List of armories and arsenals in New York City and surrounding counties


This is a comprehensive list of armories and arsenals in New York City and surrounding counties of New York.
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 ; region or neighborhood ; year built; address; and name of neighborhood where available.

New York City

Bronx (New York County1 and Bronx County)

Brooklyn (Kings County)

Defunct :
  • Brooklyn City Guard / Adams Street / Gothic Hall Armory – Gothic Alley1 and Adams Street, Downtown Brooklyn
  • Thirteenth Regiment / Henry Street Armory – Henry Street, Brooklyn Heights
  • Second Division / North Portland Avenue / State Arsenal 2 – North Portland Avenue and Auburn Place;, Fort Greene
  • Twenty-third Regiment / Fulton Street / Orange Street Armory – Orange Street and Fulton Street, Downtown Brooklyn / Brooklyn Heights
  • Forty-seventh Regiment / Fourth and North Second Streets Armory – Fourth Street and North Second Street, North Williamsburg
  • Thirty-second Battalion & Regiment / Stagg Street Armory – Stagg Street and Bushwick Boulevard, East Williamsburg
  • Thirteenth Regiment / Flatbush Avenue Armory – Flatbush Avenue, Fort Greene
  • Second Battalion Naval Militia / First Avenue Armory – 1st Avenue, Sunset Park / Bush Terminal
  • Johnson Street Armory – Johnson Street, Downtown Brooklyn

Manhattan (New York County)

Defunct :
  • Fifth Avenue Arsenal 1 – Fifth Avenue, Central Park
  • State Arsenal 3 – Between White Street, Franklin Street, Elm Place, and Center Street, Tribeca
  • Seventh Regiment / Centre Market Armory – Grand Street and Centre Street, present day Little Italy / Chinatown neighborhood
  • First Division / Downtown Arsenal 4 – Between White Street, Franklin Street, Elm Place, and Center Street, Tribeca
  • Seventh Regiment / Third Avenue / Tompkins Market Armory – Third Avenue, East Village
  • First Division / State Arsenal – Seventh Avenue, Garment District
  • Twenty-Second Regiment / 14th Street Armory 5 – 125 West 14th Street, Chelsea
  • Twelfth Regiment / Columbus Avenue Armory 6 – Columbus Avenue, present day Lincoln Square
  • Eighth Regiment / Park Avenue Armory 2 – Park Avenue, Carnegie Hill
  • Twenty-Second Regiment / First Field Artillery / Broadway Armory – 1988 Broadway, present day Lincoln Square
  • Ninth Regiment / West 14th Street Armory 5 – 125 West 14th Street, Chelsea
  • Seventy-first Regiment / Park Avenue Armory 7 – Park Avenue, Midtown South
  • Seventy-first New York Volunteers / Park Avenue Armory 7 – Park Avenue, Midtown South
  • Forty-Second Division / West 14th Street Armory 5 – 125 West 14th Street, Chelsea

Queens (Queens County)

Defunct :
  • Flushing Guards / Seventeenth Separate Company / Amity Street Armory – 170 Amity Street 2, Flushing

Staten Island (Richmond County)

  • One Hundred and First Cavalry Squadron / Castleton Corners / Staten Island Armory – 321 Manor Road, Castleton Corners

Westchester County

Mount Vernon
  • Twenty-seventh Infantry Regiment / Mount Vernon Armory – 144 North Fifth Avenue, Downtown Mount Vernon
New Rochelle
  • Thirty First Fleet Division of New York / New Rochelle Armory – 270 Main Street, Homestead Park
Ossining
  • One Hundred and First Signal / Ossining Armory – 101 Route 9A / Albany Post Road
Peekskill
  • One Hundred and Fifty-six Field Artillery Regiment / Peekskill Armory – 955 Washington Street
Valhalla
  • Forty-second Military Police / Valhalla Armory – 2 Dana Road
White Plains
Yonkers
  • Fourth Separate Company / Waverly Street-Yonkers Armory – 92 Waverly Street, Getty Square / Downtown Yonkers
  • Tenth Infantry Regiment / North Broadway-Yonkers Armory – 127 North Broadway, Getty Square / Downtown Yonkers
  • One Hundred and First Signal Battalion / Quincy Place-Yonkers Armory – 2 Quincy Place, Getty Square / Downtown Yonkers

Rockland County

Orangeburg
  • One Hundred and First Signal / Orangeburg Armory – 84 Old Orangeburg Road
Monsey
  • Seventeenth Infantry Regiment / Viola Armory – 198 Viola Road

Dutchess County

Poughkeepsie
Defunct :
  • Twenty-first Infantry Regiment / Main Street-Poughkeepsie Armory – 278/282 Main Street

Orange County

Middletown
  • Twenty-fourth Separate Company / Middletown Armory – 52 Highland Drive
Newburgh

Ulster County

Kingston
  • Twentieth Infantry Battalion / Broadway-Kingston Armory – 467 Broadway
  • On Hundred and Fifty-sixth Field Artillery Regiment / Kiersted Avenue-Kingston Armory – 25 Kiersted Avenue

Long Island

Nassau County

Freeport
Hempstead
  • One Hundred and Second Observation Squadron / Hempstead Armory – 216 Washington Street

Suffolk County

Bay Shore
  • One Hundred and Forty-second Artillery / Bay Shore Armory – 70 Brentwood Road,
Huntington Station
  • Battery C of 1st Missile Battalion / Huntington Station Armory – 100 East 5th Street
Nesconset
  • Five Hundred and Eighty-seventh Transportation Squadron / Nesconset Armory – 148 Smithtown Boulevard
Patchogue
  • One Hundred and Forty-second Artillery / Patchogue Armory – 100 Barton Avenue
Riverhead
  • One Hundred and Fortieth Transportation Squadron / Riverhead Armory – 1405 Old Country Road
Ronkonkoma
  • One Hundred Forty-second Aviation / Ronkonkoma Armory – 201 Schafer Drive

Known rented facilities

Manhattan
  • 1st Regiment – Sixth Avenue near Broadway
  • 5th Regiment – Hester Street
  • 6th Regiment – 14th Street
  • 8th Regiment – Upper floors of a commercial building at 226 West 23rd Street
  • 8th Regiment – Loft in the Old Broadway Stage stables at Ninth Avenue and West 27th Street
  • 8th Regiment – 281 Ninth Avenue
  • 8th Regiment – Private house on Seventh Avenue
  • 8th & 69th Regiment – Broadway above Hester
  • 11th Regiment – Corner of Grand Street and Ludlow Street
  • 11th Regiment – Delancey Street near Bowery Street
  • 12th Regiment – "Natural School" on 4th Street at Broadway
  • 12th Regiment – Broadway at 34th Street
  • 55th Regiment – Second Avenue
  • 69th Regiment – Essex Market
  • 71st Regiment – Brick building on West 32nd Street near Sixth Avenue
  • 71st Regiment – Commercial building on Broadway between West 35th Street and West 36th Street
  • 84th Regiment – Second Avenue
  • 96th Regiment – Bowery Street near East Houston
  • 1st Artillery – Sixth Avenue above 23rd Street
  • 1st Battery – 334–346 West 44th Street, above a saloon
  • 1st & 3rd Cavalry – Bowery Street below Canal Street
  • Lindsey Blues – 81 Broadway
  • Troop A – Dickel's Riding Academy – 136 East 56th Street
  • Washington Grey Troop - Broadway, by 34th Street and Sixth Avenue
Brooklyn
  • 47th Regiment – Fifth Street in Odeon building
Queens
  • 17th Separate Company – Housed temporarily in Peck and Fayerweather Store near Lawrence Street and Northern Boulevard
Yonkers
  • 4th Separate Company – Post Lane near Main Street
Mount Vernon
  • 27th Regiment – The 4th Avenue Hall
Ossining
  • 101st Signal – St. John's Military Academy
  • 101st Signal – Camp Woods Road
Peekskill
  • 156th Field Artillery Regiment – Building on the corner of James Street and Park Street
Poughkeepsie
  • Old carriage factory from
Middletown
  • 24th Separate Company – Unit was housed temporarily in a large local building known as the Casino

Existing and vanished armory and arsenal buildings

The following two tables illustrate the armory and arsenal structures that still exist, and the ones that have vanished.