Old Police Headquarters Building
240 Centre St. (Grand St. & Broome St.), New York, NY 10013
Subway
6 (Spring St.);
6, J, N, Q, R, W, Z (Canal St.)
Built in the Beaux-Arts style between 1905 and 1909, designed by architects Francis Laurens Vinton Hoppin (1867-1941) and Terence A. Koen (1858-1923), the building has an entrance topped by a Corinthian-style colonnade and a dome that dominates it. It was the headquarters of the New York Police Department until 1973. In 1988 it was converted into a luxury apartment building designed by Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn Architects.
References
Bill Harris (Author), Jorg Brockmann (Photographer), Judith Dupre (Foreword).
One Thousand New York Buildings. Black Dog & Leventhal, 2005. p. 120
The Old Police Headquarters (Andrew Cusack)
Useful links
The Police Building (www.eekarchitects.com)
The ‘Secret’ Tunnel Beneath the 1909 Police Headquarters at 240 Centre Street (Bowery Boogie)
THE GUIDE
ITA