40th Precinct Station House

257 Alexander Avenue | Mott Haven | built 1924

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

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1924
Thomas E. O'Brien's Renaissance-style 40th Precinct station house rises on Alexander Avenue
The 40th Precinct Police Station and its garage were designed by Thomas E. O'Brien and built in 1922-1924 on a prominent corner of Alexander Avenue. In the Italian Renaissance manner, both have rusticated ground floors; the garage has a large arched door. Above, the station's English cross-bond brick is edged with stone quoins, and second-floor windows carry alternating triangular and arched pediments on console brackets.
“The 40th Precinct Police Station, with garage, was designed by Thomas E. O'Brien and was built on this conspicuous corner site in 1922-1924.”
Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
2016
February 3
The city budgets nearly $70 million to move the 40th Precinct out of its 1920s house
In February 2016 CBS New York reported that the city had set aside nearly $70 million to replace the 40th Precinct's station; the precinct was then still housed at 257 Alexander Avenue in a station built in the 1920s. The new 43,500-square-foot station, by Bjarke Ingels Group, was planned for East 149th Street and St. Ann's Avenue as the first NYPD station with a green roof.
Source: cbsnews.com

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