Was this building ever a firehouse?

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225 W. 53 st has always been an NYC Transit substation; I believe it was part of the original IRT.

Mike Boucher has an excellent history of all FDNY companies and their present and former quarters at http://nyfd.com/cityhist.pdf
 
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Wow, what a list.  Have fun plotting all of those units and their history, Sabre.  Should take you an hour or two.  :eek: 8) :eek:
 
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There are a few NYC Transit power substations that look like 2-bay, 1912 thru 1925 firehouses. There is one in the Bronx on Simpson St. just north of Westchester Ave. near the site of the old 41st (Fort Apache) Pct.
 
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Hi,
Thanks for all the replies, sounds like I'm going to be busy  :) - unfortunatly the web address given by catry is timing out for me in both IE and Firefox, I'll try again later.

Thanks again.
Steve
 
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Lion,
Great link. I too have been fooled by those sub stations over the years, most recently by the one on West 143d st. Never got the full story till now. Thanks.
 
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