‘Ghostbusters’ firehouse a tourist hot spot as New York’s Bravest fan flames of Hollywood history

“Ghostbusters” nonetheless guard the streets of Gotham, 40 years after the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man menaced Manhattan. 

Comedians Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray starred within the 1984 silver-screen smash hit “Ghostbusters” about a foursome of unlikely heroes who stored New York City protected from a haunting invasion of paranormal phenomena. 

The summer season blockbuster was the top-grossing film of the yr, spawned a No. 1 hit tune, “Ghostbusters” by Ray Parker Jr. and turned an outdated New York City firehouse into a standard tourist vacation spot. 

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“It’s the most famous firehouse in the world,” mentioned FDNY Ladder 8 firefighter Nicholas Vitucci in an interview with Fox News Digital.

“We really appreciate our place in pop culture.”

The Ladder 8 firehouse in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood performed a main function as the headquarters of the “Ghostbusters” crew. 

The small, one-door beaux-art constructing continues to be a working firehouse. It doubles as a movie star construction attracting a day by day stream of movie buffs and vacationers from around the globe. 

“It’s the most famous firehouse in the world.” 

“For the past 40 years, fans have been making the trek to North Moore Street, snapping photos of the building and the company’s logo painted on the sidewalk,” NYCTourism.com reported in March, as the film comedy franchise welcomed its fourth installment, “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.”

Ladder 8 adopted the well-known “Ghostbusters” emblem as its unit defend round 2015 or 2016, changing an octopus icon, mentioned Vitucci. The 8-legged sea creature was a type of mascot for Ladder 8.

“I’d say since 2021 we actually began to embrace the entire ‘Ghostbusters’ picture,” added the member of New York’s Bravest.

The pop-culture icon ghost seems on the Ladder 8 truck, uniform patches and hangs from the firehouse facade — along with the sidewalk out entrance.

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Tourists by the a whole bunch cease and snap photos every day. Ladder 8 has additionally grow to be a central celebration level for Halloween festivities in Tribeca, mentioned Vitucci. 

“It’s not like any other place I’ve worked,” Ladder 8 Lt. Leonard “Lenny” Kinnear advised NYC Tourism in May.

“I’ve worked in every borough. No other firehouse has as much civilian interaction,” Kinnear added.

The Ladder 8 imagery is an element of a bigger custom that promotes unit cohesion amongst New York City’s sprawling community of 218 firehouses.

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Most items show distinctive symbols that proudly join firefighters to their firm history, heroes or native landmarks. Pop-culture fame may also play a function.

Engine Company 74 calls itself “The Lost World” with the phrases in stone-age font on its truck and patches. It’s a tribute to the second entry within the “Jurassic Park” film sequence and the firehouse location close to the American Museum of Natural History.

The Dragon Fighters of Engine 9/Ladder 6 patrol Chinatown. The firehouse is emblazoned with a colourful Asian motif of a fire-breathing dragon towards a deep purple storage door.

Ladder 4/Engine 54 close to Broadway is thought as the “Pride of Midtown” and decked out with theater motifs. The firehouse famously “Never Missed a Performance.” 

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It’s a bittersweet boast of dedication to obligation. The Pride of Midtown raced to the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. 

The heroic efficiency price the lives of 17 firefighters of Ladder 4/Engine 54 on the World Trade Center, in line with FDNY officers.

Their names are listed on a theatrical-style marquee in entrance of the firehouse on busy Eighth Avenue, steps from Times Square and Broadway theaters.

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Alex Kesaris, a resident of Massachusetts, was surprised final month upon seeing the worth the firehouse paid on 9/11 throughout his first go to to New York City in 20 years. 

“It simply places you in a totally different place seeing the names up shut,” he mentioned. 

In some instances, the unit picture is just a tribute to a native in-house curiosity or idiosyncrasy. 

“It’s a nice supply of satisfaction for the division and, extra particularly, for these firehouses.” 

The Cavemen of Engine 40/Ladder 35 adopted the title as an inside-joke reference to their famously cramped firehouse on the backside of a massive constructing, one of the unit members mentioned. 

“You know, New York City firehouses have all the time had monikers or nicknames and it’s simply how they sort of determine themselves as a unit,” Jim Long, FDNY deputy commissioner of public info, advised Fox News Digital.

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“Some firehouses lead with it. Some speak about it greater than others. But, you realize, it is a nice supply of satisfaction for the division and, extra particularly, for these firehouses,” Long added.