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Former New York City
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looking downtown from Broome Street (2008)
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| Location: | 240 Centre St. Manhattan, New York City |
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| Built: | 1905-1909 |
| Architect: | Hoppin & Koen |
| Architectural style: | Beaux Arts Edwardian Baroque Renaissance Revival |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 80002690[1] |
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| 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.