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E60 to E83 & L17 to L42 14BN ??  not sure .The move was supposed to take place today Next future move    R4 to E316 & E292 to E259

LOL    Purple & Gold    '59

  3511 the HS I went to was two blocks from the Qtrs of 40 & 35 ,but at that time, '55, they were on 63rd St. bet Columbus & Amsterdam, BTW the HS was at 40 Amsterdam and the other address was 161 W.61st ST.

I'm not sure of the date 227 moved to Ralph Ave. but both them and 214 moved off Herkimer St. around the same time. E214 & L111 in the Halsey St. FH was a nightmare, you should have seen how close the apparatus's were together,there was barely enough room between the Engine & Truck and just...

Gman, I saw E37 pulling into Qtrs from the Amsterdam Ave side in the late 50's,one of the few firehouses I ever saw like that.

There is a Ret. Fireman friend down here in Florida who belongs to our Ret. Grp who was working that tour and it was his first tour driving the Super Pumper,I'll try to get him to post something because the story he tells is incredable.

Bottom Row 3rd from left    Louis Ragusa assigned to L132

Chief, I had heard that it was put on hold but I'm not sure of the new Location as The last I heard it was supposed to be Saratoga Ave right off Sterling Pl or Park Pl.I haven't heard anything new on the project. ?? Are we thinking of the same Location??

He was a well liked BC in the 38 too      :)

The Firehouse in the Wallabout Market on Washington Ave.(E251) was also the home of L119

Jim, was that Don H.( truck Officer) in the video Jack O'

Chief, OUTSTANDING !!!!!

Smallest FH I ever saw with two Co's.I remember going there in early 50's as my father worked for Con Ed and the Co Ed Doctor for the area was on Hancock St Tompkins to Throop circe 1953-54. I walked around to Halsey St to the FH  111 had a Bathtub American LaFrance Metal Aerial and 214 had a CD...

mack, the pictures of the rigs,Ward FaFrance pumper & The FWD Truck were the rigs they had when I went to Power Memorial Academy  corner of Amsterdam Ave & 61st St.  remember them well. Freshman yr was 1955 Jack O'

Chief Thanks I'll start lookin in the WNYF's    :)

Chief , yes I forgot them  LOL (232) also the E5 & L3 was Ave "A" and E. 11 St not E. 13th The Firehouse on E. 2nd St between Ave "B" and Ave. "C" was lettered on the prints as E.11 & L11, E.11 went to Harlem as the 2nd Section of E 91 and E 28 went into the new house. Chief I didn't know about...

Atlas, I have a few more for you,and the guys,  yrs ago the plans for firehouses were out and by the time the last decisions were made things changed like E36 & L14. here's a few more 1- E228 & L114 in area bounded by 2nd & 4th Ave between 40 St & 44 St.     eventually was built with E 201 & L...

I was the Brooklyn troublehunter COMM Truck 510 on the night tour got home at 8AM showered and went to bed. I was sound asleep when my wife woke me up and she looked like who knows what. She walked down 73 flights of stairs and she told me it was smokey and by her appearance I believed her...

Mack, I think the house on Jay St. was where L 118 was, I don't believe 108 was in that Firehouse. Ladder 108 was put on Seigel St. after Eng 218 moved to their NEW (LOL) house on Hart St. sometime in the 1890's.