240 Centre Street

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.

Former New York City
Police Headquarters Building
looking downtown from Broome Street (2008)
Location240 Centre St.
Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates40°43′12″N 73°59′53″W
Built1905–1909
ArchitectHoppin & Koen
Architectural styleBeaux Arts
Edwardian Baroque
Renaissance Revival
NRHP reference No.80002690[1]
NYCL No.0999
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMarch 28, 1980
Designated NYCLSeptember 26, 1978

History

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.

  • Dome
    Dome
  • Pediment and columns over entrance
    Pediment and columns over entrance
  • Entrance
    Entrance
  • South facade
    South facade

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Cusack, Andrew. "The Old Police Building"
  5. "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
  6. Riis, Jacob A. The Making of an American. 1901.


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