Forty years after the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man terrorized Manhattan, Ghostbusters are still protecting Gotham.
Comedians Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray star in Ghostbusters, the 1984 silver screen hit about four unlikely heroes who protect New York City from an unforgettable paranormal invasion. did.
This summer’s blockbuster movie was the year’s top box office hit, spawned Ray Parker Jr.’s No. 1 hit “Ghostbusters,” and turned an old New York City fire station into a popular tourist destination.
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“This is the most famous fire department in the world,” FDNY Ladder 8 Firefighter Nicholas Vitucci said in an interview with FOX News Digital.
“We really appreciate our place in pop culture.”
FDNY Ladder Co. 8 played a starring role in the 1984 blockbuster movie as the headquarters for the “Ghostbusters” team. The fire station has since adopted its movie image and is now a popular tourist attraction for New York City movie buffs. (Kelly J. Byrne/Fox News Digital)
The Ladder 8 Fire Station in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood played a leading role as the headquarters for the Ghostbusters team.
The small, one-door Beaux-Arts building is still in use as a fire station. The facility also serves as a famous structure that draws movie buffs and tourists from all over the world every day.
“It’s the most famous fire station in the world.”
“For the past 40 years, fans have traveled to North Moore Street to take photos of company logos painted on buildings and sidewalks,” NYCTourism.com wrote in March, announcing the fourth installment of the comedy film series. It was reported that the “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.”
Vitucci said Ladder 8 adopted the famous Ghostbusters logo as its unit shield, replacing the octopus icon around 2015 or 2016. The eight-legged sea creature was a kind of mascot for Ladder 8.


Tourists take photos of FDNY Ladder Co. 8, famous as the Ghostbusters fire station in New York City. Located at 14 North Moore St. in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood. (Kelly J. Byrne/Fox News Digital)
“Since 2021, I think we’ve really started to embrace the whole ‘Ghostbusters’ image,” the New York Bravest member added.
A pop culture icon, the Ghost appears on Ladder 8 trucks, uniform patches, hangs from the firehouse facade, and is also installed on the sidewalk out front.
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Hundreds of tourists stop and take photos every day. Vitucci said Ladder 8 also serves as the central celebratory location for Tribeca’s Halloween festivities.
“It’s unlike any other place I’ve worked,” Ladder 8 Lt. Leonard “Lenny” Kinnear told the New York City Tourism Board in May.


The 1984 hit comedy Ghostbusters starred (from left) Harold Ramis, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, and Ernie Hudson (back). (Photo courtesy of Columbia Pictures/Getty Images)
“I’ve worked in every borough, and there’s no other fire department that has more interaction with civilians,” Kinnear added.
The Ladder 8 images are part of a larger tradition of promoting unit cohesion among New York City’s vast network of 218 fire departments.
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Most units display unique symbols that proudly connect firefighters to their company’s history, heroes, or local landmarks. Popular culture fame can also play a role.
Engine Company 74 calls itself “The Lost World,” writing on its tracks and patches in a Stone Age font. This is an homage to the second Jurassic Park film series and the location of the fire station near the American Museum of Natural History.


FDNY Engine 74’s “Lost World” fire engine is located near the American Museum of Natural History, which houses a vast collection of dinosaur fossils. (Kelly J. Byrne/Fox News Digital)
Engine 9/Ladder 6’s Dragon Fighters patrol Chinatown. The fire station features a colorful Asian motif of a fire-breathing dragon against a backdrop of crimson garage doors.
Ladder 4/Engine 54 near Broadway is known as the “Pride of Midtown” and features theater-inspired décor. This fire department is known for “never missing a performance.”
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It’s a bittersweet boast about dedication to duty. The Pride of Midtown raced to the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.


Alex Kesaris of Massachusetts showed up shocked to read the marquee outside the FDNY Engine 54/Ladder 4 fire station in midtown Manhattan. It lists the 17 members of the group killed at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. (Kelly J. Byrne/Fox News Digital)
This heroic performance claimed the lives of 17 firefighters from Ladder 4/Engine 54 at the World Trade Center, according to FDNY officials.
Their names are on a theater-style marquee in front of the fire station on busy Eighth Avenue, just steps from Times Square and Broadway theaters.
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When Massachusetts resident Alex Kesaris visited New York City last month for the first time in 20 years, he was stunned by the price the fire department paid on 9/11.


FDNY Engine 9, Ladder 6 in Manhattan’s Chinatown is known as the Dragon Fighters, proclaimed on the firehouse’s colorful door. (Kelly J. Byrne/Fox News Digital)
“Seeing the names up close just transports you to a different place,” he says.
In some cases, a unit’s image is simply a tribute to internal curiosity or idiosyncrasy.
“This is a great source of pride for the fire department, especially the fire department.”
The Engine 40/Ladder 35 Caveman adopted the name as an inside joke to refer to the notoriously cramped firehouse located on the bottom floor of large buildings, one unit member said.


FDNY Ladder 8 operates out of New York City’s “Ghostbusters” fire department. The fire truck also pays tribute to Lt. Vincent Halloran, who was killed at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. (Kelly J. Byrne/Fox News Digital)
“You know, the New York City Fire Department has always had nicknames and nicknames, and that’s just a way for the department to identify itself as a unit,” FDNY Deputy Director of Public Affairs Jim Long told FOX News Digital. Ta.


Comedians Bill Murray (left) and Dan Aykroyd starred in the 1984 hit movie “Ghostbusters.” The FDNY fire station where the movie is set is now a tourist attraction, and the unit has a Ghostbusters feel to it. (Columbia Pictures/Archive Photo/Getty Images, Kelly J. Byrne/Fox News Digital)
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“Some fire departments are leading the charge on that. Some fire departments talk about it more than others. But, you know, this is a big deal for fire departments, more specifically for fire departments. It’s a source of great pride,” Long added.