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The new BC57 split the 34 Battalion of that time. (Thanks lucky, 68jk09 and atlas)68jk09 said:
FDNY and NYC Firehouses and Fire Companies
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Engine 287/Ladder136/Battalion 46 firehouse 86-53 Grand Avenue Elmhurst, Queens
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 46 organized 40-08 Astoria Boulevard at Ladder 67 1906
Battalion 46 new firehouse 42-06 Astoria Boulevard with 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 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 (original firehouse Engine 287):
Firehouse of Wandowenock Engine 1 and Ladder 1
Weathervane from former firehouse:
91-12 43rd Avenue (original firehouse L 136):
Firehouse of volunteer Elmhurst Ladder 11
86-53 Grand Avenue:
Engine 287/Ladder 136:
Engine 287 1958 Mack 750GPM:
Engine 287:
Ladder 136:
Battalion 46:
Engine/truck/chief response:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_94zsHRPyE
Engine 287:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SYb2eOv_do
Engine 287/Ladder 136/Battalion 46 Centennial:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/fdny/html/events/2013/090513a.shtml
http://www.qchron.com/editions/central/firehouse-celebrates-years-in-queens/article_026ccdb8-f0a2-5792-a32a-c73f08ba7593.html
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.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
FF Christopher Pickford, World Trade Center, September 11, 2001
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/
Note - Thanks Chief.
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 46 organized 40-08 Astoria Boulevard at Ladder 67 1906
Battalion 46 new firehouse 42-06 Astoria Boulevard with 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 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 (original firehouse Engine 287):
Firehouse of Wandowenock Engine 1 and Ladder 1
Weathervane from former firehouse:
91-12 43rd Avenue (original firehouse L 136):
Firehouse of volunteer Elmhurst Ladder 11
86-53 Grand Avenue:
Engine 287/Ladder 136:
Engine 287 1958 Mack 750GPM:
Engine 287:
Ladder 136:
Battalion 46:
Engine/truck/chief response:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_94zsHRPyE
Engine 287:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SYb2eOv_do
Engine 287/Ladder 136/Battalion 46 Centennial:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/fdny/html/events/2013/090513a.shtml
http://www.qchron.com/editions/central/firehouse-celebrates-years-in-queens/article_026ccdb8-f0a2-5792-a32a-c73f08ba7593.html
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.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
FF Christopher Pickford, World Trade Center, September 11, 2001
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/
Note - Thanks Chief.
Engine 292 64-18 Queens Boulevard Woodside, Queens
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 ?
Rescue 4 moved 27-12 Kearney St with Engine 316 2013
Rescue 4 returned 64-18 Queens Blvd at Engine 292 2015
- thanks fdhistorian for updates
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 Blvd firehouse:
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 ?
Rescue 4 moved 27-12 Kearney St with Engine 316 2013
Rescue 4 returned 64-18 Queens Blvd at Engine 292 2015
- thanks fdhistorian for updates
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 Blvd firehouse:
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:
RIP - Never forget.
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:
RIP - Never forget.
Engine 292 history 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
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
Engine 292/Rescue 4 firehouse maintenance: According to the building department, there were 11 building permits filed at this property since 2001. These building permits have a valuation of $990,000.
https://www.buildzoom.com/property-info/64-18-queens-blvd-queens-ny
https://www.buildzoom.com/property-info/64-18-queens-blvd-queens-ny
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mack said:
Additional info:
Rescue 4 Temporary 27-12 Kearney St with Engine 316 2013
Rescue 4 Renovated 64-18 Queens Blvd with Engine 292 2015
Engine 11 437 E. Houston Street, Lower East Side, Manhattan
Engine 11 organized 437 E. Houston Street at former volunteer quarters 1865
Engine 11 relocated while new quarters were built 1879
Engine 11 new firehouse 437 E. Houston Street 1880
Engine 11 disbanded ? to form Engine 91-2 1957
437 E. Houston Street firehouse:
Engine 11:
Former volunteer history: "Live Oak Engine Company 44. The volunteer fire company was organized August 2, 1824, by the master shipbuilders of the Dry Dock, which was the shipyard district that extended along the East River from Grand Street to 12th Street. The motto of Live Oak was ?We Extinguish One Flame, and Cherish Another.?"
"Metropolitan Steam-Engine Company No. 11 was organized on November 2, 1865. It was one of 34 engine companies organized that year under a state act titled ?An Act to Create a Metropolitan Fire District.? This bill, passed into law on March 30, 1865, abolished New York?s volunteer fire department and created the Metropolitan Fire District, a Board of Commissioners, and the Metropolitan Fire Department (MFD)."
- from "1897: Ginger, the Shipbuilders' Fire Cat of the Lower East Side" http://hatchingcatnyc.com/page/17/
Engine 11 James Gordon Bennett Medals:
1875 LT James Horne
- 353 Rivington Street - tenement fire - upper floors
- Rescued Paul family (parents w/3 children)
- March 26, 1875
Previous rescue 88 Lewis Street
- Rescued mother and child from attic extreme personal risk
- December 20, 1874
- Assisted by FF Charles W. Smith, Engine 11
1883 FF William B Kirchner
- 138 Eldridge St
- Rescued husband and crippled wife
- Gained access to upper floor by jumping alley from adjacent building
- March 29, 1883
Engine 11 organized 437 E. Houston Street at former volunteer quarters 1865
Engine 11 relocated while new quarters were built 1879
Engine 11 new firehouse 437 E. Houston Street 1880
Engine 11 disbanded ? to form Engine 91-2 1957
437 E. Houston Street firehouse:
Engine 11:
Former volunteer history: "Live Oak Engine Company 44. The volunteer fire company was organized August 2, 1824, by the master shipbuilders of the Dry Dock, which was the shipyard district that extended along the East River from Grand Street to 12th Street. The motto of Live Oak was ?We Extinguish One Flame, and Cherish Another.?"
"Metropolitan Steam-Engine Company No. 11 was organized on November 2, 1865. It was one of 34 engine companies organized that year under a state act titled ?An Act to Create a Metropolitan Fire District.? This bill, passed into law on March 30, 1865, abolished New York?s volunteer fire department and created the Metropolitan Fire District, a Board of Commissioners, and the Metropolitan Fire Department (MFD)."
- from "1897: Ginger, the Shipbuilders' Fire Cat of the Lower East Side" http://hatchingcatnyc.com/page/17/
Engine 11 James Gordon Bennett Medals:
1875 LT James Horne
- 353 Rivington Street - tenement fire - upper floors
- Rescued Paul family (parents w/3 children)
- March 26, 1875
Previous rescue 88 Lewis Street
- Rescued mother and child from attic extreme personal risk
- December 20, 1874
- Assisted by FF Charles W. Smith, Engine 11
1883 FF William B Kirchner
- 138 Eldridge St
- Rescued husband and crippled wife
- Gained access to upper floor by jumping alley from adjacent building
- March 29, 1883
Engine 295/Ladder 144 firehouse 12-49 149th St Whitestone, Queens
Firehouse built in 1915 at 14-09 149th St. Firehouse moved 1938-1939 to 12-49 149th St.
Engine 295 organized 14-09 149th St w/Ladder 144 1915
Engine 295 relocated 150-43 14th Ave w/Ladder 144 1938
Engine 295 moved to 12-49 149th St w/Ladder 144 1939
Ladder 144 organized 14-09 149th St w/Engine 295 1915
Ladder 144 relocated 150-43 14th Ave w/ Engine 295 1938
Ladder 144 moved to 12-49 149th St w/ Engine 295 1939
Battalion 52 located at 14-09 149th St w/Engine 295 1927-1928
Bridge Chemical 64 organized 150-43 14th Ave at Engine 295 1939
Bridge Chemical 64 moved to 12-49 149th Street w/Engine 295 1939
Bridge Chemical 64 disbanded 1957
Note - Bridge Chemical Unit was a converted pumper used for bridge responses.
Engine 295/Ladder 144 firehouse 14-09 149th St (original location):
12-49 149th St approx 1940 (after firehouse moved):
12-49 149th St:
Engine 295:
Ladder 144:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU7dJWkNh4A
Engine 295/Ladder 144:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nvvUKHa8wc
Whitestone fire history: Whitestone was protected by these volunteer fire companies prior to Queens becoming part of NYC (1898) and FDNY expansion in 1915:
Whitestone Engine 1 7th Avenue/17th St 1887-1915
Hose 1 Park Place/University Avenue ?-1905
Columbia Hose 2 18th St and 7th Avenue 1891-1915
Indian Hose 2 18th St and 7th Avenue 1894-1915
Whitestone Ladder 1 18th St/8th Avenue 1871-1915
Columbia Hose Company Whitestone - approximately 1900:
Columbia Hose Company - race - approximately 1901:
Engine 1 early 1900s:
Columbia Hose band early 1900s:
Whitestone, Queens:
http://forgotten-ny.com/2008/02/whitestone-queens/
Bronx Whitestone Bridge:
"The idea for a crossing between the Bronx and Whitestone, Queens had come as early as 1905. At the time, residents around the proposed area of the bridge protested construction in fear of losing the then-rural character of the community. In 1929, however, the Regional Plan Association had proposed another bridge from the Bronx to northern Queens to allow motorists from upstate New York and New England to reach Queens and Long Island without traveling through the traffic-ridden communities of western Queens. On February 25, 1930, influential planner Robert Moses proposed a Ferry Point Park-Whitestone Bridge as a part of his Belt Parkway system around Brooklyn and Queens. As the 1930s progressed, Moses found his bridge increasingly necessary to directly link the mainland to the 1939 New York World's Fair and to LaGuardia Airport (then known as North Beach Airport). In addition, the Whitestone Bridge was to provide congestion relief to the Triborough Bridge.
The New York Legislature approved Moses' plan in April 1937. Moses had raised controversy when he quickly decided to demolish seventeen homes in the Queens community of Malba. Moses argued such measures were necessary to complete the bridge on schedule. The RPA had also said that the Whitestone Bridge should have rail connections, or at least be able to accommodate them in the future, but had no allies on the project, to Moses' relief." (Wikipedia)
http://new.mta.info/news/2013/04/12/bronx-whitestone-bridge-celebrating-74-years
Firehouse was moved 1938-1939 to 12-49 149th St. as part of the infrastructure construction.
Ladder 144 LODDs: FF Fred Ziegler, Ladder 144, and FF William D. Austin, Ladder 144, lost their lives when a small boat on fire exploded. June 17, 1947.
Never forget.
Engine 244/Ladder 144 100 Year Anniversary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCgMTS4ao_g
Firehouse built in 1915 at 14-09 149th St. Firehouse moved 1938-1939 to 12-49 149th St.
Engine 295 organized 14-09 149th St w/Ladder 144 1915
Engine 295 relocated 150-43 14th Ave w/Ladder 144 1938
Engine 295 moved to 12-49 149th St w/Ladder 144 1939
Ladder 144 organized 14-09 149th St w/Engine 295 1915
Ladder 144 relocated 150-43 14th Ave w/ Engine 295 1938
Ladder 144 moved to 12-49 149th St w/ Engine 295 1939
Battalion 52 located at 14-09 149th St w/Engine 295 1927-1928
Bridge Chemical 64 organized 150-43 14th Ave at Engine 295 1939
Bridge Chemical 64 moved to 12-49 149th Street w/Engine 295 1939
Bridge Chemical 64 disbanded 1957
Note - Bridge Chemical Unit was a converted pumper used for bridge responses.
Engine 295/Ladder 144 firehouse 14-09 149th St (original location):
12-49 149th St approx 1940 (after firehouse moved):
12-49 149th St:
Engine 295:
Ladder 144:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU7dJWkNh4A
Engine 295/Ladder 144:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nvvUKHa8wc
Whitestone fire history: Whitestone was protected by these volunteer fire companies prior to Queens becoming part of NYC (1898) and FDNY expansion in 1915:
Whitestone Engine 1 7th Avenue/17th St 1887-1915
Hose 1 Park Place/University Avenue ?-1905
Columbia Hose 2 18th St and 7th Avenue 1891-1915
Indian Hose 2 18th St and 7th Avenue 1894-1915
Whitestone Ladder 1 18th St/8th Avenue 1871-1915
Columbia Hose Company Whitestone - approximately 1900:
Columbia Hose Company - race - approximately 1901:
Engine 1 early 1900s:
Columbia Hose band early 1900s:
Whitestone, Queens:
http://forgotten-ny.com/2008/02/whitestone-queens/
Bronx Whitestone Bridge:
"The idea for a crossing between the Bronx and Whitestone, Queens had come as early as 1905. At the time, residents around the proposed area of the bridge protested construction in fear of losing the then-rural character of the community. In 1929, however, the Regional Plan Association had proposed another bridge from the Bronx to northern Queens to allow motorists from upstate New York and New England to reach Queens and Long Island without traveling through the traffic-ridden communities of western Queens. On February 25, 1930, influential planner Robert Moses proposed a Ferry Point Park-Whitestone Bridge as a part of his Belt Parkway system around Brooklyn and Queens. As the 1930s progressed, Moses found his bridge increasingly necessary to directly link the mainland to the 1939 New York World's Fair and to LaGuardia Airport (then known as North Beach Airport). In addition, the Whitestone Bridge was to provide congestion relief to the Triborough Bridge.
The New York Legislature approved Moses' plan in April 1937. Moses had raised controversy when he quickly decided to demolish seventeen homes in the Queens community of Malba. Moses argued such measures were necessary to complete the bridge on schedule. The RPA had also said that the Whitestone Bridge should have rail connections, or at least be able to accommodate them in the future, but had no allies on the project, to Moses' relief." (Wikipedia)
http://new.mta.info/news/2013/04/12/bronx-whitestone-bridge-celebrating-74-years
Firehouse was moved 1938-1939 to 12-49 149th St. as part of the infrastructure construction.
Ladder 144 LODDs: FF Fred Ziegler, Ladder 144, and FF William D. Austin, Ladder 144, lost their lives when a small boat on fire exploded. June 17, 1947.
Never forget.
Engine 244/Ladder 144 100 Year Anniversary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCgMTS4ao_g
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