This is a comprehensive list of armories and arsenals in New York City and surrounding counties of New York [1] [2] (i.e., in the New York metropolitan and downstate New York areas).
This list details the structures built between the 18th and 20th century. Many armories were constructed during this period; a few have since disappeared over time, while others have been converted to different uses. Through the decades these structures have been referred to under various names, and this catalog attempts to capture their identity. The list is arranged as follows:
The first unit; street (of reference); region or neighborhood (if referred to as such); year built; address; and name of neighborhood where available.
Defunct (no longer exist):
Defunct (no longer exist):
Defunct (no longer exists):
Mount Vernon
New Rochelle
Ossining
Peekskill
Valhalla
White Plains
Yonkers
Orangeburg
Monsey (formerly Viola)
Poughkeepsie
Defunct (no longer exists):
Middletown
Newburgh
Kingston
Freeport
Hempstead
Bay Shore
Huntington Station
Nesconset
Patchogue
Riverhead
Ronkonkoma
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Queens
Yonkers
Mount Vernon
Ossining
Peekskill
Poughkeepsie
Middletown
The following two tables illustrate the armory and arsenal structures that still exist, and the ones that have vanished.
Existing armory and arsenal buildings | ||||||
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Name of armory | Image | Year built | Location | County | Description | |
1 | (2nd) Second Battery / Bathgate Avenue / Tremont Armory | year unknown – built prior to 1902 | Bronx; 1887 / 1891 Bathgate Avenue (between East Tremont Avenue (East 177th Street) and East 176th Street), Tremont 40°50′47″N 73°53′51″W / 40.846486°N 73.897530°W | Bronx | ||
2 | St. John's College / Fordham College / Fordham University / Rose Hill / Armory Hall | year unknown – built prior to 1906 | Bronx; Rose Hill Campus Administration Building, 441 East Fordham Road, Fordham Manor 40°51′44″N 73°53′11″W / 40.862088°N 73.886281°W | Bronx | ||
3 | (2nd) Second Battery / Franklin Avenue / Morrisania Armory | 1906–1911; 1926–1928 expansion | Bronx; 1122 Franklin Avenue (at East 166th Street), Morrisania 40°49′41″N 73°54′19″W / 40.828177°N 73.905226°W | Bronx | ||
4 | (8th) Eighth Regiment ((8th) Eighth Coastal Artillery) / Kingsbridge Road / Kingsbridge Armory | 1913; 1912–1917; 1950s and '60s annex | Bronx; 29 Kingsbridge Road (between Jerome Avenue and Reservoir Avenue), Jerome Park 40°52′06″N 73°53′53″W / 40.868416°N 73.898155°W | Bronx | ||
5 | (47th) Forty-seventh Regiment / Marcy Avenue / Williamsburg Armory | 1883–1884 | Brooklyn; 355 Marcy Avenue (between Heyward Street and Lynch Street), Williamsburg 40°42′13″N 73°57′09″W / 40.703486°N 73.952530°W | Kings | ||
6 | (23rd) Twenty-third Regiment / Clermont Avenue / Clinton Hill Armory | 1872–1873; 1911 expansion | Brooklyn; 165-179 Clermont Avenue (between Myrtle Avenue and Willoughby Avenue), Clinton Hill 40°41′33″N 73°58′13″W / 40.692488°N 73.970384°W | Kings | ||
7 | (3rd) Third (Gatling) Battery / Dean Street-Crown Heights Armory | 1885–1886 | Brooklyn; 793-801 Dean Street (between Washington Avenue and Grand Avenue), Crown Heights 40°40′46″N 73°57′48″W / 40.679462°N 73.963340°W | Kings | ||
8 | (23rd) Twenty-third Regiment / Bedford Avenue-Crown Heights Armory | 1891–1895 | Brooklyn; 1322 Bedford Avenue (between Atlantic Avenue and Pacific Street), Crown Heights 40°40′42″N 73°57′12″W / 40.678339°N 73.953438°W | Kings | ||
9 | (14th) Fourteenth Regiment / (8th) Eighth Avenue / Park Slope Armory | 1891–1895 | Brooklyn; 1402 8th Avenue (between 14th Street and 15th Street), Park Slope 40°39′46″N 73°58′59″W / 40.662906°N 73.982941°W | Kings | ||
10 | (13th) Thirteenth Regiment / Sumner Avenue (Marcus Garvey Boulevard) / Bedford-Stuyvesant Armory | 1892–1894 | Brooklyn; 357 Marcus Garvey Boulevard (between Putnam Avenue and Jefferson Avenue), Bedford-Stuyvesant 40°41′06″N 73°56′17″W / 40.685053°N 73.937987°W | Kings | ||
11 | Troop C / Bedford Avenue Armory | 1903–1907 | Brooklyn; 1579 Bedford Avenue (between Union Street and President Street), Crown Heights 40°40′08″N 73°57′19″W / 40.668881°N 73.955374°W | Kings | ||
12 | (2nd) Second Avenue / Sunset Park / Brooklyn Arsenal | 1925; 1924–1926 | Brooklyn; 201 / 207 64th Street (between 2nd Avenue and 3rd Avenue), Sunset Park / Brooklyn Army Terminal 40°38′28″N 74°01′27″W / 40.641021°N 74.024051°W | Kings | ||
13 | (7th) Seventh Regiment / Fifth Avenue / Central Park Arsenal | 1848 | Manhattan; (830) Fifth Avenue (at East 64th Street), Central Park 40°46′03″N 73°58′17″W / 40.767608°N 73.971307°W | New York | ||
14 | (7th) Seventh Regiment / Park Avenue / Lenox Hill Armory | 1877–1879; 1909–1914 renovations | Manhattan; 643 Park Avenue (between 66th Street and 67th Street), Lenox Hill 40°46′03″N 73°57′57″W / 40.767411°N 73.965922°W | New York | ||
15 | Squadron A / Madison Avenue / Carnegie Hill Armory | 1894–1895 | Manhattan; 1339 / 1345 Madison Avenue (between East 94th Street and East 95th Street), Carnegie Hill 40°47′10″N 73°57′17″W / 40.786124°N 73.954625°W | New York | ||
16 | (1st) First Battery / West 66th Street / Lincoln Square Armory | 1901–1903 | Manhattan; 56 West 66th Street (between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West (Eighth Avenue) – present day Lincoln Square neighborhood) 40°46′23″N 73°58′51″W / 40.773023°N 73.980793°W | New York | ||
17 | (69th) Sixty-ninth Regiment / Lexington Avenue / Flatiron District Armory | 1904–1906 | Manhattan; 68 Lexington Avenue (between East 25th and East 26th streets), Flatiron District 40°44′28″N 73°59′02″W / 40.741231°N 73.983919°W | New York | ||
18 | (22nd) Twenty-second Corps of Engineers / Fort Washington Avenue / Washington Heights Armory | 1911 | Manhattan; 216 Fort Washington Avenue (168th Street and Fort Washington Avenue), Washington Heights 40°50′32″N 73°56′29″W / 40.842105°N 73.941251°W | New York | ||
19 | (369th) Three Hundred and Sixty-ninth Regiment / Fifth Avenue / Harlem Armory | 1924; 1930–1933 expansion | Manhattan; 2366 Fifth Avenue (between West 142nd Street and West 143rd Street), Laurel Hill / North Harlem 40°49′04″N 73°56′05″W / 40.817646°N 73.934687°W | New York | ||
20 | (10th) Tenth Infantry Regiment / Northern Boulevard / Flushing Armory | 1904–1906 | Queens; 137-58 Northern Boulevard (between Main Street and Union Street), Flushing 40°45′47″N 73°49′44″W / 40.763125°N 73.828958°W | Queens | ||
21 | Naval Militia / 6th Avenue / Whitestone Armory | 1913 | Queens; 150–74 6th Avenue (between Clintonville Street and Powells Cove Boulevard), Whitestone 40°47′48″N 73°48′51″W / 40.796707°N 73.814217°W | Queens | ||
22 | (104th) One Hundred and Fourth Field Artillery / 172nd Street-Jamaica Armory | year unknown – built before 1924 | Queens; 92-10 172nd Street (between Jamaica Avenue and 93rd Avenue), Jamaica 40°42′25″N 73°47′17″W / 40.707008°N 73.788063°W | Queens | ||
23 | (104th) One Hundred and Fourth Field Artillery / 168th Street-Jamaica Armory | 1936 | Queens; 93-05 168th Street (between 93rd Avenue and Douglas Avenue), Jamaica 40°42′17″N 73°47′28″W / 40.704639°N 73.791074°W | Queens | ||
24 | (101st) One Hundred and First Cavalry Squadron / Castleton Corners / Staten Island Armory | 1922 | Staten Island; 321 Manor Road (at Merriman Avenue), Castleton Corners 40°37′13″N 74°07′22″W / 40.620383°N 74.122844°W | Richmond | ||
25 | (27th) Twenty-seventh Infantry Regiment / Mount Vernon Armory | 1888–1889 | Mount Vernon; 144 North Fifth Avenue (at North Street), Downtown Mount Vernon 40°54′57″N 73°50′20″W / 40.915881°N 73.838762°W | Westchester | ||
26 | (31st) Thirty First Fleet Division of New York / New Rochelle Armory | 1932–1933 | New Rochelle; 270 Main Street (between Rhodes Street and Pratt Street; adjacent to Faneuil Park), Homestead Park 40°54′49″N 73°46′22″W / 40.913488°N 73.772873°W | Westchester | ||
27 | (101st) One Hundred and First Signal / Ossining Armory | 1961 | Ossining; 101 Route 9A / Albany Post Road (at Broadway) 41°09′48″N 73°51′45″W / 41.163362°N 73.862399°W | Westchester | ||
28 | (156th) One Hundred and Fifty-six Field Artillery Regiment / Peekskill Armory | 1932–1933 | Peekskill; 955 Washington Street (between Lindbergh Avenue and Lounsbury Lane) 41°16′22″N 73°55′44″W / 41.272639°N 73.928859°W | Westchester | ||
29 | (42nd) Forty-second Military Police / Valhalla Armory | 1986 | Valhalla; 2 Dana Road (at Sunshine Cottage Road) 41°04′56″N 73°48′48″W / 41.082289°N 73.813332°W | Westchester | ||
30 | (49th) Forty-ninth Separate Company / White Plains Armory | 1909–10 | White Plains; 35 South Broadway (at Mitchell Place); 65 Mitchell Place 41°01′53″N 73°45′45″W / 41.031343°N 73.762471°W | Westchester | ||
31 | (4th) Fourth Separate Company / Waverly Street-Yonkers Armory | 1890s | Yonkers; 92 Waverly Street (at Maple Street), Getty Square / Downtown Yonkers 40°55′58″N 73°53′35″W / 40.932742°N 73.893135°W | Westchester | ||
32 | (10th) Tenth Infantry Regiment / North Broadway-Yonkers Armory | 1918 | Yonkers; 127 North Broadway (at Quincy Place), Getty Square / Downtown Yonkers 40°56′20″N 73°53′48″W / 40.938857°N 73.896721°W | Westchester | ||
33 | (101st) One Hundred and First Signal Battalion / Quincy Place-Yonkers Armory | 1988 | Yonkers; 2 Quincy Place (at N Broadway), Getty Square / Downtown Yonkers 40°56′18″N 73°53′49″W / 40.938280°N 73.896998°W | Westchester | ||
34 | (101st) One Hundred and First Signal / Orangeburg Armory | 1961 | Orangeburg; 84 Old Orangeburg Road (between 1st Avenue and Edgewood Drive) 41°02′44″N 73°57′58″W / 41.045455°N 73.966122°W | Rockland | ||
35 | (19th) Nineteenth Separate Company / Market Street-Poughkeepsie Armory | 1891–1892 | Poughkeepsie; 61 Market Street (at Church Street / East-West Arterial) 41°42′07″N 73°55′45″W / 41.701999°N 73.929192°W | Dutchess | ||
36 | (24th) Twenty-fourth Separate Company / Middletown Armory (1891–1892) | 1891–1892 | Middletown; 52 Highland Drive (at Wickham Avenue) 41°26′56″N 74°25′18″W / 41.449013°N 74.421569°W | Orange | ||
37 | (19th) Infantry Regiment / Broadway-Newburgh Armory (1879) | 1879 | Newburgh; 145 Broadway (at South Johnson Street) 41°29′59″N 74°00′48″W / 41.499753°N 74.013389°W | Orange | ||
38 | (156th) On Hundred and Fifty-sixth Field Artillery Regiment / South William Street-Newburgh Armory (1931–1932) | 1931–1932 | Newburgh; 321 South William Street (between Walsh Road and South Robinson Avenue 41°29′46″N 74°01′32″W / 41.496204°N 74.025483°W | Orange | ||
39 | (20th) Twentieth Infantry Battalion / Broadway-Kingston Armory (1879) | 1879 | Kingston; 467 Broadway (at Hoffman Street) 41°55′38″N 73°59′56″W / 41.927116°N 73.998985°W | Ulster | ||
40 | (156th) On Hundred and Fifty-sixth Field Artillery Regiment / Kiersted Avenue-Kingston Armory (1932) | 1932 | Kingston; 25 Kiersted Avenue (formerly North Manor Road) 41°56′40″N 74°00′25″W / 41.944330°N 74.006921°W | Ulster | ||
41 | (142nd) One Hundred and Forty-second Artillery / Freeport Armory | 1961 | Freeport; 63 Babylon Turnpike (between Lakeview Avenue and Meadowbrook State Parkway) 40°39′55″N 73°34′18″W / 40.665186°N 73.571670°W | Nassau | ||
42 | (102nd) One Hundred and Second Observation Squadron / Hempstead Armory | 1927–1929 | Hempstead; 216 Washington Street (between Lent Avenue and Webb Avenue) 40°42′50″N 73°37′21″W / 40.713751°N 73.622421°W | Nassau | ||
43 | (142nd) One Hundred and Forty-second Artillery / Bay Shore Armory | 1955 | Bay Shore; 70 Brentwood Road, (between Redington Street and Union Boulevard) 40°43′53″N 73°14′12″W / 40.731439°N 73.236672°W | Suffolk | ||
44 | Battery C of 1st Missile Battalion / Huntington Station Armory | 1958–1960 | Huntington Station; 100 East 5th Street (by Park Avenue) 40°51′26″N 73°23′41″W / 40.857304°N 73.394655°W | Suffolk | ||
45 | (587th) Five Hundred and Eighty-seventh Transportation Squadron / Nesconset Armory | 1961 | Nesconset; 148 Smithtown Boulevard (between Mayfair Road and Southern Boulevard) 40°50′12″N 73°09′33″W / 40.836640°N 73.159114°W | Suffolk | ||
46 | (142nd) One Hundred and Forty-second Artillery / Patchogue Armory | 1961 | Patchogue; 100 Barton Avenue (between Mt Vernon Avenue and Tremont Avenue) 40°47′13″N 73°00′15″W / 40.786875°N 73.004141°W | Suffolk | ||
47 | (140th) One Hundred and Fortieth Transportation Squadron / Riverhead Armory | 1957 | Riverhead; 1405 Old Country Road (between Osborn Avenue and Pulaski Street) 40°55′36″N 72°41′14″W / 40.926566°N 72.687267°W | Suffolk | ||
48 | (142nd) One Hundred Forty-second Aviation / Ronkonkoma Armory | year unknown | Ronkonkoma; 201 Schafer Drive (by Clark Drive) 40°47′16″N 73°06′12″W / 40.787690°N 73.103371°W | Suffolk |
Vanished armory and arsenal buildings | ||||||
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Name of armory | Image | Year built | Location | County | Description | |
1 | Brooklyn City Guard / Adams Street / Gothic Hall Armory | 1830s | Brooklyn; Gothic Alley and Adams Street, Downtown Brooklyn | Kings | ||
2 | (13th) Thirteenth Regiment / Henry Street Armory | 1858 | Brooklyn; Henry Street (at Cranberry Street), Brooklyn Heights | Kings | ||
3 | (2nd) Second Division / North Portland Avenue / State Arsenal | 1858 | Brooklyn; North Portland Avenue (N Portland Avenue) and Auburn Place; (1877–1878 Expansion for (14th) Fourteenth Regiment – renamed to Armory), Fort Greene | Kings | ||
4 | (23rd) Twenty-third Regiment / Fulton Street / Orange Street Armory | 1863 | Brooklyn; Orange Street and Fulton Street (present day Old Fulton Street / Cadman Plaza West), Downtown Brooklyn / Brooklyn Heights | Kings | ||
5 | 47th) Forty-seventh Regiment / Fourth and North Second Streets Armory | 1864 | Brooklyn; Fourth Street (present day Bedford Avenue) and North Second Street (N 2nd St; present day Metropolitan Avenue), North Williamsburg | Kings | ||
6 | (32nd) Thirty-second Battalion & Regiment / Stagg Street Armory | 1868 | Brooklyn; Stagg Street and Bushwick Boulevard, East Williamsburg | Kings | ||
7 | (13th) Thirteenth Regiment / Flatbush Avenue Armory | 1874–1875 | Brooklyn; Flatbush Avenue (at Hanson Place), Fort Greene | Kings | ||
8 | (2nd) Second Battalion Naval Militia / First Avenue Armory | 1902–1903 | Brooklyn; 1st Avenue (between 51st Street and 52nd Street), Sunset Park / Bush Terminal 40°38′59″N 74°01′13″W / 40.649853°N 74.020332°W | Kings | ||
9 | Johnson Street Armory | year unknown | Brooklyn; Johnson Street, Downtown Brooklyn | Kings | ||
10 | Fifth Avenue Arsenal | 1808 | Manhattan; (830) Fifth Avenue (at East 64th Street), Central Park 40°46′03″N 73°58′17″W / 40.767608°N 73.971307°W | New York | ||
11 | State Arsenal | 1808 | Manhattan; Between White Street, Franklin Street, Elm Place (today Lafayette Street), and Center Street, Tribeca 40°43′01″N 74°00′05″W / 40.716853°N 74.001437°W | New York | ||
12 | (7th) Seventh Regiment / Centre Market Armory | 1830s | Manhattan; Grand Street and Centre Street, present day Little Italy / Chinatown neighborhood | New York | ||
13 | (1st) First Division / Downtown Arsenal | 1844 | Manhattan; Between White Street, Franklin Street, Elm Place (today Lafayette Street), and Center Street, Tribeca 40°43′01″N 74°00′05″W / 40.716853°N 74.001437°W | New York | ||
14 | (7th) Seventh Regiment / Third Avenue / Tompkins Market Armory | 1857–60 | Manhattan; Third Avenue (between East 6th and East 7th streets), East Village | New York | ||
15 | (1st) First Division / State Arsenal | 1858 | Manhattan; Seventh Avenue (at West 35th Street), Garment District | New York | ||
16 | (22nd) Twenty-Second Regiment / 14th Street Armory | 1863; 1872–1882 renovation | Manhattan; 125 West 14th Street (between Sixth Avenue and Seventh Avenue), Chelsea 40°44′18″N 73°59′52″W / 40.738209°N 73.997689°W | New York | ||
17 | (12th) Twelfth Regiment / Columbus Avenue Armory | 1886–1887 | Manhattan; Columbus Avenue (between West 61st and West 62nd streets), present day Lincoln Square 40°46′15″N 73°59′03″W / 40.770968°N 73.984284°W | New York | ||
18 | (8th) Eighth Regiment / Park Avenue Armory | 1888–1889 | Manhattan; Park Avenue (between East 94th and East 95th streets), Carnegie Hill 40°47′09″N 73°57′15″W / 40.785960°N 73.954246°W | New York | ||
19 | (22nd) Twenty-Second Regiment / (1st) First Field Artillery / Broadway Armory | 1889–1892 | Manhattan; 1988 Broadway (formerly Western Boulevard; between Broadway, Columbus Avenue, West 67th Street and West 68th Street), present day Lincoln Square 40°46′29″N 73°58′53″W / 40.774800°N 73.981490°W | New York | ||
20 | (9th) Ninth Regiment / West 14th Street Armory | 1894–1896 | Manhattan; 125 West 14th Street (between Sixth Avenue and Seventh Avenue), Chelsea 40°44′18″N 73°59′52″W / 40.738209°N 73.997689°W | New York | ||
21 | (71st) Seventy-first Regiment / Park Avenue Armory | 1894–1902 | Manhattan; Park Avenue (between East 33rd and East 34th streets), Midtown South 40°44′48″N 73°58′52″W / 40.746528°N 73.981178°W | New York | ||
22 | (71st) Seventy-first New York Volunteers / Park Avenue Armory | 1904–1906 | Manhattan; Park Avenue (between East 33rd and East 34th streets), Midtown South 40°44′48″N 73°58′52″W / 40.746528°N 73.981178°W | New York | ||
23 | (42nd) Forty-Second Division / West 14th Street Armory | 1971 | Manhattan; 125 West 14th Street (between Sixth Avenue and Seventh Avenue), Chelsea 40°44′18″N 73°59′52″W / 40.738209°N 73.997689°W | New York | ||
24 | Flushing Guards / (17th) Seventeenth Separate Company / Amity Street Armory | 1884 | Queens; 170 Amity Street (now Roosevelt Avenue, near Main Street), Flushing | Queens | ||
25 | (17th) Seventeenth Infantry Regiment / Viola Armory | 1863 | Viola; address unknown | Rockland | ||
26 | (21st) Twenty-first Infantry Regiment / Main Street-Poughkeepsie Armory (at the Kirchner Building) | 1872 | Poughkeepsie; 278/282 Main Street 41°42′14″N 73°55′40″W / 41.703979°N 73.927761°W | Dutchess |
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