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The 24th Battalion was the first battalion in the Harlem Hilton and there stay was rather short as they were disbanded on May 1,1909. On that same date, the 16th Battalion was moved from Ladder 2's quarters on East 50th Street in Midtown Manhattan and placed in service at the Harlem Hilton on West 143rd Street. On October 11th,1962 the aide in the 16 Battalion (FF Lawrence F. Duenas) was awarded the James Gordon Bennett Medal for a rescue of a man and child from the premises 259 W 152nd Street.
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