75th Police Precinct Station House

75th Police Precinct Station House is a historic police station located in Brooklyn, New York. It was built in 1886 and is a three-story, yellow brick building above a sandstone foundation and watertable in the Romanesque Revival style. It features a round corner tower and Norman-inspired projecting main entrance portico. The stable is a two-story brick building connected to the station house by a one-story brick passage. It ceased use as a police station in 1973 and later used by a local church.[2]

75th Police Precinct Station House
Location484 Liberty Avenue, New Lots, Brooklyn, New York 11207, USA
Coordinates40°40′29″N 73°53′33″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1886 (1886)
ArchitectGruwe, Emile M.
Architectural styleRomanesque
NRHP reference No.07000952 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 10, 2007

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]

  • overview

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "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 Roxanne Lord and Kathy Howe (July 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: 75th Police Precinct Station House" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01. and Accompanying four photographs


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