48th Police Precinct Station
Appearance
48th Police Precinct Station | |
Location | 1925 Bathgate Avenue, Bronx, New York 10457, USA |
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Coordinates | 40°50′50.4″N 73°53′49.4″W / 40.847333°N 73.897056°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1901 |
Architect | Horgan, Arthur J. & Slattery, Vinc; J. |
Architectural style | Italian Renaissance Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 83001639[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 6, 1983 |
48th Police Precinct Station is a historic police station located at 1925 Bathgate Avenue in the Tremont neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City. It was completed in 1901 and is a freestanding, three story rectangular block, seven bays wide. The facades are composed of yellow brick with stone trim in the Italian Renaissance Revival style. It was the scene of the arrest of Police Lieutenant Charles Becker for the murder of gambler Herman Rosenthal at 8:30 PM on the evening of July 29, 1912.
It was formerly used by the New York City Police Department, but ceased use as a police station in the 1970s.[2] As of June 2010, it was occupied by Sharon Baptist Headstart.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2016-08-01. Note: This includes Anne B. Covell (August 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: 48th Police Precinct Station" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01. and Accompanying four photographs
Categories:
- History of the Bronx
- Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York City
- Government buildings in the Bronx
- Government buildings completed in 1901
- Renaissance Revival architecture in New York City
- Italian Renaissance Revival architecture in the United States
- Police stations on the National Register of Historic Places
- National Register of Historic Places in the Bronx
- New York City Police Department buildings
- Bronx building and structure stubs
- New York City Registered Historic Place stubs