# My Visit to the Firehouse! **URL:** \ **Category:** General Ghostbusters Discussion\ **Created:** [August 28, 2008, 10:34pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-visit-to-the-firehouse/12932 "2008-08-28T22:34:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Terrordoggy](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@Terrordoggy](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Terrordoggy)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 10:34pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-visit-to-the-firehouse/12932/1 "2008-08-28T22:34:22Z")
Hey hey! Pretty new around here, and I got some blessings from a few regulars here to go ahead and post about my little visit to the Firehouse so here goes šŸ˜ƒ Considering the fact that you are browsing this forum, I donā€™t think I need to explain myself when I say that visiting the actual Firehouse itself was the Completion of my Personal Nerd Mecca XD ![image](http://www.gbfans.com/images/pb/Spunkywulf/Firehouse1_aug23_2008.jpg) Thatā€™s tiny little me in front of the big bay doors of the firehouse, which is still a fully functioning firehouse, albeit, a tiny one. It only holds one fire engine! ![image](http://www.gbfans.com/images/pb/Spunkywulf/Firehouse2_aug23_2008.jpg) The firehouseā€™s logo even pays homage to the films! (you can see it on the ground to my left in the previous pic) ![image](http://www.gbfans.com/images/pb/Spunkywulf/Firehouse3_aug23_2008.jpg) This plaque actually choked me up a little. Itā€™s in honor of one of the firemen who gave his life during 9/11. Itā€™s mounted on the right side wall outside the bay doors (you can see it on my right in the first photo). The street the firehouse sits on is named for him. ![image](http://www.gbfans.com/images/pb/Spunkywulf/Firehouse4_aug23_2008.jpg) Look! Iā€™m doing my HOLY CRAP Iā€™M A FANTARD face! After taking a bunch of shots outside, my friends and I sheepishly knocked on the door to see if anyone was homeā€¦ Surprisingly, one of the firemen not only answered, but allowed me to come inside and look around and take pictures! I was honestly feeling really shy and kind of dorky knocking on the door of the 8 Hook & Ladder, then blabbing awkwardly to the fireman that I was a HUGE GB fantard that wanted to look around inside his station XD They were real good sports about it šŸ™‚ ![image](http://www.gbfans.com/images/pb/Spunkywulf/Firehouse7_aug23_2008.jpg) The interior of the buildingā€¦ (on the side the sign hangs on) itā€™s so TINY! ![image](http://www.gbfans.com/images/pb/Spunkywulf/Firehouse8_aug23_2008.jpg) The infamous firepole (obviously not the one used in the movie). I didnā€™t bother asking if I could slide down the poleā€¦ I figured Iā€™d imposed on these poor firemen enough on a Saturday afternoon šŸ˜ƒ ![image](http://www.gbfans.com/images/pb/Spunkywulf/Firehouse5_aug23_2008.jpg) Me, being sunblind and looking dorky in front of the open bay doors. We were lucky enough to not only be allowed inside to look around, but they actually had to open the doors while we were there to move a vehicle in and pull the truck out so we managed to grab this shot. And that concludes my personal Nerd Mecca šŸ™‚ For those of you who havenā€™t gotten a chance to visit the firehouse yet, if you ever find yourself down in southern Manhattan, go check it out! Itā€™s really neat to see in person, and you can lots of photos of yourself standing on hallowed ground XD ---
**Author:** ![jettajeffro](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@jettajeffro](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/jettajeffro)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 11:41pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-visit-to-the-firehouse/12932/2 "2008-08-28T23:41:14Z")
I read on someoneā€™s post of a visit to the firehouse they wonā€™t let you use the pole for insurance reasons. Iā€™m very jealous of everyones thatā€™s gotten to see it. It seems strange to think that the locals must be non-chalant about seeing it everyday compared to all of us here. Last time I went to NY I got to see the library and apartment but couldnā€™t get to the firehouse. Definitely next time. ---
**Author:** ![kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/kingpin/32/188026_2.png) [@kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/kingpin)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 11:48pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-visit-to-the-firehouse/12932/3 "2008-08-28T23:48:15Z")
Itā€™s probably a place Iā€™d always set aside time to visit whenever Iā€™m in New York. You buy a Hook & Ladder 8 shirt, TD? šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![CJay](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/cjay/32/5960_2.png) [@CJay](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/CJay)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 12:03am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-visit-to-the-firehouse/12932/4 "2008-08-29T00:03:46Z")
They should preserve Hook and Ladder 8 for all posterityā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Haas](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@Jeff\_Haas](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Jeff_Haas)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 12:22am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-visit-to-the-firehouse/12932/5 "2008-08-29T00:22:25Z")
Thatā€™s great. In another nerd nirvana universe, I stopped off at Vasquez Rocks earlier this year. And it was an accident! ---
**Author:** ![jettajeffro](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@jettajeffro](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/jettajeffro)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-visit-to-the-firehouse/12932/6 "2008-08-29T16:25:20Z")
Down in Tucson at the University of Arizona is where they filmed Revenge of the Nerds including all the campus footage and the dorm house. Seeing those was my nerd trip last year. Here in Phoenix is the mall, water park and Circle K where strange things were afoot in Bill and Ted Excellent Adventure. I may shoot for the LA firehouse next year since itā€™s about 5 hours from here. ---
**Author:** ![CJay](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/cjay/32/5960_2.png) [@CJay](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/CJay)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2008, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-visit-to-the-firehouse/12932/7 "2008-08-29T21:24:35Z")
If anyoneā€™s a Pippi Longstocking fan, in my town weā€™ve got the house that they used in The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (1979). [http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM40CR](http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM40CR) ---
**Author:** ![kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/kingpin/32/188026_2.png) [@kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/kingpin)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2008, 12:33am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-visit-to-the-firehouse/12932/8 "2008-08-30T00:33:14Z")
> [@jettajeffro](#): > > Down in Tucson at the University of Arizona is where they filmed Revenge of the Nerds including all the campus footage and the dorm house. Seeing those was my nerd trip last year. Here in Phoenix is the mall, water park and Circle K where strange things were afoot in Bill and Ted Excellent Adventure. I may shoot for the LA firehouse next year since itā€™s about 5 hours from here. Try contacting Daniel Taylor of ā€œCHACā€ should you still wish to visit LA23. If you do manage to go Iā€™d be interested in getting some photos and or/floorplan sketches. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![jettajeffro](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@jettajeffro](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/jettajeffro)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2008, 1:27am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-visit-to-the-firehouse/12932/9 "2008-08-30T01:27:49Z")
> [@Kingpin](#): > > > [@jettajeffro](#): > > > > Down in Tucson at the University of Arizona is where they filmed Revenge of the Nerds including all the campus footage and the dorm house. Seeing those was my nerd trip last year. Here in Phoenix is the mall, water park and Circle K where strange things were afoot in Bill and Ted Excellent Adventure. I may shoot for the LA firehouse next year since itā€™s about 5 hours from here. > > Try contacting Daniel Taylor of ā€œCHACā€ should you still wish to visit LA23. If you do manage to go Iā€™d be interested in getting some photos and or/floorplan sketches. šŸ™‚ Thanks. Iā€™ll let you know. I may do it as a weekend trip. Iā€™ll even take a brick from it and put it on ebay with a picture to prove itā€™s authenticity. ---
**Author:** ![Rhapsody](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/9de0a6/32.png) [@Rhapsody](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Rhapsody)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2008, 6:50am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-visit-to-the-firehouse/12932/10 "2008-08-30T06:50:04Z")
Went to the [New York Public Library](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/games/ghostbusters-the-video-game/levels/new-york-city-library) three weeks ago but I have no idea where the firehouse is actually located. _is not a very knowledgable fan regarding locations of certain GB landmarks in the city_ ---
**Author:** ![DanAmrich](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/danamrich/32/8_2.png) [@DanAmrich](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/DanAmrich)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2008, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-visit-to-the-firehouse/12932/11 "2008-09-01T16:58:51Z")
Thatā€™s great. I visited a few years back and they were super cool. I was thinking the same stuff ā€“ should I bother them? Do I want to get in their way? But they were all too happy to talk about it and they are apparently used to fans coming by. Theyā€™re proud of it. Just knock on the side door and say youā€™re a fan on a pilgrimage ā€“ it worked for me! I visited a few months after 9/11, so the plaque wasnā€™t there. Just the devastation. The building was being worked on, so the scaffolding got in the way of the photoā€¦ ![image](http://bunnyears.net/gb/gbnyc2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/kingpin/32/188026_2.png) [@kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/kingpin)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2008, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-visit-to-the-firehouse/12932/12 "2008-09-01T18:53:49Z")
> [@Rhapsody](#): > > Went to the New York Public Library three weeks ago but I have no idea where the firehouse is actually located. > > _is not a very knowledgable fan regarding locations of certain GB landmarks in the city_ Take the 1 Train downtown from Times Square station (Or Canal Street Station) and disembark at Franklin Street Subway station, then walk one block north and you should see it, itā€™s on the south-east corner of crossing of Varrick and N.Moore Streets. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Busterchris](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/f475e1/32.png) [@Busterchris](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Busterchris)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-visit-to-the-firehouse/12932/13 "2008-09-02T15:11:02Z")
> [@CJay](#): > > They should preserve Hook and Ladder 8 for all posterityā€¦ It has been, it is now a historical landmarkā€¦or atleast thatā€™s what my ex told me when we went there last month ---
**Author:** ![Terrordoggy](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@Terrordoggy](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Terrordoggy)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-visit-to-the-firehouse/12932/14 "2008-09-02T15:46:12Z")
> [@Kingpin](#): > > Itā€™s probably a place Iā€™d always set aside time to visit whenever Iā€™m in New York. You buy a Hook & Ladder 8 shirt, TD? šŸ™‚ I did not, sadly. They didnā€™t have my sizeā€¦ they were all too big ā˜¹ ---
**Author:** ![Terrordoggy](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@Terrordoggy](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Terrordoggy)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-visit-to-the-firehouse/12932/15 "2008-09-02T15:48:17Z")
> [@Rhapsody](#): > > Went to the New York Public Library three weeks ago but I have no idea where the firehouse is actually located. > > _is not a very knowledgable fan regarding locations of certain GB landmarks in the city_ I should go back to the libraryā€¦ I havenā€™t been in years. As for where the firehouse is, here is where I found it: > **[News, Politics, Sports, Mail & Latest Headlines - AOL.com](https://www.aol.com/)** > > Discover the latest breaking news in the U.S. and around the world ā€” politics, weather, entertainment, lifestyle, finance, sports and much more. ---
**Author:** ![Dan\_AKA](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/dan_aka/32/5932_2.png) [@Dan\_AKA](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Dan_AKA)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-visit-to-the-firehouse/12932/16 "2008-09-02T20:56:00Z")
I see it every time I drive out of the Holland Tunnel. ---
**Author:** ![thesonofabob](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/thesonofabob/32/5880_2.png) [@thesonofabob](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/thesonofabob)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 4:24am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-visit-to-the-firehouse/12932/17 "2008-09-03T04:24:57Z")
Iā€™m jealous, I live in Montana. Iā€™m only a forty hour drive from new york. I would like to some day go there to see the firehouse. Great pics by the way! ---
**Author:** ![Mjollnir](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/mjollnir/32/5986_2.png) [@Mjollnir](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Mjollnir)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 4:47am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-visit-to-the-firehouse/12932/18 "2008-09-03T04:47:43Z")
I feel like a total dunce. All the times Iā€™ve gone to NYC, which is an hour away by train, Iā€™ve never been to the firehouse. Iā€™ve been to the library, Central Park West and the Statue of Liberty. And sadly to say Iā€™ve never even been to Ground Zero!! :sigh: šŸ˜Š :sigh: ---
**Author:** ![Terrordoggy](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@Terrordoggy](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Terrordoggy)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-visit-to-the-firehouse/12932/19 "2008-09-03T15:32:53Z")
> [@thesonofabob](#): > > Iā€™m jealous, I live in Montana. Iā€™m only a forty hour drive from new york. I would like to some day go there to see the firehouse. Great pics by the way! Why thank you! If you ever make it out to NY you should check it out! ---
**Author:** ![Ghostbusters213-11](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/b487fb/32.png) [@Ghostbusters213-11](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Ghostbusters213-11)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-visit-to-the-firehouse/12932/20 "2008-09-03T16:03:01Z")
Great pics over there Terrordoggyā€¦ ThatĀ“s a place I have to visit whenever IĀ“m in New York (another one is the Dakota Building). [Next page](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-visit-to-the-firehouse/12932.md?page=2)