[5] Nicknamed the "Fighting Fourteenth" and the "Red-Legged Devils",[4][6] the 14th Regiment participated in numerous battles during the American Civil War.

The Second Division Armory, now demolished, was located at Auburn Place and North Portland Avenue in what is now Fort Greene.

[10] The purchase was concluded on March 11, 1891, with the Kings County government paying the Nassau Land and Improvement Company a little over $79,000.

[14] When the Commission asked for a third appropriation of $200,000 in 1893, members of the public filed lawsuits, alleging that individual counties might not have the authority to issue bonds to finance the armories' construction.

However, by the end of the year, the Times reported no significant increases in crime around the shelter, and that there had been no incidents involving homeless women and the schoolchildren at nearby PS 107.

[26] The 14th Regiment Armory consists of a two-story administration building with a flat roof, as well as an attached 1.5-story, barrel-vaulted drill shed to its west.

The first story of the central pavilion is faced with bluestone, and contains a large round-arched sally port on the first floor.

A short flight of steps underneath the sally port lead to three recessed wooden doors at the entrance.

Projecting sally port entrances are located on the eastern portions of the drill shed facades and contain rough-faced stone.

The drill shed's western facade consists of two sections: a windowless wall on the first floor, and a slightly set-back vaulted upper portion.

[32] A second set of restrooms, as well as a cue sports room and a bowling alley, were located in the basement under the drill shed.

[32][33] According to the National Register of Historic Places nomination for the Armory, the administration building's distinctive architectural features included an "imposing entrance hall and main corridors with wood floors, wainscotted and plaster walls, beamed ceilings sheathed with pressed metal, and chestnut display cases.

[32] Other architectural features included Corinthian columns supporting the interior; wooden doors and ornamentation;[31] and a Louis Comfort Tiffany stained-glass window in the main staircase, which was relocated to Staten Island in the late 1990s.

[32][33] The space was also used to store balloons for at least one Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade,[33][34] and was used as a filming location for Goodfellas (1990), Donnie Brasco (1997), and Meet Joe Black (1998).

[35] A large part of the armory is also used for a women's homeless shelter,[25] which is operated by CAMBA, a non-profit organization based in Flatbush.

It is dedicated to 360 Fourteenth Regiment soldiers who died in World War I, was donated in 1921 by Gold Star families.

[39] The sculpture is located atop a granite pedestal with an inscription reading: "Dedicated to the Men of the 14th Infantry who were engaged in World War 1917–1918".