Central Park Precinct

1000 5th Avenue | Central Park | built 1871

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

Written with AI from the source each entry cites, then fact-checked.

  1. 1871

    Jacob Wrey Mould designs stables for the park's work horses

    Park architect Jacob Wrey Mould designed this low brick and brownstone building, finished in 1871, as the park's stables. It held 26 horses that pulled carts and wagons for park work, along with repair shops, storage and housing for park keepers, the park's first police.

    Source: Ephemeral New York

  2. 1936

    The police precinct moves from the Arsenal into the old stables

    In 1936 the Central Park precinct moved from the Arsenal into the former stables on the 86th Street Transverse, making it the oldest police station building in the city. The city completed a major rehabilitation in 2013 that restored many of the building's original features.

    Source: centralparknyc.org

  3. 2013

    The city rehabilitates the precinct and restores many original features

    In 2013, the city completes an extensive rehabilitation and modernization of the former stables that house the Central Park Precinct. The project restores many of the building's original features. The building is described as the oldest police station in the city.

    Source: centralparknyc.org

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