Engine Company No. 52 station house, May 5, 1937. This Victorian firehouse for Engine Company 52 was built in 1884 when the Bronx was largely rural. By 1937, when Berenice Abbott took this photo, the area had been redeveloped as the private residential community of Fieldston and the Henry Hudson Parkway was under construction, replacing this section of Riverdale Avenue. This firehouse was replaced by the brick structure with a tower that still houses Engine Company 52. Today, the station holds the distinction of being the first to house two FDNY companies with the same designated number: Engine and Ladder No. 52.