NEW YORK (AP) - Five New York City firehouses have received landmark status.
The city's Landmarks Preservation Commission says the firehouses have "distinctive" architecture. They've been in continuous use for more than a century.
They're in Sunset Park and Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn; Bathgate and Longwood, in the Bronx; and Rockaway Park, Queens.
New York City now has 37 landmarked firehouses. All but five are still operating.
Online: www.nyc.gov/landmarks
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