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
Staten Island Tunnel funded by the city, the tunnel was expected to help expand the then-sparsely populated borough in a similar manner to the population and development explosions seen in Brooklyn and the Bronx. Under the Dual Contracts, three routes were proposed—two to Brooklyn and one to Manhattan—which would connect the Staten Island Railway's rapid transit service (SIRT) to existing subway lines. The Manhattan proposal, often called the "direct route," would have connected with the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT)'s lines under Battery Park, near the current Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel. "Direct Route A" would have utilized a five-section tunnel under the New York Harbor,