240 Centre Street

Manhattan, United States

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Located in the Little Italy neighborhood of Manhattan, 240 Centre Street is a Beaux-Arts police headquarters and residential complex designed by the architectural firm Hoppin & Koen and completed in 1909. Built to accommodate the New York City Police Department's expansion following the 1898 consolidation of the five boroughs, the building occupies an entire city block and features a limestone and granite exterior with Baroque and Renaissance Revival styling. Its principal facade on Centre Street showcases a central domed portico flanked by two wings, with additional entrances on the north, south, and east sides. The structure comprises five above-ground stories and two basement levels, which originally housed shooting ranges, mechanical rooms, and clerical offices across its lower floors, along with an armory and telegraph center. The NYPD remained headquartered here until 1973. In 1988, the firm Ehrenkranz Group & Eckstut converted the building into the Police Building Apartments, a luxury residential complex of 55 units featuring studios and one- to four-bedroom apartments alongside retail and community space. The building is designated a New York City Landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Architect

Hoppin & Koen Francis L.V. Hoppin

Movement

Beaux-Arts

Built: 1909
Type: prison, police station, residential building
Heritage: New York City Landmark, National Register of Historic Places listed place
Place: Manhattan, United States

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