FDNY and NYC Firehouses and Fire Companies

[mack]

Engine 26/Engine 26-2  firehouse  220 W 37th Street    Garment District, Manhattan

    Engine 26 organized 220 W 37th Street                          1865
      (Note - former quarters of volunteer Valley Forge Engine Company 46 built 1860)
    Engine 26 moved to 501/503 7th Avenue                        1881
    Engine 26 moved to 220 W 37th Street                            1882
    Engine 26 disbanded                                                      1975
    Engine 26 reorganized 220 W 37th Street                        1975
    Engine 26 moved to 440 W 38th Street                            2001
    Engine 26 moved to 220 W 37th Street                            2002

    Engine 26-2 organized 220 W 37th Street at Engine 26    1884
    Engine 26-2 disbanded to form Engine 34-2                    1893
    Engine 26-2 reorganized                                                1894
    Engine 26-2 disbanded                                                  1939

Valley Forge Engine 46:  "Foreman, Francis E. Skelding. Located 138 West Thirty-seventh street; performs duty in the first and second districts. House in good condition; steam engine, second class, 7-inch steam cylinder, 8-inch stroke, and 9-inch pump, in good condition; built in 1859, by Lee & Larned; present number of men, 47; 150 feet of Boyd's and 300 feet of rubber hose, in good condition; 200 feet of leather hose in ordinary condition. This company also have a wood tender in good condition."  Status report from The History Box: Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York by D.T. Valentine 1865


Engine 26:



220 W 37th Street firehouse - "The Batcave":










Engine 26:

























https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyWglKg4-Z8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ILV2_cIlp0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrN5dl9VoMM


Never forget:

February 26, 1907:  Box 22-476  573 8th Avenue
  FF Harry F Baker Engine 26 LODD  overcome by gas

  FF Adam Damm  Engine 26  LODD  overcome by gas

September 11, 2011:  World Trade Center





Garment District:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garment_District,_New_York_City

http://ny-pictures.com/nyc/photo/area/3978/Garment_District2C_Manhattan

 

[mack]

Engine 26 firehouse, 220 W 37th Street, was built in 1860.  I believe it is oldest active FDNY firehouse.

 

[mack]

Maspeth Ladder 5  firehouse  Perry Avenue  Maspeth, Queens

    Maspeth Ladder 5 organized Jay Avenue                            1889
    Maspeth Ladder 5 new firehouse Perry Avenue                  1903
    Maspeth ladder 3 disbanded                                            1913


Maspeth ladder 5:



Prior to becoming part of NYC and expansion of FDNY, Maspeth was protected by Maspeth Engine 4 on Grand Street and Maspeth Ladder 5, volunteer companies in the Newlands Fire Department.


http://www.junipercivic.com/juniperberryarticle.asp?nid=409#.U_yePVIg-Uk


FDNY expanded to Maspeth with the formation of Engine 288 in 1913 in the former firehouse of Maspeth Engine 4 on Grand Street.


Current Squad 288/Hazmat 1 firehouse Maspeth, Queens:

 

[guitarman314]

  Does anybody know if there was a dividing wall at E288 firehouse for an engine & truck? The reason I ask is that the firehouse has 2 separate doors and is the same design as E287/L136 and E153/TL77.

 

[memory master]

I don't think so G-man.

 

[lucky]

We used to interchange with 288 and there was no wall, just a lot of noise from the LIE.

 

[mack]

Engine 153/Ladder 77 built 1915 (Stapleton, SI)

Had no door between engine and truck when built. Also used to be quarters for 21 Bn.

Engine 287/Ladder 136 built 1914 (Elmhurst, Queens)


Squad 288/Hazmat 1 built 1914  (Maspeth, Queens)

 

[lucky]

Was  E 287's quarters the one with a steel band around it to hold it together?

 

[mack]

Engine 222/Battalion 37/Battalion 37-2/Battalion 28/RAC 2  firehouses  836 Quincy St and 32 Ralph Avenue 
Bedford Stuyvesant/Bushwick, Brooklyn

    Engine 22 BFD organized 836 Quincy Street                                        1885
    Engine 22 BFD became Engine 22 FDNY                                              1898
    Engine 22 became Engine 122                                                            1899
    Engine 122 moved to 650 Hart Street at Engine 118 (later Engine 218)  1904
    Engine 122 returned to 836 Quincy Street                                            1905
    Engine 122 became Engine 222                                                          1913
    Engine 222 new firehouse 32 Ralph Avenue w/Battalion 37                    1973
    Engine 222 moved to 25 Rockaway Avenue at Engine 233                    2001
    Engine 222 moved to 32 Ralph Avenue w/Battalion 37                          2002

    Battalion 37 organized 650 Hart Street at Engine 118 (later Engine 218) 1906
    Battalion 37 moved to 836 Quincy Street at Engine 222                        1949
    Battalion 37 new firehouse 32 Ralph Avenue w/Engine 222                    1973
    Battalion 37 moved to 25 Rockaway Avenue at Engine 233                    2001
    Battalion 37 moved to 32 Ralph Avenue w/Engine 222                          2002

    Battalion 37-2 organized 836 Quincy Street at Engine 222                    1968
    Battalion 37-2 disbanded to form Battalion 28                                      1969

    Battalion 28 organized 836 Quincy Street at Engine 222                        1969
    Battalion 28 moved to 392 Himrod Street at Engine 271                        1971

    RAC 2 organized 32 Ralph Avenue at Engine 222                                  1996
    RAC 2 moved to 165 Bradford Street at Engine 332                              2001

Thanks fdny historian for update.     


Engine Company 22, Brooklyn Fire Department:
"Located in one of the most aristocratic portions of the city of Brooklyn, the house occupied by Engine Company No. 22 on Quincy Street, near Patchen Avenue, in the Twenty-fifth Ward, is surrounded on all sides by handsome brownstone and frame private residences and first-class apartment houses. The company was organized on June 16, 1885, by Fire Commissioner Richard H. Poillon.  In the district covered by it on a first-alarm there are 64 boxes, which are distributed about in the territory lying between the city line on the north. Myrtle Avenue and Broadway on the east, Atlantic Avenue on the south and Stuyvesant Avenue on the west, in all about three miles square.  In this territory besides the hundreds of elegant private residences arc the House of the Good Shepherd, Lutheran Home for Aged Women, Warner Institute, Public Schools Nos. 26, 74 and 75, Bohannan's immense lock factory. Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel, of which Rev. Father Mahoney is pastor, the Reid Avenue Methodist Episcopal church, and any number of smaller churches, DeKaIb Avenue car stables, Green and Gates Avenue car stables, Ebert's brewery and Eppigs brewery.  It is in this district that County Clerk Cottier, School Trustee Ferns and George Glendenning, the leader of the Twenty-fifth Ward, reside. The majority of the men in the company have been in the service for many years and notwithstanding this fact they have fortunately escaped serious bodily harm and with but one exception have not been called upon to rescue a fellow being cut off by flame and smoke...
    The men who compose this company are intelligent, active and fearless.  They are equipped with a second class Amoskeag engine, a two wheel hose cart and 3 well-trained horses.  Since the company has been organized, they have had several fires which have been wearisome and perilous."     
    From "Our Firemen: The Official History of the Brooklyn Fire Department"

Engine 22, BFD, 836 Quincy Street:


Former firehouse 836 Quincy Street (current picture):




32 Ralph Avenue firehouse Engine 222/Battalion 37:






Engine 222/Battalion 37 firehouse and 81st Precinct NYPD:


81st Precinct crime statistics:  http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/downloads/pdf/crime_statistics/cs081pct.pdf

Engine 222 1938 Model HT 1000 GPM Ahrens Fox pumper:


Engine 222 apparatus:






    Note:  Engine 222 ALF pumper in service with Goodwill Fire Co. #1 of Jacobus, PA:  http://www.goodwillfire18.com/nav/pastapparatus.php


Engine 222 2010 Seagrave Marauder II:


Engine 222 responding:


Battalion 37 responding:




Engine 222/Battalion 37 responding:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaHR54IRwwA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIr3xGtsC7k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFcv0ma4K8E


LODDs - Never forget:

BC Edward P Scully, Bn 37, died July 24, 1955 from injuries received at Box 874 Ralph Avenue and Jefferson Avenue, February 16, 1954



FF Thomas J Walter, Bn 37, died July 26, 1957



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

http://www.brooklynpix.com/catalog27.php?locality_no=10301

 

[mack]

Engine 222 Runs and Workers 1975-2013:

Year  Engine  Runs  EMS  Workers  OSW  ALL HANDS
1975  222    3307    0    2284      0 
1976  222    3358    0    2416      0 
1977  222    3810    0    2996      0 
1978  222    3535    0    2974      0 
1979  222    3039    0    2427      0 
1980  222    3258    0    2580      0 
1981  222    3078    0    2337      0 
1982  222    2788    0    2197      0 
1983  222    2316    0    1699    243 
1984  222    2279    0    1772      0 
1985  222    2200    0    1749    222 
1986  222    2080    0    1615    224 
1987  222    2265    0    1718    211 
1988  222    2398    0    1799    198 
1989  222    2280    0    1747    242 
1990  222    2587    0    1769    221 
1991  222    2869    0    1923    229 
1992  222    2638    0    1766    284 
1993  222    2425    0    1671    293 
1994  222    2376    0    1638    311 
1995  222    2713    0    2093    297 
1996  222    2912  559  2308    258 
1997  222    3249  940  2508    348 
1998  222    2572  815  1921    265 
1999  222    2512  860  1933    275 
2000  222    2722  779  2036    325 
2001  222    2221  524  1417    232 
2002  222    2465  692  1721    215 
2003  222    2762  766  1957    244 
2004  222    2910  880  1986    300 
2005  222    2839  969  1902    288 
2006  222    2786  883  1860    243 
2007  222    3016  936  1911    289 
2008  222    3220 1176  2320    309 
2009  222    2990 1133  2130    252 
2010  222    3108 1175  2048    233      52
2011  222    2779 1129  2041    236      70
2012  222    2750 1111  1672    244      66
2013  222    2750 1127  1987    215      70

Thank you Frank Raffa

 

[mack]

Napoleon LeBrun (January 2, 1821 ? July 9, 1901) - His firm, Napoleon LeBrun & Sons, designed 42 FDNY buildings in Manhattan and the Bronx, including firehouses, a fire pier and a warehouse.  LeBrun NYC mid-block firehouse designs blended the firehouse into the existing character of the street, either commercial or residential.  LeBrun FDNY firehouses were noted for their distinguished design, utilitarian structure and attention to detail for quality materials, stylistic details, plans and settings.




Examples of LeBrun & Sons FDNY firehouses:

Engine 31 Manhattan:

built 1895



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firehouse,_Engine_Company_31


Engine 39/Ladder 16 Manhattan:



Ladder 14 (Engine 36) Manhattan:





Engine 46/Ladder 17 (Rescue 3) Bronx:


http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/2523.pdf


Engine 47  Manhattan:

http://neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org/db/bb_files/77-FIREENGINECO47.pdf


Note - most of the firehouses FDNY inherited when it was organized in 1865 and when NYC expanded into the Bronx (and other the boros) in 1898 and the early 1900s were former undersized volunteer firehouses that were usually not designed with adequate dormitories, kitchens, apparatus space and heating facilities.  The Brooklyn and Long Island City had paid departments which were incorporated into FDNY, but only the city of Brooklyn had built adequate new firehouses for the BFD, many of which are still standing and a few are still operating FDNY firehouses.

 

[mack]

Engine 244/Combined Engine Company 244/Ladder 161  firehouse  2929 W 15th Street  Coney Island, Brooklyn  12th Division, 43rd Battalion    Disbanded

    Engine 44 BFD organized 2929 W 15th Street                                          1896
    Engine 44 BFD became Engine 44 FDNY                                                  1898
    Engine 44 became Combined Engine Company 44                                    1898
    Combined Engine Company 44 became Combined Engine Company 144    1899
    Combined Engine Company 144 became Combined Engine Company 244  1913
    Combined Engine Company 244 became Engine 244                                1927
    Engine 244 disbanded                                                                          1968

    Ladder 16 BFD organized 2929 W 15th Street                                        1896
    Ladder 16 BFD became Ladder 16 FDNY                                                1898
    Ladder 16 disbanded to form Combined Engine Company 44                    1898

    Ladder 161 moved to 2929 W 15th Street at Engine 244                      1968-1971

    Note - Ladder 55 organized 1968 when Engine 244 disbanded. (thanks fdny historian)


2929 W 15th Street firehouse:

   

   


Engine 244:

   


Engine LODD:

    PATRICK MCKEON LIEUTENANT, ENG. 244
    Oct 25, 1938 Box # 77-3579, 2984 W. 3RD ST.
    OVERCOME BY SMOKE

         

    RIP. Never forget.


Coney Island history:

    1940s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LHjy8eZLVc

    1952:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9I31TcyacY


Coney Island fire history:

1911 Dreamland fire: 


http://www.westland.net/coneyisland/articles/dreamlandfire.htm

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/guest-restore-historic-roar-coney-island-recovered-1911-dreamland-fire-article-1.129112


1925: http://www.gendisasters.com/data1/ny/fires/coneyis-fire-apr1925.htm

1932:  178 residential buildings destroyed - started Boardwalk and W 22nd street

1944 Luna Park: destroyed Luna Park amusement area along boardwalk:






1947: 12 buildings destroyed on Surf Avenue


Gone but not forgotten.

 

[mack]

Engine 5/Engine 5-2/Battalion 6/Ladder 3/Foam 5  firehouse  340 E 14 Street  Gramercy/Flatiron Area, Manhattan

    Engine 5 organized 340 E 14th Street former firehouse of volunteer United States Engine 23    1865
    Engine 5 moved to 604 E 11th Street at Engine 28                                                                1880
    Engine 5 new firehouse 340 E 14 St                                                                                      1881
    Engine 5 moved to 42 Great Jones St at Engine 33                                                                1998
    Engine 5 returned to 340 E 14th Street                                                                                1999

    Engine 5-2 organized 340 E 14th Street at Engine 5                                                              1884
    Engine 5-2 disbanded to form Engine 28-1                                                                            1899
    Engine 5-2 reorganized 340 E 14th Street at Engine 5                                                            1900
    Engine 5-2 moved to 604 E 11th Street at Engine 28                                                              1928
    Engine 5-2 returned to 340 E 14th Street at Engine 5                                                            1930
    Engine 5-2 disbanded                                                                                                          1939

    Ladder 3 located at 340 E 14th Street at Engine 5                                                1928-1929 and 2012 (approx.)

    Battalion 6 located at 340 E 14th Street at Engine 5                                                          1928-1929

    Foam 5 organized at 340 E 14th Street at Engine 5                                                                2002

Notes: 
1. Volunteer United States Engine 23 was organized in 1797 and had 4 firehouses.  They were originally located in a shed on the grounds of New York Hospital which was built in 1773 (oldest hospital in NYC/2nd oldest in US).  The original hospital was located on Broadway between Anthony Street (now Duane Street) and Catherine Street (now Worth Street).  A member of Engine 23, Hugh Gallagher, was killed at a fire in Jennings Clothing Store when pinned by a safe which fell through the above floor.  Their firehouse at 240 E 14th St was built in 1864 and was the original quarters of FDNY Engine 5 when organized in 1865.  United States Engine 23 was disbanded in 1865.
2. Thanks fdnyhistorian for updates.

Engine 5:


340 E 14th street firehouse:










Engine 5 housewatch:



Engine 5 1895 steamer:


Engine 5 1925 ALF 750 GPM pumper:

Operating in 1946 at 66-44-152

Engine 5 1936 Walter hose wagon:


Engine 5 1936 Walter hose wagon:



At 1946 box 66-44-152

Engine 5 1954 Mack 1000 GPM pumper:



Engine 5:
















Foam 5:






Ladder 3 at Engine 5 (temp):






Neighborhoods:
Gramercy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gramercy_Park

Flatiron District: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatiron_District

Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuyvesant_Town%E2%80%93Peter_Cooper_Village

 

[mack]

Engine 5 LODDs: 


Captain David Walters, Engine 5, May 21. 1866, died from flashover burns, Academy of Music 3rd alarm fire

Firefighter Peter Walsh, Engine 5, May 21, 1866, 23 years old, died from flashover burns, Academy of Music 3rd alarm fire



May 21, 1866  Academy of Music Fire - first major multiple alarm fire fought by the new professional Metropolitan Fire Department (FDNY) - 2 Engine 5 firefighters lost






The Fire:
    "On the evening of May 21, 1866, an Italian opera company hired by Academy manager J. Grau to perform Fromental Halevy?s ?La Juive.? This was to be their last performance at the Academy of Music; ballet promoters Henry C. Jarrett and Harry Palmer had just brought in a Parisian ballet troupe, which was scheduled to begin production of ?La biche au Bois.?

    Just before midnight, shortly after the audience had departed and the artistes had left their dressing rooms, Emil Ruhlman, the janitor, and a gasman discovered wisps of smoke coming from under the left side of the parquette as they were making the evening rounds. A huge volume of smoke drove them out of the building, and upon exiting, they saw flames in the windows on 14th Street.

    Emil rushed back inside to save his family, who lived in the building. He was able to get everyone out safely, including his wife, two children, and his 89-year-old mother.

    One of the first arriving fire companies was Metropolitan Steam Engine Company No. 5, which was stationed at 186 East 14th Street and had been alerted to the fire by Officer O?Brien of the 17th Precinct. The company was led by Foreman David B. Waters and Assistant Foreman P. McKeever, and was manned by Engineer W. Hamilton, Stoker C.H. Riley, Driver Alonzo Smith, and Privates (firemen) J.F. Butler, P.H. Walsh, J. Corley, Michael Stapleton, F. Rielley, P.J. Burns, and W.H. Farrell.

    Metropolitan Hook and Ladder Company No. 3, led by Foreman James Timmoney and stationed just around the block at 78 East 13th Street, also arrived within minutes of the first alarm.

    When firefighters arrived, they could see smoke coming from the upper windows under the roof. They also noticed that the gas used for lighting the theater had not been extinguished. Numerous companies responded to the three-alarm blaze, including Engine Companies 3, 13, 14, and 16, and a few companies from the Brooklyn Fire Department.

    Even Engine Company No. 36 of Harlem came down to help out?these men worked for more than two hours protecting Horatio Worcester?s piano factory at 117-121 Third Avenue. The men didn?t know it at the time, but the three-alarm blaze would go down in history as the first true test of the newly created paid fire department.

    By 12:30 a.m. the flames had gained such headway that, according to The New York Times, ?all of the windows of Academy fronting on Fourteenth Street vomited great tongues of living fire?? The smoke was so dense and suffocating that District Engineer Eli Bates gave the order for all firemen inside to leave. His orders came just in time for all but two of the men: Half an hour later, the entire roof had collapsed ?beneath the force of the devouring element.?

    Eli Bates, New York Fire Department

    Eli Bates, a former bricklayer, began his long career with the fire department as a runner with a volunteer company when he was 15. In 1846 he joined Guardian Engine 29, stationed at the supposedly haunted 14 West 10th Street (then Amos Street), where he continued to move up the ranks. When the department converted to a paid force in 1865, he was hired as a District Engineer ? what now would be a Battalion Chief. In 1871 he was promoted to Assistant Chief and on May 1, 1873, he was appointed Chief of Department by Commissioner Joseph L. Perley. When he died of heart disease in 1912, Bates was the oldest ex-chief of the department.

    As the fire intensified, Chief Engineer Elisha B. Kingsland shifted all of the firefighting resources from the Academy to adjoining buildings. Sparks from the inferno ignited numerous structures along the entire block from Irving Place to Third Avenue between 14th and 15th Street, and many buildings were damaged by smoke and water:

? The College of Physicians and Surgeons, 107 East 14th Street
? Grace Chapel, 132 East 14th Street
? The Dutch Reformed Church
? The St. James English Evangelical Church, 107 East 15th Street
? The Hippotheatron
? Col. James L. Frazer?s restaurant
? The residence of Mrs. Gleeson
? Ihne & Son?s 4-story piano factory, 109 East 14th Street
? Irving Hall
? The Arsenal bar room and Mrs. Romaine?s boarding house at 6 Irving Place
Third Avenue:
? No. 122, occupied by James Hundt (pork butcher)
? No. 122 ?, occupied by Charles Kreitz (a beer saloon)
? No. 124, occupied by Edward Holmes (butcher), and the McKerma, Luckenback, and Glynn families
? Rear of 124, occupied by Brander Robertson, Michael Dalton, Mrs. Fogarty, Mrs. Kennedy, and Mrs. Mack
? No. 124 1/2, occupied by J.H. Green (upholsterer), James Boyle, and Mr. Burns
? No. 126, occupied by Seaman Jones (wall paper and paint store), Mrs. Rooney
? No. 129, occupied by Mr. Mish (clothing store)

    Lives Lost

    When firefighters first arrived on the scene, the fire appeared to be fierce, but not spectacular. While the steam engines were working up enough pressure to start getting water on the building?this took about 10 minutes?Foreman James Timmoney of Ladder Company No. 3 entered the building and spotted flames shooting up from the basement near the stage.

    John Dennin and Hugh Kitson of Engine Company No. 13 took a hose inside and were working the pipe, or nozzle, when they were relieved by Foreman Waters and firemen Walsh and Stapleton, all of Engine Company No. 5. Walsh, only 23 years old, was a rookie and had no volunteer experience, but Waters, 26, had been a volunteer for several years before quitting his job as an engraver to join the paid department.

    Meanwhile, as other firemen and theater staff were hauling out furniture and other property, the gas that had been accumulating in the theater exploded, turning the building into an inferno. Kitson and Dennin were knocked down by the blast and burned; Kitson got out, but Dennin became trapped between the flames and the front entrance. He was severely burned but managed to escape by leaping through the flames.

    Unfortunately, there was no escape for Waters and Walsh. The bodies of the two men were not discovered until 10 a.m., after hours of frantic searching. A team of firemen from Engine Company No. 5 and No. 3 Truck found Waters near the center of the stage. His arms and legs had burned away, but he was identified by a knife and a key in his pockets. Walsh?s remains were found near the 15th Street side of the stage, just a few feet from the wall that separated the theater from the dressing rooms. His upper torso had burned, and only his trunk could be recovered.

    Both men were single; Waters lived with his parents on the corner of 10th Street and First Avenue and Walsh lived with his mother at 82 7th Street. Their families each received $1,000 in insurance from the fire department. Dennin, who was badly burned, received $5 a week while on disability.

    Horses Were Saved

    Directly across the street from the Academy was a large entertainment venue called the Hippotheatron, a domed building that opened in 1864 and was home to L.B. Lent?s New York Circus. This building was in imminent danger during the fire, and firefighters worked hard to prevent sparks from igniting the building. While the firemen directed streams of water on the structure, the employees of the Hippotheatron worked quickly to get all of the trained horses, performing ponies, and mules out of the building. The horses were led to Union Square, where they remained until it was determined the Hippotheatron was out of danger.

    Unfortunately the animals would not be so lucky the next time fire struck, but that?s another story for a future post."

- From "1902 - The 'Ghost' of New York's Academy of Music" - the Hatching

Cathttp://frenchhatchingcat.com/2013/09/23/ghost-horse-academy-of-music/

Companies which possibly responded included:  E 3, E 5, E 13, E 14, E 15, E 16, E 17, E 28, E 33, E 36, E 55, L 3, L 9, L, 11, L 12, L 18, L 20, Bn 6, plus Brooklyn units


Additional Engine 5 LODDs:

Firefighter Peter McKeon, Engine 5, February 13, 1895, killed while responding - collision with Engine 5 hose wagon

Firefighter Martin J. Oakley, Engine 5, December 21, 1897, killed from smoke suffocation while operating at 426 E 14th Street fire


Never forget.

 

[fdhistorian]

Some additional info:

    Engine 122 moved to 650 Hart Street at Engine 118 (later Engine 218)  1904
    Engine 122 returned to 836 Quincy St                                                      1905

    Redeployment
      Engine 244 Disbanded                                                                              07/23/1968 
      Ladder 55  Organized                                                                              07/23/1968

    Engine 5 returned to 340 E 14th Street                                                    1999

 

[mack]

Engine 209/Battalion 34  firehouse  159 Taaffe Place  Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

    Engine 9 BFD organized 159 Taaffe Place former firehouse volunteer Phoenix Engine 12    1869
    Engine 9 BFD moved to unknown temporary quarters                                                      1887
    Engine 9 BFD new firehouse 159 Taaffe Place                                                                  1888
    Engine 9 BFD became Engine 9 FDNY                                                                            1898
    Engine 9 became Engine 109                                                                                        1899
    Engine 109 became Engine 209                                                                                      1913
    Engine 209 new firehouse w/Ladder 102 and Battalion 34                                                1966
    Engine 209 disbanded                                                                                                    2003

    Battalion 34 located at 159 Taaffe Place at Engine 209                                                1946-1950

Note:  Brooklyn Fire Department Engine 9 organized in 1869 in former firehouse of volunteer Phoenix Engine 12 at 159 Taaffe Place.


Engine 9 BFD:





Engine 209 former firehouse 159 Taaffe Place:







850 Bedford Street firehouse:





Engine 209:


Engine 209 Mack pumper:


Engine 209/Ladder 102 "War Years" 1974:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBkHy_LVzxM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Erc-u9nIn6U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z44XZ6oFAuQ


Engine 209 LODD:

    FF Edward J Ehlers, Engine 209, Atlantic Avenue and Bedford Avenue, April 20, 1970 - Never forget.



Engine 209 disbanded May 25, 2003:
    Engines 204, 209, 212 and 278 from Brooklyn,  Engine 261 from Queens,  and Engine 36 in Manhattan

 

[baileyjeff]

All of those above companies need to be placed back into service.

 

[johnd248]

Battalion 34 was also disbanded but I do not recall the date.  I believe it was after Battalion 36 in Greenpoint was also disbanded.

 

[fdhistorian]

Battalion 34 was also disbanded but I do not recall the date.  I believe it was after Battalion 36 in Greenpoint was also disbanded.

1989 and 1975 respectively

 

[mack]

This is one of the many FDNY disbanded company lists.  Not sure about accuracy.  It does not include marine companies (fireboats), engine and truck 2nd sections, TCUs and other special units.

Disbanded FDNY Fire Companies (most recent listed in red):

Manhattan Disbanded Fire Companies
Engine 2 - 530 W. 43rd St., Manhattan - Disbanded Nov. 25, 1972
Engine 11 - 437 E. Houston St., Manhattan - Disbanded Oct. 15, 1957
Engine 12 - 261 William St., Manhattan - Disbanded Oct. 1, 1959
Engine 13 - 253 Lafayette St., Manhattan (Quarters of Ladder 20) - Disbanded Dec. 16, 1974
Engine 17 - 25 Pitt St., Manhattan (Quarters of Ladder 18, Battalion 4) - Disbanded Jan. 3, 1991
Engine 19 - 355 W. 25th St., Manhattan - Disbanded Jan. 1, 1947
Engine 20 - 243 Lafayette St., Manhattan - Disbanded Jan. 1, 1947
Engine 25 - 342 E. 5th St., Manhattan - Disbanded Jan. 1, 1947
Engine 27 - 173 Franklin St., Manhattan - Disbanded Nov. 22, 1975
Engine 29 - 160 Chambers St., Manhattan - Disbanded Jan. 1, 1947
Engine 30 - 278 Spring St., Manhattan - Disbanded Apr. 1, 1959
Engine 31 - 87 Lafayette St., Manhattan - Disbanded Nov. 25, 1972
Engine 32 - 49 Beekman St., Manhattan (Quarters of Engine 6) - Disbanded Nov. 25, 1972
Engine 36 - 120 E. 125th St., Manhattan - Disbanded May 25, 2003
Engine 49 - Welfare Island, Manhattan - Disbanded Sept. 21, 1958
Engine 56 - 120 W. 83rd St., Manhattan - Disbanded May 1, 1960
Rescue 6 - 253 Lafayette St., Manhattan (Quarters of Ladder 20, Division 1) - Organized Temporarily Aug. 3, 2004 - Disbanded Nov. 3, 2004
Squad 6 - 120 W. 83rd St., Manhattan - Disbanded Nov. 24, 1972
Squad 8 - 87 Lafayette St., Manhattan - Disbanded Apr. 22, 1966
Squad 9 - 159 E. 85th St., Manhattan (Quarters of Engine 22) - Disbanded Jul. 1, 1967
Governors Island Fire Protection Unit, Governors Island, Manhattan - Disbanded 2008
Battalion 5 - 42 Great Jones St., Manhattan (Quarters of Engine 33, Ladder 9) - Disbanded Dec. 16, 1974
Battalion 24 - 248 W. 143rd St., Manhattan - Disbanded May 1, 1909
Battalion 25 - 242 E. 111th St., Manhattan (Quarters of Engine 91) - Disbanded Nov. 29, 1989
Division 2 - 205 W. 77th St., Manhattan (Quarters of Ladder 25) - Disbanded Jan. 25, 1997

Bronx Disbanded Fire Companies
Engine 85 - 1264 Boston Rd., Bronx - Disbanded May 20, 1986
Squad 2 - 659 Prospect St., Bronx (Quarters of Engine 73, Ladder 42) - Disbanded May 1, 1976
Squad 5 - 330 E. 150th St., Bronx (Quarters of Engine 41) - Disbanded May 1, 1976
Battalion 55 - 655 Prospect Ave., Bronx (Quarters of Engine 73, Ladder 42) - Disbanded Jul. 19, 1988
Battalion 56 - 460 Cross Bronx Expy., Bronx (Quarters of Engine 46, Ladder 27) - Disbanded Nov. 29, 1989
Division 4 - 2417 Webster Ave., Bronx (Quarters of Engine 48, Ladder 56) - Disbanded Jan. 25, 1997
Division 9 - 1841 White Plains Rd., Bronx (Quarters of Engine 90, Ladder 41) - Disbanded May 4, 1989

Brooklyn Disbanded Fire Companies
Engine 203 - 533 Hicks St., Brooklyn - Disbanded Dec. 16, 1974
Engine 204 - 299 DeGraw St., Brooklyn - Disbanded May 25, 2003
Engine 208 - 227 Front St., Brooklyn - Disbanded Nov. 22, 1972
Engine 209 - 850 Bedford St., Brooklyn (Quarters of Ladder 102) - Disbanded May 25, 2003
Engine 212 - 136 Wythe Ave., Brooklyn - Disbanded May 25, 2003
Engine 213 - 137 Powers St., Brooklyn - Disbanded Dec. 1, 1959
Engine 215 - 88 India St., Brooklyn - Disbanded Nov. 25, 1972
Engine 244 - 2929 W. 15th St., Brooklyn - Disbanded Jul. 23, 1968
Engine 256 - 124 Dekalb Ave., Brooklyn - Disbanded Dec. 17, 1974
Engine 269 - 786 Union St., Brooklyn - Disbanded Nov. 25, 1975
Engine 278 - 5011 7th Ave., Brooklyn - Disbanded May 25, 2003
Engine 327 - 2731 E. 23rd St., Brooklyn - Disbanded Jul. 16, 1960
Ladder 193 - 480 Sheffield Ave., Brooklyn (Quarters of Engine 290, Ladder 103) - Disbanded Aug. 10, 1968
Squad 3 - 701 Park Ave., Brooklyn (Quarters of Engine 230) - Disbanded May 1, 1976
Squad 4 - 885 Howard Ave., Brooklyn (Quarters of Engine 283) - Disbanded May 1, 1976
Squad 7 - 43 Morgan Ave., Brooklyn (Quarters of Engine 237) - Disbanded Jul. 8, 1966
Battalion 29 - 799 Lincoln Ave., Brooklyn - Disbanded Jul. 1, 1975
Battalion 30 - 436 39th St., Brooklyn - Disbanded Apr. 15, 1906
Battalion 34 - 850 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn - Disbanded Nov. 29, 1989
Battalion 60 - 650 Hart St., Brooklyn - Disbanded Jul. 1, 1975
Safety Battalion 2 - 165 Bradford Ave., Brooklyn (Quarters of Engine 332) - Disbanded Sep. 8, 1998
Division 10 - 395 4th Ave., Brooklyn (Quarters of Engine 239) - Disbanded Jul. 1, 1990
Division 12 - 2318 65th St., Brooklyn (Quarters of Engine 330) - Disbanded Mar. 21, 1995
Division 17 - 617 Central Ave., Brooklyn (Quarters of Engine 252) - Disbanded Jul. 1, 1975

Queens Disbanded Fire Companies
Engine 261 - 37-20 29th St., Queens - Disbanded May 25th, 2003
Engine 267 - 92-22 Rockaway Beach Blvd., Queens - Disbanded Nov. 25, 1972
Engine 272 - 135-16 38th Ave., Queens - Disbanded Dec. 16, 1974
Engine 296 - 18-18 125th St., Queens - Disbanded Apr. 1, 1961
Engine 333 - Horace Harding Blvd. (1939 New York World's Fair), Queens - Disbanded Mar. 31, 1941
Ladder 171 - 402 Beach 169th St., Queens - Disbanded Nov. 22, 1975
Battalion 59 - 78-11 67th Rd., Queens - Disbanded Nov. 29, 1989
Division 5 - 108-01 Horace Harding Expy., Queens (Quarters of Engine 324) - Disbanded Jan. 25, 1997
Division 16 - 41-20 Murray St., Queens (Quarters of Engine 274) - Disbanded Oct. 4, 1975