The fight over the future of two closed Brooklyn firehouses went to the City Council’s Land Use Committee yesterday and some community leaders are content while others are fuming about the outcome. There are two different outcomes, actually, with Cobble Hill’s Engine 204 to be leased for ten years for a community use and Williamsburg’s Engine 212 to be sold for community purposes.
The City Council “failed to live up to the vow to reopen the closed Brooklyn Engine Companies,” says Williamsburg’s Phil DePaolo who was one of the leaders of the fight to prevent closure of Engine 212. “Borough President Marty Markowitz has also failed to deliver on his vow to restore the Brooklyn Engine Companies.”
The lease arrangement gives the city the ability to reopen Engine 204, whereas Engine 212 seems to have been dealt a more permanent solution.
“It seems that E204 has received a deal that will consider future restoration as an active Engine Company while E212 has no such deal,” Mr. DePaolo said. “I remain steadfast in my belief that Engine 212 and Engine 204 should be returned to service returned to the communities as needed Firehouses.”
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1 Anonymous // Dec 14, 2007 at 6:43 am
This is going out to the good men of the Brooklyn Fire Dept and all others who participated in the program to collect gifts for the children of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. I saw 3 men from Brooklyn FD on the news last night bringing gifts down here and it touched my heart. I would like to personally say thank you for showing compassion to the kids down here. There are a lot of them that still suffer because of Katrina and your thoughtfullness tells me a lot about you prople way up there. The men I saw on the news are Larry Riley BFD, Tom O’Connor BFD, and Gary Moore BFD. These men and what they ( as well as everyone who participated )have done is greatly appreciated. I dont know how to get the message to them, but if anyone knows them or can get them the message, please tell them thanks. We really appreciate it and it means a lot to those directly impacted by their kindness.
Thanks again
Kirby Thames
kirbydthames@hotmail.com