Built 1905-1909 Designated NYCL September 26, 1978 Area 3,642 m² | NRHP Reference # 80002690 Opened 1905 Added to NRHP 28 March 1980 | |
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Location 240 Centre St.
Manhattan, New York City Architectural styles Beaux-Arts architecture, Baroque architecture, Renaissance Revival architecture Similar The Police Building, 1 Police Plaza, Petrosino Square, New York City Police Museum, Little Italy | ||
The police building 240 centre street new york ny
240 Centre Street, formerly the New York City Police Headquarters building, between Broome and Grand Streets in the Nolita neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, was built in 1905-1909, and was designed by the firm of Hoppin & Koen. It housed the headquarters of the New York City Police Department from 1909 to 1973, and was converted into luxury condominiums in 1988 by the firm of Ehrenkranz Group & Eckstut. It is now known as the Police Building Apartments.
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The building at 240 Centre Street replaced an older building nearby on Mulberry Street, where Theodore Roosevelt had served as New York City Police Commissioner. Following the consolidation of the cities of New York (Manhattan) and Brooklyn, the counties of Queens and Richmond (Staten Island), and a part of Westchester County which was appended to The Bronx, into the city of "Greater New York" in 1898, the police department underwent expansion and needed a new headquarters building.
The Police Building was designated a New York City landmark in 1978, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.