Brooklyn Fire Headquarters

[mikeindabronx]

https://www.brooklynhistory.org/photos-of-the-week/brooklyn-fire-headquarters/?ct=t%28POTW+180118_COPY_01%29&mc_cid=3de2becdd7&mc_eid=%5BUNIQID%5D

 

[kidfrmqns]

Were E207/L110 stationed here into the 60's?

 

[68jk09]

Were E207/L110 stationed here into the 60's?

Yes along with BN*31....way back R*2 was there & a Water Tower....i think 118 was there at some point also?

 

[fdhistorian]

Were E207/L110 stationed here into the 60's?

Yes along with BN*31....way back R*2 was there & a Water Tower....i think 118 was there at some point also?

Engine 207                1946-1971
Ladder 68/118          1901-1929
Ladder 110                1949-1972
Water Tower 6          1903-1946
Rescue 2                  1929-1946
Division 6/10              1898-1906 & 1951
Battalion 31              1946-1972
Ambulance 2              1938-1949
Searchlight Engine 3  1901-1903
Searchlight 22            1922-1938

 

[68jk09]

^^^ Thank You fdhistorian ....i was hoping you would give the full info on the various Units Quartered  there through the years.

 

[68jk09]

In the first post link above it states that the bldg was leased to PolyTech ...however i seem to remember the bldg being sold to a College for a $1.00 ?

 

[mack]

Ladder 110 365 Jay Street with Engine 207/Battalion 31:

   


          https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=Old%20Brooklyn%20Fire%20Headquarters

          http://www.brownstoner.com/architecture/building-of-the-day-365-jay-street/
   
 
   

 

[mack]

Water Tower 6 1914 at 365 Jay Street:

   


Water Tower 6 history - BFD/FDNY

    Water Tower 1 BFD organized 124 DeKalb Street former volunteer company firehouse                  1895
    Water Tower 1 BFD became Water Tower 1 FDNY                                                                      1898
    Water Tower 1 disbanded to form Water Tower 6 365 Jay Street at Ladder 68 (Ladder 118)          1903
    Water Tower 6 moved to 47/48 Washington Avenue at Engine 251                                              1936
    Water Tower 6 moved to 365 Jay Street at Rescue 2                                                                  1936
    Water Tower 6 moved to 227 Front Street at Engine 208                                                            1946
    Water Tower 6 moved to 26 Hooper Street at Engine 211                                                          1946
    Water Tower 6 disbanded                                                                                                        1957


Water Tower 6:

   

 

[mack]

Rescue 2 at 365 Jay Street:

   

 

[mack]

Rescue 2 Searchlight 2 1929:

   

 

[mack]

Ladder 68 (became Ladder 118) responding from 365 Jay Street - early 1900s:

   

 

[mack]

Searchlight 2 - 365 Jay Street:

   

 

[mack]

Chief/VIP 1899:

   


Chief/VIP 1914:

   

 

[mack]

Note "Hook and Ladder 68" above door:

   

Ladder 68 renumbered Ladder 118 in 1913.

 

[mack]

Beer in the firehouse - site of 1972 beer commercial:

   

   

 

[XPFD3]

A whole lot of fire power on Water Tower 6.  Besides the water tower itself those two mounted monitors look like they should be on a Fireboat.

 

[mack]

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