19th Police Precinct Station House and Stable
43 Herbert Street | East Williamsburg | built 1892
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- 1889
Brooklyn authorizes a new station house for the 19th Precinct at Humboldt and Herbert Streets
The 19th Precinct began as a sub-precinct in 1885 and became a full precinct in May 1888. In 1889 the Brooklyn Board of Estimate approved a purpose-built station house, to stand on the corner of Humboldt and Herbert Streets near Meeker Avenue. It was part of a campaign begun in 1886 by Police Commissioner Thomas Carroll to replace leased and inadequate station houses with city-owned ones.
“…in 1889 the Brooklyn Board of Estimate authorized the construction of a new station house for the 19th Precinct. A site was selected at the corner of Humboldt and Herbert Streets…”
- 1892
Captain Campbell's 19th Precinct force parades to the new station house with a neighborhood celebration
On May 19, 1892, Captain Michael Campbell's officers marched in a ceremonial procession from their old quarters at 437 Graham Avenue to the new station house. The move was marked by a celebration in the neighborhood. The old base had been a three-story building meant as a store and dwelling.
“Captain Michael Campbell's precinct force ceremoniously paraded from the Graham Avenue building to the new station house on May 19, 1892, a move marked with a neighborhood celebration.”
- 1892
George Ingram's Romanesque Revival station house pairs a central tower with a stable and cell wing
George Ingram, an engineer and architect associated with about ten Brooklyn station houses, drew the plans for this one, built in 1891-92. The three-story main block of Philadelphia pressed brick has a tower rising from an arched entrance porch, and a cast-iron railing bearing the date 1891. A one-story passage links it to a two-story wing holding the stable, a cell block and lodging rooms. An ornate cast-iron fence encloses the lot.
- 1898
The station house becomes home to the 62nd Precinct, and later the 87th
When Greater New York was formed in 1898, Brooklyn's 19th Precinct became the 62nd Precinct. The building served as the home of the 87th Precinct from about 1930 to 1970. The Landmarks Preservation Commission noted in 1993 that it was still used by the Police Department, though no longer as a precinct house.
- 1993
The Landmarks Preservation Commission designates the former 19th Precinct station house and stable
The commission designated the complex at 43 Herbert Street, also addressed as 512-518 Humboldt Street, on September 21, 1993. It cited the building as a well-preserved example of the Romanesque Revival police precinct complexes that gave Brooklyn neighborhoods a distinct civic presence. A public hearing in February 1989 drew three speakers in favor.
“September 21, 1993; Designation List 253 ... (Former) 19th Police Precinct Station House and Stable 43 Herbert Street…”
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