2283    237 
1984  217  3226    0    2076      0 
1985  217  3021    0    2044    218 
1986  217  2986    0    2145    238 
1987  217  2859    0    1994    249 
1988  217  2928    0    2086    292 
1989  217  2870    0    2006    267 
1990  217  3007    0    1849    286 
1991  217  3132    0    1885    285 
1992  217  3232    0    2072    318 
1993  217  3166    0    1877    285 
1994  217  2863    0    1654    225 
1995  217  3641    0    2540    257 
1996  217  3203  348  2335    355 
1997  217  3040  869  2124    343 
1998  217  2897  789  2050    344 
1999  217  2906  786  2032    319 
2000  217  2805  803  2098    310 
2001  217  2873  800  2076    318 
2002  217  2725  739  1942    344 
2003  217  2838  857  2106    327 
2004  217  3197  987  2329    364 
2005  217  3084  956  2212    356 
2006  217  3145 1026  2186    306 
2007  217  3199 1012  2152    289 
2008  217  2857  674  1615    241 
2009  217  3417  933  2226    285 
2010  217  3235  993  2010    283    70
2011  217  3118 1017  2043    294    88
2012  217  3047 1070  2046    283    64
2013  217  3041 1122  1951    226    63
Year Engine Runs EMS Workers  OSW ALL HANDS
 
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Going back to the color of firehouse doors, of course during the height of the FDNY War Years - 1976, and the 200th Anniversary of Our Country was the Bicentennial Year, when many of the FDNY Firehouse doors were painted in a celebration of that anniversary. 
 

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Many current FDNY doors decorated - patriotic and 9/11 memorial - examples:

Engine 160/Rescue 5:
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Engine 10/Ladder 10:
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Engine 205/Ladder 118:
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Engine 323:
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Engine 89/Ladder 50:
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Unique company doors/memorial doors examples:

Rescue 2 memorial door:
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Engine 23 Lions Den:
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Ladder 3/Battalion 6:
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Engine 279/Ladder 131:
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Engine 46/Ladder 27:
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Squad 18 old door:
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nfd2004 said:
Going back to the color of firehouse doors, of course during the height of the FDNY War Years - 1976, and the 200th Anniversary of Our Country was the Bicentennial Year, when many of the FDNY Firehouse doors were painted in a celebration of that anniversary.

1976 FDNY doors (from WNYFs):
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Special FDNY firehouse doors:  Squad 18:  November 2, 2013    http://nypost.com/2013/11/02/fdny-shuts-door-on-village-legacy/


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"The city is slamming the door on a Greenwich Village masterpiece.

An iconic and beloved firehouse door marking FDNY?s Squad 18 ? painted in 1976 to honor the US bicentennial ? has been taken down.

After gracing the West 10th St. station for 37 years, the door?s mural ? which shows dashing firefighters with half-off jackets astride a vintage red engine, a bewigged Uncle Sam at the wheel, a dalmation, and yellow lightning bolts ? won?t be restored on a new door, the FDNY says.

The decision inflamed firefighters who took pride in their unique door.

Community leaders were stunned to learn of the door?s demise.

?Put the mural back!? urged Sean Sweeney, chairman of Community Board 2?s landmark committee, who blamed the blunder on bureaucrats. ?They?re just a bunch of pinheads far removed from the rank and file, and citizens who want art on the street,? he said."


?There wasn?t a day gone by that 50 people didn?t take a picture of that door ? locals, visitors from other states, tourists from other countries,? said a veteran Squad 18 member.

FDNY brass let the squad mount the old door on the third-floor as a relic, but it won?t be visible to the public.

?The firefighters want the mural on the front of the firehouse,? the veteran said.

The door took on greater significance since 9/11, when seven Squad 18 firefighters who raced out to the World Trade Center perished.

The portal is featured in a new book out in September, Door Jams: Amazing Doors of New York City, by Allan Markman.

?They?re exploding out of the firehouse to save the day,? author Allan Markman said of the Bravest in the mural. ?It?s very striking and fun to look at. They should treasure that, instead of putting on a boring door.?

In a station renovation, the FDNY last week removed the wooden door, which was warped beyond repair, a spokesman said. Firefighters say they ?begged for months? to get the original artist or another to repaint the mural on a new door, but officials refused.

FDNY spokesman Jim Long cited rules of the city?s Landmarks Preservation Commission, which decreed the area an historic district in 1969.

The new red-painted door ?gives the look of the time the building was built? in 1891 as a former rooming house, Long said.

?Aesthetically, it meets the landmark criteria.?

But the city never filed an application to repaint the mural. ?We would consider it if we received one, but we didn?t,? said commission spokeswoman Lisi DeBourbon."

https://www.flickr.com/photos/navema/4452716127/


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Engine 217's runs and workers continued to increase during War Years, but company dropped off top 25 engine list.  Dramatic workload increases in other areas, operation of Engine 217-2 from 1968-1972.

1964  Engine 217 -  2406 runs  #20 
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Assigned to 15th Division

1965 Engine 217  - 2782 runs  #18
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Assigned to 15th Division

1966 Engine 217  - 3149 runs  #20
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Assigned to 11th Division

1967 Engine 217  -  4058 runs  #17
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1968 Engine 217  - 4610 runs  #24
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Engine 217-2 organized

1969 Engine 217 not in top 25
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Engine 217-2 in service

1970 Engine 217 not in top 25
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Engine 217-2 in service

1971 Engine 217 not in top 25
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Engine 217-2 in service

1972 Engine 217 not in top 25
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Engine 217-2 in service

1973 Engine 217 not in top 25
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Engine 217-2 disbanded

1974 Engine 217 not in top 25
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1978 Engine 217 not in top 25
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Engine 313/Ladder 164  -  firehouse  - 44-01 244th Street  Douglaston, Queens

    Engine 313 organized 44-01 244th Street w/Ladder 164                1929

    Ladder 164 organized 44-01 244th Street  w/Engine 313              1929

    Note: Volunteer company Douglaston Hose 1 preceded FDNY Engine 313 and Ladder 164.


Engine 313/Ladder 164 original members with fire commissioner - in service 1929:
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44-01 244th Street firehouse:
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Engine 313:
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Ladder 164:
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L 164 2013 2nd alarm:
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Engine313/Ladder 164:
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Engine 313 responding:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bppg-UKpIdc

http://www.veooz.com/videos/KHJjoWa.html

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


Engine 313/Ladder 164 LODDs:

    Captain Orestes Hantjiles, Engine 313, November 28, 1959

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    Lieutenant Alan J. Sweet, Ladder 164, November 14, 1973

    Lieutenant Thomas J. Hodges,  Engine 313, died from World Trade Center recovery illness
 

Douglaston history:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglaston,_Queens

http://forgotten-ny.com/2007/08/forgottentour-31-little-neck-douglaston-queens/


Douglaston Hose Company 1 - volunteer company firehouse - 42-30 Douglaston Pkwy  Douglaston, Queens   

    Hose 1 - organized 42-30 Douglaston Pkwy  1903
    Hose 1 - disbanded  1929

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Hose 1 members:
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Hose 1 boxes:
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Former firehouse serves as an American Legion Post.
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American Legion Post history:
http://www.placematters.net/node/998



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Stopped by the scene of the Bronx 3d alarm on Decatur Ave the other day, late morning. Only one unit on the scene operating a watch line
...Engine 313.

A long run from Douglaston...a BARB change?
 

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Engine 246/Engine 327/Ladder 169  firehouse  -  2731 E 23rd Street  Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn                    Engine 327 Disbanded

    Engine 46 BFD organized 2728 E 23rd Street with Ladder 17 BFD in former volunteer firehouse    1895
    Engine 46 BFD became Engine 46 FDNY                                                                                  1898
    Engine 46 combined with Ladder 17 to form Combination Engine Company 46                            1898
    CEC 46 became CEC 146                                                                                                        1899
    CEC 146 moved to new firehouse 2731 E 23rd Street                                                                1904
    CEC 146 became CEC 246                                                                                                      1913
    CEC 246 disbanded - Engine 246 and Ladder 169 organized 2731 E 23rd Street                          1929
    Engine 246 moved to 2732 E 11th Street new firehouse w/Ladder 169                                      1960

    Ladder 17 BFD organized 2728 E 23rd Street w/Engine 46 BFD                                                1895
    Ladder 17 BFD became Ladder 17 FDNY                                                                                  1898
    Ladder 17 disbanded - combined with Engine 46 to form CEC 46                                              1898
    Ladder 169 organized 2731 E 23rd Street                                                                                1929
    Ladder 169 moved to 2732 E 11th Street new firehouse w/Engine 246                                      1960

    Engine 146-2 organized 2731 E 23rd Street at CEC 146                                                            1904
    Engine 146-2 became Engine 246-2                                                                                        1913
    Engine 246-2 became Engine 327                                                                                          1939
    Engine 327 disbanded                                                                                                            1960

    Relay Hose Wagon 105 organized 2731 E 23rd Street at Engine 246                                          1942
    Relay Hose Wagon 105 disbanded                                                                                          1945

Sheepshead Bay Volunteer Fire Department was organized 1889 with Friendship Ladder 1 at 2728 E 23rd Street.  It expanded to 2 engines, 1 hose company and 1 ladder company by 1895 when it was disbanded and replaced by Brooklyn Fire Department Engine 46 and Hook and Ladder 17.                                   

E 246/E 327/L 169 2731 E 23rd Street firehouse:



Engine 327 1938 Ahrens Fox:
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1960s design for new firehouses (from WNYF):
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E 246/L 169 2732 E 11th Street - 1960:
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E 246/L 169 2732 E 11th Street - current:
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Engine 246/Ladder 169:
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Engine 246:
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Ladder 169:
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Engine 246/Ladder 169 responding:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raeryhWGNZY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-NxkSAHhuQ


History:  http://nyfd.com/history/engine_246_1.html

    "Engine 246 and Ladder 169 have been responding to fires in the Sheepshead Bay area of Brooklyn since December 9, 1895. One hundred years ago this area was part of the City of Brooklyn, the fourth largest city in America, and not New York City. The fire trucks were not even painted red but, two tone green. Brooklyn placed Engine 46 and Ladder 17 in service in the former quarters of the Sheepshead Bay Volunteer Fire Department.

    The Sheepshead Volunteer Fire Department was organized around February of 1889 with Friendship Ladder 1. Before the volunteers were disbanded on December 9, the Department had grown to one steamer, one hose company, one hand engine, and one ladder companies. All four companies were located at 2728 East 23rd Street, then known as Anthony Place and then renamed to Delamere Street before becoming East 23rd Street.

    Engines 44, 45, 46, 54 and Ladders 16 and 17 replaced all of the volunteer companies in the late Town of Gravesend. The towns of New Utrecht, Gravesend, and Flatlands were annexed into the City of Brooklyn on May 3, 1894. This annexation more than double the size of Brooklyn. When annexed, the fire protection would be provided by the volunteers until the City's paid force could be expanded into the newly annexed area. All of the expenses to operate the volunteers would be paid for by the City.

    Engine 46 was placed in service with eight men with a used 1893 Silby 4th size (300-200 gpm) steamer and a new P.J. Barrett hose wagon. Ladder 17 received a new Gleason & Baily, 50 foot aerial and was manned by ten men. Members of the Friendship fire companies were given preference in hiring for the new companies. The steamer and hose wagon were both pulled by two horses and came from the town of Gravesend, The ladder was pulled by a three horse hitch and was purchased by the City of Brooklyn. Both companies were located in the former quarters of the Friendship companies on the west side of East 23rd Street. The rent for the two story building was $500.00 a year.

    Engine 46 and Ladder 17 would belong to the Brooklyn Fire Department only until January 1, 1898. On that day, the Cities of Brooklyn, New York, and parts of Queens and Bronx Counties, along with Staten Island merged into the Greater City of New York and its five boroughs. On January 28, both Engine 46 and Ladder 17 became part of Brooklyn and Queens Fire Division of the New York City Fire Department.

    Ladder 17 was disbanded on April 15, 1898 as a single unit and combined with Engine 46 to form Combination Engine 46. The Captain of the ladder was replaced by a Lieutenant and Engine 46 was painted on the side of the ladder truck. Both companies would respond as Engine 46 on most runs, but the truck could respond as a single unit and would be called Ladder 46. The total number of runs between the two would be reported under Engine 46.

    To avoid confusion with the Manhattan and Bronx companies, the Brooklyn and Queens companies were renumber on October 1, 1899. Combination Engine 46 became Combination Engine 146. Combination Engine 146 would be renumber again on January 1, 1913 to Combination Engine 246 due to the increase of new companies being placed into service in Brooklyn and Queens.

    When Brooklyn placed these two companies in service it was with the intention of building new quarters for both Engine 46 and Engine 45 at the earliest possible date. Both of these houses were not built with living quarters in them. The Fire Department had to put several thousands of dollars into these houses to fix them for the paid members.

    With the merger of New York and Brooklyn, new quarters were put off for the time being. In 1902 money was allotted for the construction of new houses in Brooklyn and plans were drawn up. New quarters were built for Engines 224, 231, 245, 246 and several other houses were remodeled.

    Combination Engine 146 moved into a new three bay, two story fire house on December 22, 1904. The house was located at 2731 East 23rd Street. The fire house measured 73 feet in the front and 84' feet deep. The building was built on a lot that was purchased by the late town of Gravesend on August 23, 1878 from James B, and Anna Voorhies for a total of $750.00. The lot measured 75 feet by 196 feet. To build the fire house an old school building was torn down. The house cost $73,072.00 to build.

    With the vast area that Engine 146 had to cover, a second section was placed in service on December 22, 1904. The second section would respond with the first section on most call. Other times it would stay in quarters and respond to another fire which wasn't to often. The first year in service all three rigs responded to only thirty four runs.

    Motorization came to East 23rd Street in 1920. The second section received a used 1905 W. S. Nott 2nd size (700-900 gpm) steamer with a Christie front end drive. The first section received a new 1921 American LaFrance 700 gpm pumper. In 1921 the ladder received a new Pirsch/White combination chemical & city service service ladder truck. The hose wagon was replaced with a new 1922 Mack/Boyd hose wagon on December 21, 1922.

    On October 16, 1929, General Order Number 59 would place Ladder 169 in service with twelve members effective two days later. After thirty-one years of service and no identity, Brooklyn Ladder 17 was given one, Ladder 169. Most of the members that were assigned to the ladder portion of Engine 246 were assigned to Ladder 169. A lieutenant was still in charge of the ladder and not a captain. The company received a used 1924 American LaFrance 75' aerial from Ladder 123.

    Engine Company 246 was discontinued as a Double Combination Company and reorganized as a Double Engine Company with two engines and one hose wagon. The second section of 246 was renumber on August 16, 1939 to Engine 327.

    Because of World War II and the Germans bombing England, five Hose Wagons were placed in service through out the City. Relay Hose Wagon 105 was placed in service at Engine 246's quarters on December 26, 1942 and disbanded on May 15, 1945. These wagons were older aerial ladder trucks that the shops converted by removing the ladders and converting it to carry 3,000 feet of 3 1/2" hose.

    The block of East 23rd Street where the firehouse sat became a dead end street once the Belt Parkway was built in the early 1940's. The response time to Sheepshead Bay was reduced. The company had to travel away from Sheepshead Bay to cross over the Parkway. In the Capital Budget for 1944 Engine 327 and a new ladder company were going to be placed in a new house around 20th Avenue and East 64th Street. The condition of the 1904 fire house was beginning to show its age. These three factors, dead end street, Engine 327 moving and the age of the building sealed the fate of the old fire house.

    The Fire Department started looking for a new location as early as November 1943. A lot was picked out on the northwest corner of Neptune Avenue and West 11th Street and given to the Fire Department on October 20, 1955. This location would cut the time responding to Sheepshead Bay and Brighton Beach. Plans for the new house were drawn up in 1950 by the Department of Public Works. The house was going to be two stories with a four story hose tower in the front and to the right of the apparatus door.

    Early in 1958 it was learned that Neptune Avenue was going to widen by forty feet on the north side of the street, thus the lot would be to small for the fire house. A smaller lot, owned by the City, on East 11th Street and Banner Avenue was chosen.

    Because of the move in location the cost of the house went from $293,057.00 to $360,326.00. Back in 1944 the estimated cost for the building was $115,000.00. Since the lot was smaller the hose tower was cut out of the plans.

    On July 16, 1960, twenty three years after starting the process of building a house, Engine 246 and Ladder 169 moved into their new firehouse at 2732 East 11th Street. Engine 327, slated for new quarters in 1944, was disbanded on that day. Since moving here only one other company has responded from these door and that was Battalion 43 from July 24, 1968 until August 7, 1971. The Battalion moved from Engine 245's old quarters when it was torn down for a new station.

    Two member of each company have received medals for bravery. The first members to received a medal was Firefighter 1st grade Peter S. Viola of Ladder 169. He was awarded the Steuben medal for rescuing a woman from a fire at 8 Brighton 15th Street on February 23, 1972. The next two members were both from the engine in 1985. The first was Lt. John R. Fullam for rescuing an unconscious firefighter from a 2nd alarm fire at 2335 Coney Island Avenue on January 16, 1985. He received the Lt. Robert R. Dolney Medal. The Uniformed Fire Officers Association Medal was awarded to Captain Patrick J. Boylan of Engine 246 for a rescue at 1816 Voohries Avenue on December 16, 1985. The last member to received a medal was Firefighter Oscar Thomason of Ladder 169. He received the Emerald Society Medal for rescuing a elderly lady from 3130 Brighton 6th Street on March 28, 1988.

    One member of Engine 246 has paid the supreme sacrifice by giving his life. Lieutenant Harry M. Maloney was partially paralyzed after the engine backed over him at a grass fire at Ave. "X" and East 23rd Street. The accident happen on March 25, 1940, two months after taking the lieutenants test. On January 1, 1945 Firefighter Maloney was promoted to a lieutenant. He died of complication from his injuries on August 9, 1948. He joined the Fire Department on January 1, 1937. He left a wife and a daughter.

    After one hundred years of service, the Brooklyn Fire Department, horses, green rigs, a second section, and three different locations Engine 246 and Ladder 169 have been faithfully serving the people of Sheepshead Bay and Brighton Beach. They have been there for fires, floods and other emergencies and will continue to serve the people of New York City." per Mike Boucher


Sheepshead Bay Race Tracks:

    Sheepshead Bay had a horse race track from 1879-1911.  When horse race tracks became illegal in 1911, the track was converted to an auto race track from 1915-1919.  The Sheepshead Bay auto race track was protected by on-site firefighters and special firefighting car.

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Sheepshead Bay: named for the fish "sheepshead", a member of the porgy family, which was a prominent fish in the local bay before mysteriously vanishing.

http://forgotten-ny.com/2006/04/sheepshead-bay-brooklyn/

http://forgotten-ny.com/2006/04/sheepshead-bay-brooklyn-part-2/





Engine 327      FDNY      1904-1960      Gone but not forgotten.
 

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Union Hook and Ladder 1  firehouse  Fire Department of East New York    East New York, LI


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Prior to becoming part of the City of Brooklyn, East New York was originally protected by the Fire Department of East New York.  In the 1870, the department consisted of 4 companies:

    Neptune Engine 1
    Liberty Hose 1
    Aid Hose 2
    Union Hook and Ladder 1

The town of New Lots Fire Department eventually protected East New York, the paid Brooklyn Fire Department and then FDNY.
 

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Active Hook and Ladder and Hose Company 1  firehouse    Northern Blvd and 250 St  Little Neck, LI

    Active Hook and Ladder 1 organized                  1905
    Active Hook and Ladder 1 disbanded                  1929

Volunteer company firehouse:
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Engine 313/Ladder 164 organized - replaced volunteer companies:
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