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In 1886 Police Commissioner Thomas Carroll led a campaign to properly house the rapidly expanding police force. These buildings are some the landmarks that came out of that campaign.
Landmarks Preservation Commission: Designed by architect Stoughton & Stoughton in the Italian Renaissance style, the 52nd Police Precinct Station was built in 1904 and designated a NYC landmark in 1974.
480 Knickerbocker Ave (at Bleecker St.), Brooklyn, NY
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Landmarks Preservation Commission: Designed by architect William B. Tubby, this polychromatic Romanesque Revival style station and stable were built in 1894, and designated a NYC landmark in 1977.
Landmarks Preservation Commission: Designed by architects Hunt & Hunt, the First Precinct Police Station is reportedly the first modern police building built in NYC. Built in 1909, the station was designated a NYC Landmark in 1977.
34 1/2 E 12th St (Between University Pl. and Broadway), New York, NY
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Landmarks Preservation Commission: The Police Athletic League Building was formerly a grammar school before it was converted in 1958. Designed by architect Thomas R. Jackson in 1855, it was designated a NYC landmark in 1855.
153 E 67th St (btwn Lexington & 3rd Ave.), New York, NY
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Landmarks Preservation Commission: The 19th Police Precinct Station House was designed by Nathaniel D. Bush in 1886. It was designated a NYC landmark in 1999.
Landmarks Preservation Commission: Designed in the Neo-Renaissance style in 1920 by architect James Whitford, the so called, “dean of Staten Island architects,” this precinct was designated a landmark in 2000.