UNKNOWN INDUSTRIAL FALLOUT SHELTERS OF NYC-LONG ISLAND No.1 (Suffolk County. New York Telephone Toll Bldg.)

 CIVIL DEFENSE AND FORGOTTEN NATIONAL DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS

NEW YORK TELEPHONE Co. TOLL Bldg. 1964

Bohemia-Ronkonkoma N.Y. Cap.150 PF-100

NY Telephone, & The Federal Aviation Admin.

Controls Communications Of Eastern Seaboard Aviation & Aircraft To Ground Communications

Part Of Vital Warning System NAWAS

And Post Attack Communication Relay

Building & Microwave Tower In Good Cond.

Still A Vital Communication Hub 

THE OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE WAS INTERESTED IN SAVING LIVES BUT THE OTHER IMPORTANT MISSION WAS SAVING THE NECCESARY INFRASTRUCTURE TO SURVIVE POST ATTACK, THE DEPARTEMENT OF DEFENSE AND OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE BEGAN TO PUSH FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION TO HAVE RADIATION PROOF SHELTERS AND ENSURING NEW CONSTRUCTION WAS DESIGNED TO WITHSTAND A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF BLAST FORCE BY INCORPORATING CERTAIN MATERIALS AND DESIGNS. THESE BUILDINGS WERE RECOGNIZED AND AWARDED FOR BEST DESIGN SOME OF A HANDFUL WERE HERE IN NYC-LONG ISLAND HERE IS ONE SUCH BUILDING

LBJ and Robert McNamara Advocating a Continental Arms Buildup And Civil Defense Classic!

The New Haven Library Is 'YALE UNIVERSITY"

This Building Looks The Same In THis Architectual Drawing 40 Years Later
 



GROWING UP IN RONKONKOMA , SUFFOLK COUNTY, I WORKED SUMMERS CUTTING LAWNS FOR A LANDSCAPE COMPANY AND THIS BUILDING WAS ON OUR ROUTE, VERY NEAT BUILT LIKE A BRICK BUNKER WITH LOTS OF VENTILATION I NEVER HAD A CLUE HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS TO POST ATTACK RECOVERY IN THE EVENT OF NUCLEAR WAR, ITS LISTED AS A TOLL BUILDING (I GUESS THATS WHAT ITS PROPER NAME) AND IT WAS LOCATED A BLOCK FROM THE ENTRANCE TO LONG ISLAND MACARTHUR AIRPORT AND WAS NOT LOCATED IN BOHEMIA IT WAS RONKONKOMA, AND WAS A TELEPHONE (BELL) BUILDING. THE BUILDING TO THIS DAY LOOKS THE SAME AND I WILL ADD PHOTOGRAPHS AND ANY INFORMATION I CAN FIND.



BEFORE COMPUTERS AND FAXES TELEPHONE CIRCUITS AND TELETYPES WERE THE WAY EMERGENCY NEWS WAS SENT TO WARNING STATIONS AND WARNING POINTS BELL TELEPHONES REASON IN HARDENING THIS STRUCTURE WAS SO THE MOST IMPORTANT INFORMATION WOULD BE SHARED AND REACH WARNING STATIONS LIKE COUNTY EOCs THIS TELEPHONE EXCHANGE WAS A VERY UP TO DATE SYSTEM BACK IN THE 60s AND 70s ALWAYS BEING UPDATED TO CARRY INFORMATION IN EMERGENCYS, THE AIRPORTS FAA AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL INFO WAS SENT THROUGH THIS POINT AND LONG ISLAND MACARTHUR AIRPORT WAS A STAGING AREA FOR EMERGENCIES AND A DISPERSAL BASE FOR USAF TANKERS AND BOMBERS TO GO TO IN THE EVENT THE DEFENSE CONDITION WAS UPGRADED , THE FALLOUT SHELTER BUILT INTO THE TELEPHONE BLDG WAS TO KEEP IMPORTANT TECHNICIANS AT THE BUILDING SAFE TO RIDE OUT A NUCLEAR EXCHANGE AND GET THE COMMUNICATION LINK OPEN AFTER A NUCLEAR ATTACK.

 

FACILITY NUMBER TWO NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT  69th PRECINCT HOUSE BROOKLYN, NEW YORK (KINGS COUNTY)

 LOCATION ROCKAWAY AND FOSTER AVE ,CARNARSIE BKLYN

SHELTER CAP 150 PF- 100+ SHELTER AREA 1500sq feet

COMMUNICATION LINK IN CIVIL EMERGENCIES 

THREE 500 GALLON FRESH WATER TANKS FOR SHELTER

OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE RATIONS AND RADIOLOGICAL GEAR  TO MONITOR AND REPORT FALLOUT CONDITIONS POST ATTACK AND TO KEEP ORDER AND TREAT WOUNDED PER NYPD NUCLEAR ATTACK PLAN NYC POLICE STATIONS ARE EMERGENCY COMMAND CENTERS FOR NYPD,OEM,FDNY,ETC........STATIONS ARE ALWAYS THICK WALLED AND HEAVY CONSTRUCTION OFFERING EXCELLENT PROTECTION
Note** 69th PRECINCT LACKS FALLOUT SHELTER SIGN

THIS IS THE CITY OF NEW YORK'S 69th PRECINCT HOUSE SHOWN WITH CURBSIDE PARKING VERY LITTLE ACTION GOING ON

THE PRECINCT HOUSE 40 PLUS YEARS AFTER ITS NEW DESIGN WITH FALLOUT SHELTER INCLUDED THIS BUILDING HAS NEVER BEEN CLOSED SINCE ITS NEW DESIGN AND THATS ALOT OF WEAR AND TEAR NO TREES AND LAWN AND FORGET STREET PARKING