A big congrats goes out to FF Jack Ginley of E-233 on his retirement. Jack faithfully served the city and FDNY for 35 years, originally being assigned to E-232. When disbanded in 1988, Ginley transferred to 233 where he would spend the rest of his career . The brothers from … [Read more...]

This years Christmas Party was held on December 1st at Kasey’s Kitchen and Cocktails in Rockville Centre. Over a hundred current and former members attended. A good time was had by all. Our newest probies, FF Redden (L-120), FF Davan (E-231), and FF Delio (E-231) introduced … [Read more...]

The Officers & Members of Watkins Street congratulate FDNY Battalion Chief George “The Rocket” Johnson on his retirement following years of distinguished service to the City of New York. Chief Johnson was an admired and highly respected fire officer and was a lieutenant in … [Read more...]

Watkins Streets annual reunion and Christmas party will be held on Thursday December 1st at 7 pm. Same place as last year Kaseys Kitchen and Cocktails. 23 N Park Ave, Rockville Centre NY 11570. Just south of sunrise highway. We look forward to seeing all of watkins street alums … [Read more...]

All of watkins street wants to congratulate Rob and Kerry. Best Wishes on Your Engagement. Wishing you the very best as you begin to plan your lives together. Congrats to the Happy Couple   … [Read more...]

Watkins Street would like to congratulate Will “the drill” Hickey on his promotion to Lieutenant. Will has been an essential part of Watkins Street for over 16 years. He has accomplished so much throughout the years. His leadership and drills have made him a mentor and a role … [Read more...]

The Officers and Members of Watkins Street salute all of our veterans. With great pride we salute our current members who have served: FF Pete Carroll L-120 FF James Giammalvo L-120 FF Brian Bolinger L-120 FF Steven Hay L-120 FF Alex Malchevsky E-231 FF Ahmed Artis … [Read more...]

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The Officers and Members of E231/L120/Bn44 formally welcome our new Captain Michael J.Thomson (L120) who proudly becomes the 27th Company Commander in our storied history. Captain Thomson comes from a longstanding FDNY firefighting family pioneered by his grandfather, Robert … [Read more...]

Watkins Street congratulates FDNY Chief of Training, Assistant Chief Thomas Galvin upon his retirement following 37 years of distinguished service to the City of New York. Chief Galvin, a former Battalion 44 Commander (1993-1999) began his firefighting career in 1978 at St … [Read more...]

The Officers & Members of E231/L120/Bn44 salute the life of Battalion Chief George Eysser (US Navy, FDNY WTC 9/11), a true gentleman whose exemplary 40 year career began in 1962 as a Probationary FF (L-25) spanning the FDNY "War Years" before culminating as an integral part … [Read more...]

Signal 65-2 has been transmitted We are sorry to inform you of the passing of active FF Timothy Melia (E332), a US Marine who honorably served our country in multiple tours of duty. Tim, (whose grandfather Dan was a Bn44 Chief) is survived by his wife and 4 young children. In the … [Read more...]

The Brothers send a tip of the helmet to Lt. Sal Mirra (L120 cov) for rolling up his sleeves and finally preparing his world famous "Salzones" for Watkins Street! After ordering the probies off their feet for an hour and telling the students to hit the books - Lt. Mirra declared … [Read more...]

A great time was had by all at the Watkins Street Reunion Luncheon held at the Wantagh Inn. The turnout was excellent spanning from Andy Garguilo and Seymore Schenker (assigned to E231/L120 in 1957) all the way to Joe Ciaravino and Ryan Mosiello (assigned to E231/L120 in 2014). … [Read more...]