Designed in 1900, and built from 1901 to 1902 by the New York architects Arthur J. Horgan and Vincent J. Slattery, the former 50th Precinct Police Station House is prominently sited at the intersection of Kingsbridge Terrace and Summit Place. Its style, scale, materials of construction, direct relation to the street, and ornament contribute to […]
Designated: May 29, 2018 *The first police station built by New York City in the Rockaways, this dignified structure reminiscent of an Italian Renaissance palazzo recalls a crucial period in Far Rockaway’s development, when new civic facilities heralded its emergence as a year-round community and cemented its connection to New York City and its government. *Statement […]
Designated March 8, 1977 The imposing 83rd Precinct Police Station and connecting stable dominates this intersection in Bushwick. A fine Romanesque Revival structure, it was hailed as one of the best-equipped and handsomest police stations in the world. Its most prominent feature is a corner tower with small, brick arches carried on a series of corbels […]
The former 68th Police Precinct Station House and Stable are located within Sunset Park, a planned community developed to accommodate the middle- and lower-class industrial workers who began migrating to the Brooklyn waterfront after the Civil War. Emile M. Gruwe designed the buildings in a Romanesque Revival style. The front elevation of the three-story brick […]
