240 Centre Street

Former New York City Police Headquarters Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
NYC Landmark
looking downtown from Broome Street (2008)
Location:	240 Centre St. Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates:	40°43′12″N 73°59′56″W / 40.72°N 73.99889°W / 40.72; -73.99889Coordinates: 40°43′12″N 73°59′56″W / 40.72°N 73.99889°W / 40.72; -73.99889
Built:	1905-1909
Architect:	Hoppin & Koen
Architectural style:	Beaux Arts Edwardian Baroque Renaissance Revival
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	80002690[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP:	March 28, 1980
Designated NYCL:	September 26, 1978

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.^[2][3][4]

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.^[5] 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,^[2] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Gallery

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  Dome

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  Pediment and columns over entrance

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  Entrance

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  South facade

References

Notes

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ ^{a b} New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. Guide to New York City Landmarks (4th ed.) New York:Wiley, 2009. ISBN 978-0-470-28963-1, p.41
3. ^ White, Norval & Willensky, Elliot (2000). AIA Guide to New York City (4th ed.). New York: Three Rivers Press. ISBN 0812931076. , pp. 84-85
4. ^ Cusack, Andrew. "The Old Police Building"
5. ^ Riis, Jacob A. The Making of an American. 1901.

External links

• Media related to 240 Centre Street at Wikimedia Commons
• The Police Building