Coney Island Fire Station Pumping Station is a historic

pumping station Pumping stations, also called pumphouses in situations such as drilled wells and drinking water, are facilities containing pumps and equipment for pumping fluids from one place to another. They are used for a variety of infrastructure system ...

located in

Brooklyn Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...

, New York, New York. It was built in 1938 in the Moderne style. It is a one-story, elliptical shaped building faced in

limestone Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...

. It sits on a granite base and has projecting porticos and metal doorways. ''See also:'' It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 1981.

References

Coney Island Government buildings in Brooklyn Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York City Industrial buildings and structures in Brooklyn Infrastructure completed in 1938 Moderne architecture in New York City National Register of Historic Places in Brooklyn Water infrastructure of New York City Water supply pumping stations on the National Register of Historic Places {{Brooklyn-struct-stub