Firehouses Then and Now

[mack]

Engine 231/Ladder 120/Bn 44 Firehouse  107/109 Watkins St Brownsville  (1905-present)
  Also quarters of:  Bn 44 (2) 1965-1969: E 232 1966-1971; Bn 58 1969-1971; Squad 4 1955-1956

Then (early 1900s) and Now:


Early Bn 44:


E 231 and L 120 Portraits:


L 120 1920s:


L 120 1924:


1928:


1933:


L 120 1930s:


Watkins St looking towards Pitkin 1945:


L 120 1953:


Housewatch (dates unknown):



L 120 1960s:

1963 Seagrave

1967:


1970s


Homepage:  http://www.watkinsst.com/news/index/layoutfile/home
http://www.capecodfd.com/PAGES%20Special/FDNY4.htm#Top
http://www.nyfd.com/brooklyn_ladders/ladder_120.html

Centennial Celebration 2006:
FDNY L120 Centennial Speeches

Engine 231:
Fdny engine 231 new

Bn 44 1995 night response:
FDNY, Ride along with BC 44 at night, Brooklyn, NY, January 27, 1995



Note - thanks Chief for edits

 

[68jk09]

Mack ......Thank You for posting these excellent Watkins St photos...i would like to humbly add some observations.......in the 120  photo the rig is their 1963 Seagrave w/the factory installed doors removed (the Chiefs car behind them looks to be a Ford possibly 54 or up?).....the photo labeled  1967 is after one of the "Support Our Troops" parades organized by Ray Gimmler from the UFOA.....once again thanks for your great historical posts...keep them coming.