The Firefighting Buff's Guide To New York City: The Five Borough, Five Alarm Reference To The Second Homes of New York's Bravest - Softcover

Schneiderman, Joseph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0595246028 ISBN 13: 9780595246021

Publisher: iUniverse, 2002

Synopsis

For the past 10 years, Joseph Natale Schneiderman has visited 55 firehouses in the grand City of New York. He is a "Buff", or someone who visited firehouses in their spare time (it also meant once that someone rode with them if they so chose!). So, come with him, on his 5-borough journey to these 55 firehouses, as you learn about the history of the firehouses and fire engines, firefighters, and his personal experiences. Youll also see plenty of non-firefighting related things to do, like restaurants and other points of interest in the area of his visits!From "Fire Under the Bridge" (Engine 205/Ladder 118, Brooklyn) to "The Cuckoo's Nest" (Engine 89/Ladder 50, The Bronx), to the Corona Tigers (Engine 289/Ladder 138, Queens) to the "Pride of Midtown" (Engine 54/Ladder 4/Battalion 9, Manhattan), and finally to the "Splendor in the Grass" (Engine 154, Staten Island), it's a 5 alarm journey that no buff, firefighter, or New York City fan will want to miss! So grab a Metrocard (youre takin' subways), an FDNY shirt, and a camera, and get out here and buff!

About this title

About the Author

Joseph Schneiderman, despite being from and living in Bloomfield, Connecticut, is a total New Yorker at heart, as his beloved mother and father are from the Bronx and Brooklyn respectively. He has been to 190 firehouses total, mainly in the Northeastern United States. He plans to become a firefighter in New York.

Edition details

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0595246028
• ISBN 13: 9780595246021
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 150