Bronx: Kingsbridge Road Armory


Street Address:29 Kingsbridge Road
City:Bronx
County:Bronx
Year Constructed:1912 - 1917
Architect:Pilcher & Tachau
Size:
Square footage:474,540 NSF
Acreage:5.042 Acres
Status:Decommissioned in 1996 / Used by City of New York as a homeless shelter / Vacant since 2006

8th Coastal Artillery District:    1912 - 1914
8th Coast Defense Command (renamed):    1914 - 1921
258th Field Artillery:    1921 - ????
Division Artillery:    1961 - ????

234th Field Artillery:    1961 - ????
Headquarters & Headquarters Company, Co. A, B & C, 42nd Maintenance:    1986 - ????
Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 42nd Division Artillery:    1986 - ????
105th Field Artillery:    1986 - ????

History

The Eighth previously occupied the Manhattan Park Avenue Armory. This is the largest pre-World War II armory in America and occupies almost three city blocks.

Two articles from Scientific Review, February 1916 on the Eighth Coast Defense Command the the armory.

Other armories in Bronx include:

Franklin Avenue Armory (1911-1988)

195th Street Armory (1960s-Current)