FDNY and NYC Firehouses and Fire Companies

[68jk09]

Reffering to E259 L128 quarters
Its the house watch. No elevator in the house. They did a complete gut job on the house. Pretty much only the walls and the roof remained. Everything else was removed. Would have been cheaper and quicker to just knock it down and rebuild it.

The rebuilding of the front of 128/259/45 was a great modernization of a double door FH....287/136/46 could certainly benefit from the same however back mid '90s when that FH was renovated the powers claimed it could not be done as it was a landmark bldg which it is NOT....the BN Rig has to be snaked into the side of the apparatus floor a pain.

 

[fdny747]

Does anyone have more pictures of the firehouse

 

[mack]

Connie Metzger the Father was in 147 not sure if he had ever been in 102 but his Son also Connie was in 102 back in the '60s/70s.....the picture is from the '60s the Rig is a '60 ALF & the Myrtle Av El in the background was not torn down until around '69/'70.

Chief - Is picture of Connie Metzger in L 102 not the "correct Metzger"?  I think it is Connie, the son.

 

[68jk09]

Connie Metzger the Father was in 147 not sure if he had ever been in 102 but his Son also Connie was in 102 back in the '60s/70s.....the picture is from the '60s the Rig is a '60 ALF & the Myrtle Av El in the background was not torn down until around '69/'70.

Chief - Is picture of Connie Metzger in L 102 not the "correct Metzger"?  I think it is Connie, the son.

Correct ..yes  the Son.

 

[mack]

Does anyone have more pictures of the firehouse

Short videos of rigs and apparatus floor:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-jXJ1NjF_o

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIBoEQN50_Y

 

[811]

Connie Metzger the Father was in 147 not sure if he had ever been in 102 but his Son also Connie was in 102 back in the '60s/70s.....the picture is from the '60s the Rig is a '60 ALF & the Myrtle Av El in the background was not torn down until around '69/'70.

Chief - Is picture of Connie Metzger in L 102 not the "correct Metzger"?  I think it is Connie, the son.

Correct ..yes  the Son.

Also, L102 moved from the old house pictured in 66

 

[In2theJob]

Reffering to E259 L128 quarters
Its the house watch. No elevator in the house. They did a complete gut job on the house. Pretty much only the walls and the roof remained. Everything else was removed. Would have been cheaper and quicker to just knock it down and rebuild it.

The rebuilding of the front of 128/259/45 was a great modernization of a double door FH....287/136/46 could certainly benefit from the same however back mid '90s when that FH was renovated the powers claimed it could not be done as it was a landmark bldg which it is NOT....the BN Rig has to be snaked into the side of the apparatus floor a pain.

I hate how it lost the look of the old classic firehouse throughout the building, but it is nicer not having to piggy back the battalion with the engine or truck. 
This was a 100 year old firehouse too but not considered a landmark.

 

[68jk09]

BN*46 SNAKING OUT OF SIDE SPOT.      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_94zsHRPyE

 

[JOR176]

Connie Metzger the Father was in 147 not sure if he had ever been in 102 but his Son also Connie was in 102 back in the '60s/70s.....the picture is from the '60s the Rig is a '60 ALF & the Myrtle Av El in the background was not torn down until around '69/'70.

I have to dig out the three Books written by DC Phil Burns, I remember the name Connie Metzger but not sure which one,when I find it I will post. DC Burns was FF in L132 at the time CM was in 102,and the chapter referred to tough Fireman at a job.

 

[auxlteng225]

Way back in the forties, at Engine 225 we had a fireman named John Gunning who showed me pictures of him sitting on the hose reel that went with the steam pumper. He also took me down in the basement and showed me the pot belly stove that kept the water hot in the boiler of the horse drawn steam pumper and then the pipe that carried it up stairs to the apparatus floor at the back left looking from the front. They also had the hose racks on the left wall looking from the front. John was quite an interesting fellow. Dating back to those days was also Capt. Fredrick Pl Allen who took me under his wing so to speak and taught me an awful lot of what a fireman had to know. May they both Rest in Peace after a job well done.

 

[1261Truckie]

"New York Illustrated" had a show around 1976 entitled "Fire....Everyone Goes" which featured 102, 209 and Batt 34. CM (the son) was interviewed as a member of 102.
Going back to 281/147, that was an interesting house to relocate to, the bays were angled and if an LCC was unfamiliar with the lay-out, it would take several approaches to back a rig in.

 

[mack]

"New York Illustrated" had a show around 1976 entitled "Fire....Everyone Goes" which featured 102, 209 and Batt 34. CM (the son) was interviewed as a member of 102.
Going back to 281/147, that was an interesting house to relocate to, the bays were angled and if an LCC was unfamiliar with the lay-out, it would take several approaches to back a rig in.

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

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

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

 

[mack]

Engine 281/Ladder 147 Centennial:

    http://www.nyc.gov/html/fdny/insider/events/2013/051613b.shtml

 

[mack]

Connie Metzger the Father was in 147 not sure if he had ever been in 102 but his Son also Connie was in 102 back in the '60s/70s.....the picture is from the '60s the Rig is a '60 ALF & the Myrtle Av El in the background was not torn down until around '69/'70.

Chief - Is picture of Connie Metzger in L 102 not the "correct Metzger"?  I think it is Connie, the son.

Correct ..yes  the Son.

Also, L102 moved from the old house pictured in 66

Engine 209 old quarters - 159 Taaffe Place - 1888-1966 - old Brooklyn Fire Department firehouse:

   

   

   



Ladder 102 old quarters - 894 Bedford Avenue - 1892-1966 - old Brooklyn Fire Department firehouse:

   

 

[EdMc]

1261Truckie 281/147 Fire House issue was the same with the old Ladder 39 quarters across from the cemetery.  I parked the rig a few times on the apron because it was such a problem.

 

[mack]

1261Truckie 281/147 Fire House issue was the same with the old Ladder 39 quarters across from the cemetery.  I parked the rig a few times on the apron because it was such a problem.

L 39's old quarters - 243 E 233rd Street, Woodlawn, Bronx:

    Original quarters of Engine 69:
   

    Ladder 39's firehouse:
   

   

    Firehouse constructed at angle off E 233rd Street (current footprint):
   

    Currently FDNY EMS Station 27:
   

   


Firehouse closing controversy:
    http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/boroughs/farewell-old-firehouse-ladder-39-loss-alarms-leaders-woodlawn-article-1.637204


New EMS Station:
    http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/state-of-the-art-ems-station-opens-woodlawn-5-year-wait-article-1.947694

 

[mack]

1261Truckie 281/147 Fire House issue was the same with the old Ladder 39 quarters across from the cemetery.  I parked the rig a few times on the apron because it was such a problem.

Engine 71/Ladder 55/Div 7 3134 Park Avenue, Bronx former firehouse was another firehouse built at an angle to the street it was on:

   

Had a side door for Division:

   

   

Currently EMS Bn 55:

   

   

   

 

[mack]

Your Second aerial photo of Ebbets Field, looking westward toward Flatbush Avenue and Prospect Park shows the FDNY Brooklyn Central  Office [Dispatchers] at Washington Avenue and Empire Blvd, upper left.  RIP. The powers-that-be have deemed it practical to close down our individual Borough Central Offices.

Brooklyn Central Office, Bureau of Fire Communications
Address: 35 Empire Boulevard, corner of Washington Avenue
Neighborhood: Prospect Heights
Year Built: 1913
Architectural Style: Italian Renaissance Revival
Architect: Frank J. Helmle
   
    http://www.brownstoner.com/architecture/building-of-the-day-35-empire-boulevard/


Opening - Brooklyn Eagle Newspaper - October 21, 1913:

   

    https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/53164970/?terms=FIRE%2BALARM%2B%2BTELEGRAPH%2BSTATION%2BFRANK%2B%2BHELMLE


   

   

Brooklyn Central Office, Bureau of Fire Communications  35 Empire Blvd, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn 
    Built 1913
    Closed 1908 (operations moved to Metro-Tech

Brooklyn Central Office 1920s:

   

History and design:

    http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2011/06/building-of-the-day-35-empire-boulevard/


2001:

    http://capecodfd.com/PAGES%20Special/FDNY9.htm

   


Current 35 Empire Blvd:

   

   



2013 FDNY Dispatcher job announcement:

    https://www.nyc.gov/html/dcas/downloads/pdf/noes/201404076000.pdf


Frank Raffa's Web Site:

    http://www.fdnewyork.com/terms.asp


Brooklyn FDNY radio link:

    http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/8586/web


   

 

[mack]

Engine 40/Ladder 35  firehouses  West Side, Manhattan
    Division 3, Battalion 8

    Engine 40 organized Empire Skating Rink 2nd Ave and E 63rd Street  1874
    Engine 40 new firehouse 153 W 68th Street                                        1874
    Engine 40 moved 232 W 68th Street                                                  1892
    Engine 40 new firehouse 153 W 68th Street                                      1893
    Engine 40 moved 142 W 63rd Street at Ladder 35                              1918
    Engine 40 moved 129 Amsterdam Avenue w/Ladder 35                      1960
    Engine 40 new firehouse 131 Amsterdam Avenue w/Ladder 35            1961
    Engine 40 moved 101 Amsterdam Avenue w/Ladder 35                      1988
    Engine 40 new firehouse 131 Amsterdam Avenue w/Ladder 35            1993
    Engine 40 moved 207 W 77th St at Ladder 25 (temp)                        2016
    Engine 40 moved 131 Amsterdam Avenue w/Ladder 35                      2017
                         
    Ladder 35 organized 142 W 63rd Street w/Ladder 35-2                      1907
    Ladder 35 moved 129 Amsterdam Avenue w/Engine 40                      1960
    Ladder 35 new firehouse 131 Amsterdam Avenue w/Engine 40          1961
    Ladder 35 moved 101 Amsterdam Avenue w/Engine 40                      1988
    Ladder 35 new firehouse 131 Amsterdam Avenue w/Engine 40          1993

    Ladder 35-2 organized 142 W 63rd Street w/Ladder 35                      1907
    Ladder 35-2 disbanded                                                                    1915
    Ladder 35-2 reorganized 142 W 63rd Street at Ladder 35                  1917
    Ladder 35-2 disbanded                                                                    1918


Engine 40 organized at E 63rd Street between 2nd Avenue and 3rd Avenue (Empire Skating Rink - exhibit hall):

   

    http://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-lost-1868-empire-skating-rink-3rd.html

Engine 40 153 W 68th Street:

   

Ladder 35 142 W 63rd Street:

   

Engine 40/Ladder 35 new firehouse 131 Amsterdam Avenue (vic Lincoln Center) 1961:

   

    1960s proposed design - not used:

   

Engine 40/Ladder 35 new firehouse 131 Amsterdam Avenue :

   

   

   


Engine 40:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   


Ladder 35:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jboKYoGyI4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI8k4oR3vTA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-8i_mgOGds


Engine 40/Ladder 35 web site:

    http://www.engine40ladder35.com/



Engine 40/Ladder 35 FDNY Medal Winners:

    FF John J. McGrane. Engine 40  February 5, 1911 Trevor-Warren Medal
   
    FF Edward M. Sullivan, Ladder 35 March 26, 1923  Trevor-Warren Medal
   
    FF John A. Kelly, Ladder 35  March 26, 1923  Hurley Medal
          Box 33-915  322 W 57th Street.  5 civilians killed in an early morning rooming house fire.  Fire on the 6th and 7th floors.
          FF Kelly and another firefighter rescued a husband and wife from the 7th floor by standing on the top rung of the aerial ladder and holding the other firefighter on his shoulders.
         
         
    FF Thomas A. Rooney, Ladder 35  August 31, 1925  Scott Medal
         
   
    FF John J. Bannon,  Ladder 35  February 24, 1927  Brookman Medal   
         
   
    FF Francis T. Davis,  Ladder 35  January 28, 1927  Hugh Bonner Medal
        Warehouse fire, collapse at 114 Goerck Street, Manhattan killing three members: FF Joseph Heslin Engine 9; FF John Grane Engine 77; and FF Edward Fox Engine 77. RIP.
       
   
    CAPT Edward M. Conway, Ladder 35  December 15, 1936  Department Medal
   
    FF Howard H. Linke, Ladder 35  July 8, 1945  Kenny Medal
   
    FF Donald F. Koehler Ladder 35 (off-duty)  March 21, 1955  Prentice Medal

    FF Luke G. Sherlock, Engine 40  March 7, 1956  Todd Medal
   
    FF Howard C. Blair, Ladder 35 November 1, 1958  Johnson Medal
   
    FF Joseph E. Almon, Ladder 35  December 27, 1961  James Gordon Bennett
   
    FF Joseph E. Almon, Ladder 35  December 27, 1961  1963 Harry M. Archer

    LT George Campbell, Ladder 35, April 7, 1998  Connell Medal
   
    CAPT Peter Irish, Ladder 35, December 2, 2013 UFOA Medal
         


Engine 40/Ladder 35 LODDs:

    FF Thomas J. McManus,  Engine 40 December 16, 1913

             

    FF James J. McCormick,  Engine 40 July 4, 1924

             

    FF Joseph T. Fosse,  Engine 40  February 26, 1937

             

    FF Joseph E. Joyce, Engine 40  January 1, 1945

             

    FF Richard B. Marsh,  Engine 40  April 3, 1976

              FF Marsh suffered a fatal heart attack while battling a 2-alarm fire.
 
    FF John J. Jakoby,  Ladder 35, November 5, 1938

           


Engine 40/Ladder 35 World Trade Center LODDs:

             

    LT John Ginley,  Engine 40  September 11, 2001
        http://www.fdnylodd.com/FDNY-Heroes/John-Ginley
   
    FF Michael Lynch,  Engine 40  September 11, 2001
        https://www.firehero.org/fallen-firefighter/michael-f-lynch/

    FF Kevin Bracken,  Engine 40  September 11, 2001
          http://www.legacy.com/sept11/Story.aspx?PersonID=132614&location=2

    FF Bruce Gary,  Engine 40  September 11, 2001
          http://vitalperspective.typepad.com/vital_perspective_clarity/2006/09/in_memory_of_fi.html

    FF Michael D'Auria,  Engine 40  September 11, 2001
          http://www.legacy.com/sept11/Story.aspx?PersonID=133516&location=2

    FF Steve Mercado,  Engine 40  September 11, 2001
          http://www.legacy.com/sept11/story.aspx?personid=121009

    CAPT Frank Callahan, Ladder 35 September 11, 2001
          http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/captain-gave-lincoln-center-service-honors-9-11-victim-article-1.923724

    FF Michael Otten, Ladder 35  September 11, 2001
          https://www.firehero.org/fallen-firefighter/michael-j-otten/

    FF James Giberson, Ladder 35  September 11, 2001
          http://www.silive.com/september-11/index.ssf/2010/09/james_giberson_43_served_20_ye.html

    FF Vincent Morello, Ladder 35  September 11, 2001
          https://www.firehero.org/fallen-firefighter/vincent-s-morello/

    FF Michael Roberts, Ladder 35  September 11, 2001
          http://www.nyjnews.com/911victims/view.php?id=64


    FF Ray Pfeifer, Engine 40  May 28, 2017

         

         

          http://www.firehouse.com/news/12338871/fdny-firefighter-ray-pfeifer-who-fought-for-9-11-benefits-dies-firefighter-news

          http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Ray-Pfeifer-Firefighter-Death-911-Terror-Attack-Funeral-Cancer-Long-Island-425923524.html


    RIP.  Never forget.


Engine 40/Ladder 35 100 year anniversary:

    http://mjl2.smugmug.com/Friends/FDNY-LADDER-35-100-YEARS-OLD/3755742_D5vgtW#!i=216053315&k=Rc34k

 

[mack]

Manhattan firehouses in high rise buildings:


Engine 40/Ladder 35  131 Amsterdam Avenue:

   

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llPGeW02e3A


Engine 4/Ladder 15  42 South Street:

   

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnG0is6aoqE


Engine 8/Ladder 2/Battalion 8  165 E 51st Street:

   

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBnL6-J_9_Y