page_title: Morningside Heights, Manhattan
section_title: Fire safety
hierarchical_section_title: Morningside Heights, Manhattan / Fire safety
caption_attribution_description: English: The Engine Company 47 firehouse at 500 West 113th Street between Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, was built in 1899-90 and designed by Napoleon Le Brun &amp; Sons combining Romanesque Revivals and neoclassical details. It has been in use since 1891. (Sources Guide to NYC Landmarks (4th ed.) and AIA Guide to NYC (5th ed.))
context_page_description: Morningside Heights is a primarily residential neighborhood in the northern section of Manhattan in New York City. One of the three neighborhoods comprising West Harlem, Morningside Heights is bounded by Central Harlem and Morningside Park to the east, at Morningside Drive; Manhattanville to the north, at 125th Street; the Manhattan Valley section of the Upper West Side to the south, at 110th Street; and Riverside Park to the west, at Riverside Drive. The main thoroughfare is Broadway, which runs north–south through the neighborhood.
  Morningside Heights, located on a high plateau between Morningside and Riverside Parks, was hard to access until the late 19th century, and was sparsely developed except for the Bloomingdale and Leake and Watts asylums. Morningside Heights, along with the Upper West Side, was considered part of the Bloomingdale District until Morningside Park was finished in the late 19th century. Large-scale development started in the 1890s with the construction of academic and cultural institutions.
context_section_description: Morningside Heights is served by two New York City Fire Department (FDNY) stations. The main fire station for the neighborhood is Engine Company 47, located at 502 West 113th Street, next to the old Croton gatehouse. The three-story building, designed in the Romanesque Revival style, is 25 feet (7.6 m) wide, with a facade of brick and brownstone, as well as Neoclassical-style brownstone and terracotta detailing. The building was erected in 1891 by Napoleon LeBrun & Sons, a prolific builder of New York City firehouses in the late 19th century, and was one of the first major structures in Morningside Heights. It was designated a New York City landmark in 1997.
  The other fire station serving Morningside Heights is Engine Company 37/Ladder Company 40, located at 415 West 125th Street, just across the neighborhood's border with Manhattanville.
caption: FDNY Engine Company 47
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