240 Centre Street
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Former New York City Police Headquarters Building | |
New York City Landmark No. 0999 | |
.jpg) looking downtown from Broome Street (2008) | |
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| Location | 240 Centre St. Manhattan, New York City |
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| Coordinates | 40°43′12″N 73°59′53″W / 40.72000°N 73.99806°W |
| Built | 1905–1909 |
| Architect | Hoppin & Koen |
| Architectural style | Beaux Arts Edwardian Baroque Renaissance Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 80002690[1] |
| NYCL No. | 0999 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | March 28, 1980 |
| Designated NYCL | September 26, 1978 |
240 Centre Street, formerly the New York City Police Headquarters, is a building between Broome and Grand streets in the Little Italy neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States.
History[edit]
It was built in 1905–1909, and was designed by the firm of Hoppin & Koen. 240 Centre housed the headquarters of the New York City Police Department from 1909 to 1973, and was converted into a luxury co-op building in 1988 by the firm of Ehrenkranz Group & Eckstut. It is now known as the Police Building Apartments.[2][3][4][5]
240 Centre Street replaced an older building nearby on Mulberry Street, where Theodore Roosevelt had served as New York City Police Commissioner.[6] Following the 1898 consolidation of the five boroughs into the City of Greater New York, the police department also expanded and needed a new headquarters building.
The Police Building was designated a New York City landmark in 1978,[2] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Gallery[edit]
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Dome -
Pediment and columns over entrance -
Entrance -
South facade
References[edit]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; Dolkart, Andrew S.; Postal, Matthew A. (2009). Postal, Matthew A. (ed.). Guide to New York City Landmarks (4th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-470-28963-1.
- ^ White, Norval & Willensky, Elliot (2000). AIA Guide to New York City (4th ed.). New York: Three Rivers Press. pp. 84–85. ISBN 978-0-8129-3107-5.
- ^ Cusack, Andrew. "The Old Police Building"
- ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on April 4, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2016. Note: This includes Virginia Kurshan; Joan R. Olshansky; Elizabeth Spencer-Ralph (August 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Former Police Headquarters Building" (PDF). Retrieved April 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs
- ^ Riis, Jacob A. The Making of an American. 1901.
External links[edit]
Media related to 240 Centre Street at Wikimedia Commons- The Police Building
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