Gashouse District, New York
37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the borough of Manhattan. It lies in ZIP code area 10003. It lies near Belmont Island. The Survey maps it on the Brooklyn quadrangle.
Then and now
1889 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 106 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Gashouse District
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 12 of 104 shown
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
St. George's Episcopal ChurchNational Historic Landmark · listed 1976 · 0.2 miles away
Players, TheNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966 · 0.3 miles away
Samuel J. Tilden HouseNational Historic Landmark · listed 1976 · 0.3 miles away
69th Regiment ArmoryNational Historic Landmark · listed 1994 · 0.4 miles away
Union SquareNational Historic Landmark · listed 1997 · 0.5 miles away
Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyNational Historic Landmark · listed 1978 · 0.5 miles away
Hamilton Fish HouseNational Historic Landmark · listed 1972 · 0.5 miles away
New York Life BuildingNational Historic Landmark · listed 1978 · 0.6 miles away
Grace Church and DependenciesNational Historic Landmark · listed 1974 · 0.6 miles away
Flatiron BuildingNational Historic Landmark · listed 1979 · 0.6 miles away
Cooper UnionNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966 · 0.6 miles away
Church of the Ascension (Protestant Episcopal)National Historic Landmark · listed 1987 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 37 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1889 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:62500
- 1891 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:62500
- 1897 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1898 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1947 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Long Island West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1,449 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,449 fires within 5 miles of Gashouse District between 1995 and 2020, burning about 435 acres in total. 93 started naturally. 104 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 943 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 104 |
| Smoking | 95 |
| Natural | 93 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 70 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 48 |
| Debris and open burning | 47 |
| Fireworks | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 9 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.9 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Gashouse District: 8 occurrences, 3 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese, Garnet. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 102nd St & 4th Ave Garnet Deposit | Garnet, Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| 49th St & 1st Ave Beryl Deposit | Beryllium | Occurrence | ||
| 64th St & 10th Ave Stilbite Deposit | Zeolites | Occurrence | ||
| 69th/70th Sts & 2nd Ave Deposit | Iron, Garnet, Titanium | Occurrence | ||
| General Metallic Oxides/Jersey City | Manganese | Unknown | ||
| Manhattan Island Occurrence | Molybdenum | Occurrence | ||
| John S. Lane and Son's Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | 1897 | |
| Wagner & Duff Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | 1890, 1895 | |
| Week's Trap Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | 1898 | |
| 2nd St & 4th Ave Siderite Deposit | Iron | Occurrence |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Cooper Village | 0.2 miles | 37 | |
| Stuyvesant Town | 0.3 miles | 37 | |
| Grammercy Park | 0.3 miles | 37 | |
| Kips Bay | 0.4 miles | 37 | |
| Rose Hill | 0.5 miles | 37 | |
| East Village | 0.5 miles | 37 | |
| Flatiron District | 0.6 miles | 37 | |
| Loisaida | 0.7 miles | 37 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2576255. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.















