Organization of the New York City Fire Department The Queens Communications Office was formerly located at 83-98 Woodhaven Blvd., Queens. There are currently 5 Divisions within the FDNY's EMS Command, which in turn command a total of 37 EMS Stations located throughout the five boroughs of the city. Former NYC EMS Stations in Parenthesis EMS Division 1 serves Manhattan. EMS Division 2 serves the Bronx. EMS Division 3 serves Northern and Central Brooklyn. EMS Division 4 serves Queens. EMS Division 5 serves Southern Brooklyn and Staten Island. There are nine volunteer fire departments in New York City that respond to calls in their neighborhood in addition to a
History of New York City (1855–1897) movement of the 1950s. Pre-war steam ferries had already made Brooklyn Heights into a bedroom community for affluent professionals on Wall Street and other urban areas. Elevated railroads, operated by the Manhattan Railway Company, and other new public transport expanded the commuter area of New York, allowing development of suburbs for commuters of more modest means in Upper West Side and other distant areas. Plans were made for subways to still more remote exurbs such as Harlem and the West Bronx. In the late 19th century, the island's schist bedrock encouraged the early skyscrapers whose successors characterize its skyline today.