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What is now the 7th New York Militia Regiment (nicknamed the "Silk Stocking Regiment" because of its members' affluence [10] [129]) was established in 1806 [130] [131] as the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th companies. [132] The battalion was renamed several times before becoming the 7th Regiment of Infantry, New York State Militia, in 1847.
(7th) Seventh Regiment / Fifth Avenue / Central Park Arsenal (1848) 1 – (830) Fifth Avenue (at East 64th Street), Central Park [14] (7th) Seventh Regiment / Park Avenue / Lenox Hill Armory (1877–1879; 1909–1914 renovations) – 643 Park Avenue (between 66th Street and 67th Street), Lenox Hill [ 15 ]
In 2018, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio proposed adding drop-off and pickup stands for Central Park's horse-drawn carriages at Grand Army Plaza, replacing an existing stand on Central Park South and 59th Street. [46] [200] Stands were added at two other locations, [46] and carriages began using the new stands in 2019.
The building currently houses the offices of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, City Parks Foundation, Historic House Trust, and the nearby Central Park Zoo as well as an art gallery known as the Arsenal Gallery, but it has also served as a zoo, a police precinct and a weather bureau and housed the American Museum of Natural ...
The First Battery Armory is at 56 West 66th Street, in the Lincoln Square neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. [2] [3] The building occupies the southern sidewalk of 66th Street between Central Park West to the east and Columbus Avenue to the west. [4]
List of units stationed at the Squadron A Armory [5] Unit(s) stationed Years Troop A 1889–1894 Squadron A (Troops 1 and 2) 1895 Squadron A (Troops 1, 2, and 3) 1896-1897 Troop A, New York Volunteer Cavalry Spanish American War Squadron A (Troops 1, 2, and 3) 1899–1906 Squadron A (Troops 1, 2, 3, and 4) 1907–1910 1st Cavalry (1st Squadron ...
The 69th Regiment Armory (also known as the 165th Infantry Armory and the Lexington Avenue Armory) is a historic armory for the U.S. Army National Guard at 68 Lexington Avenue, between East 25th and 26th Streets, in the Rose Hill neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, United States.
The structure was originally built for the 23rd Regiment of the New York State Militia. Since the 1980s, it has been in use as a men's homeless shelter, though in the 2010s, there were plans to redevelop the armory. The building was designated a New York City landmark in 1977, [2] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in ...