Organized in 1928, West Hamilton Beach protects a 1.8 mile square area encompassing the West Hamilton Beach, Rockwood & Howard Beach
neighborhoods in the NYC Borough of Queens. As one of the nine remaining volunteer fire departments operating within the confines of New York City, WHBFD is the only department that operates on a parkway covering a stretch of the Belt Parkway from Cross Bay Blvd. extending to the Pennsylvania Avenue exit in the Spring Creek section of Brooklyn. Twenty two active volunteers provide Fire, Rescue & BLS level EMS protection answering an average of 850 alarms annually.