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List of armories and arsenals in New York City and surrounding counties

This is a comprehensive list of armories and arsenals in New York City and surrounding counties of New York[1][2] (i.e., in the New York metropolitan and downstate New York areas).

This list details the structures built between the 18th and 20th century. Many armories were constructed during this period; a few have since disappeared over time, while others have been converted to different uses. Through the decades these structures have been referred to under various names, and this catalog attempts to capture their identity. The list is arranged as follows:

The first unit; street (of reference); region or neighborhood (if referred to as such); year built; address; and name of neighborhood where available.

New York City

Bronx (New York County1 and Bronx County)

Notes:
1. The armories in Bronx were built prior to the borough becoming a separate county in 1914. Before then, it was still part of New York County, which the western section of the present day borough joined in 1874 and the eastern section in 1895. It was previously part of Westchester County (1683).
2. The Tremont Armory at Bathgate Avenue, was a temporary facility used by the (2nd) Second Battery in 1902 until the unit moved to the new Franklin Ave Armory in 1910.[3]
3. The Rose Hill Armory Hall is a later period annexed building to the (New) Rose Hill Manor / Mansion which was built in 1838 and is currently known as the Fordham University Rose Hill Campus Administration Building.[4][5][6]
4. Armory Hall at Fordham University does not have a unit detail nor formal street crossing. Therefore, it is recognized by the names of the school representing the site and the campus.

Brooklyn (Kings County)

Defunct (no longer exist):

Notes:
1. Gothic Alley no longer exists in the current New York City grid. It once ran between Adams Street and Pearl Street, south of Nassau Street. Its western section ended near the BRT Fulton Street Line (elevated) (present day Old Fulton Street / Cadman Plaza). Several buildings now occupy the street. Both Pearl Street and Nassau Street sections of this area were also decreased and no longer run through there.[13]
2. The (2nd) Second Avenue / Sunset Park / Brooklyn Arsenal (1925; 1924–1926) building replaced the (2nd) Second Division / North Portland Avenue / State Arsenal (1858).

Manhattan (New York County)

Defunct (no longer exist):

22d Regt Armory, 67th St
Notes:
1. The Fifth Avenue Arsenal (ca. 1808) was replaced by the (7th) Seventh Regiment / Fifth Avenue / Central Park Arsenal (1848) on the same site.
2. The(8th) Eighth Regiment / Park Avenue Armory (1888–1889) was replaced by the Squadron A / Madison Avenue / Carnegie Hill Armory (1894–1895) on the same site.
3. The Lincoln Square Armory building is currently part of ABC Studios and is at times referred to as such.
4. The State Arsenal (ca. 1808) was eventually replaced by (1st) First Division / Downtown Arsenal (1844)) on the same site.
5. The (22nd) Twenty-Second Regiment / 14th Street Armory (1863) building was replaced with the (9th) Ninth Regiment / West 14th Street Armory (1894–1896) building, which was later replaced by (42nd) Forty-Second Division / West 14th Street Armory (1971) building, which in turn was replaced by a mix residential use structure, all on the same site.
6. The former site of the (12th) Twelfth Regiment / Columbus Avenue Armory (1886–1887) is now occupied by Fordham University's Lincoln Square campus where a memorial is dedicated by the 12th Regiment.[17]
7. The (71st) Seventy-first Regiment / Park Avenue Armory (1894–1902) building was eventually replaced by (71st) Seventy-first New York Volunteers / Park Avenue Armory (1904–1906) on the same site.

Queens (Queens County)

Defunct (no longer exists):

Notes:
1. According to NYCityMap historical aerials the 172nd Street-Jamaica Armory building was present in 1924. Still, the (104th) One Hundred and Fourth Field Artillery used the building as a temporary facility between 1929–1936 until the new 168th Street-Jamaica Armory was completed.[19]
2. When the IRT Flushing Line was extended along Roosevelt Avenue into Flushing, Amity Street was absorbed and the name Roosevelt Avenue was placed to follow the train line.[20]

Staten Island (Richmond County)

Staten Island Armory

Westchester County

Mount Vernon

The former New Rochelle Armory on US 1 in New Rochelle

New Rochelle

Ossining

Peekskill

Valhalla

White Plains

Yonkers

Rockland County

Orangeburg

Monsey (formerly Viola)

Dutchess County

Poughkeepsie

Defunct (no longer exists):

Orange County

Middletown

Newburgh

Ulster County

Kingston

Long Island

Nassau County

Freeport

Hempstead

Suffolk County

Bay Shore

Huntington Station

Nesconset

Patchogue

Riverhead

Ronkonkoma

Known rented facilities

Source[22]

Manhattan

Brooklyn

Queens

Yonkers

Mount Vernon

Ossining

Peekskill

Poughkeepsie

Middletown

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Existing and vanished armory and arsenal buildings

The following two tables illustrate the armory and arsenal structures that still exist, and the ones that have vanished.

Existing

Vanished

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ Todd, Nancy L. (2006). New York's Historic Armories: An Illustrated History. Albany New York: State University of New York Press. ISBN 0791469115. Archived from the original on 2017-06-21. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
  2. ^ "New York Armories & Arsenals". NYS Division of Military and Naval Affairs. Archived from the original on 2013-08-24. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
  3. ^ a b Jenkins, Stephen (1912). The story of the Bronx, from the purchase made by the Dutch from the Indians in 1639 to the present day (1912). New York, G.P. Putnam. p. 11. Archived from the original on 2016-08-08. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  4. ^ a b Comfort, Randall; Steurer, Charles David & Meyerhoff, Charles A. D. (1906). History of Bronx borough, city of New York. New York, North side news press. p. 125; 127. Archived from the original on 2016-06-09. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  5. ^ a b Jenkins, Stephen (1912). The story of the Bronx, from the purchase made by the Dutch from the Indians in 1639 to the present day. New York, G.P. Putnam. p. 355. Archived from the original on 2016-08-08. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  6. ^ a b "Fordham The Early Years" (PDF). Fordham University.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Franklin Avenue Armory". Lehman College Bronx Architecture online archive. Archived from the original on 2016-02-18. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
  8. ^ "Kingsbridge Armory". Lehman College Bronx Architecture online archive. Archived from the original on 2012-03-04. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
  9. ^ Jenkins, Stephen (1912). The story of the Bronx, from the purchase made by the Dutch from the Indians in 1639 to the present day (1912). New York, G.P. Putnam. p. 337. Archived from the original on 2016-08-08. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  10. ^ "Bronx". Neighborhood Preservation Center. Archived from the original on 2013-09-06. Retrieved 2013-07-30.
  11. ^ A Book of Information, General of the World, and Special of New York City and Long Island. Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1891. Archived from the original on 2017-06-27. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
  12. ^ "Military Gossip" (PDF). The New York Times. December 24, 1876.
  13. ^ "The Street Necrology of Downtown Brooklyn". Forgotten-NY. 19 January 2001. Archived from the original on 2013-08-08. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
  14. ^ "History of the Arsenal at Central Park". New York City Parks and Recreation. Archived from the original on 2013-08-16. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
  15. ^ "Building History". Park Avenue Armory. Archived from the original on 2013-08-06. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
  16. ^ "69th Regiment Armory". New York Architecture. Archived from the original on 2013-11-02. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
  17. ^ a b "12th Regiment Armory War Memorial". Fordham University. Archived from the original on 2013-07-26.
  18. ^ "12th Regiment Armory". Fordham University. Archived from the original on 2013-07-26.
  19. ^ "Jamaica 172nd Street Armory". NYS Division of Military and Naval Affairs. Archived from the original on 2013-10-24. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
  20. ^ "Remember the main Queen's Main Street". Forgotten-NY. 18 October 2010. Archived from the original on 2013-08-15. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
  21. ^ "Fluidr / Rockland County's 1st Armory by RCHRDCNNNGHM".
  22. ^ "New York City Rental Facilities". NYS Division of Military and Naval Affairs. Archived from the original on 2013-10-24. Retrieved 2013-07-26.

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