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28th Police Precinct Station House
28th Police Precinct Station House is located in Manhattan
28th Police Precinct Station House
28th Police Precinct Station House is located in New York City
28th Police Precinct Station House
28th Police Precinct Station House is located in New York
28th Police Precinct Station House
28th Police Precinct Station House is located in the United States
28th Police Precinct Station House
Location177 East 104th Street, New York, New York
Coordinates40°47′26″N 73°56′46″W / 40.7905°N 73.9462°W / 40.7905; -73.9462
Area0.12 acres (0.049 ha)
ArchitectNathaniel D. Bush
Architectural styleRundbogenstil, Renaissance Revival, Neo-Grec
NRHP reference No.100010988[1]
NYSRHP No.06101.022033
NYCL No.2034
Significant dates
Added to NRHP2024-11-18
Designated NYSRHP2024-09-12[2]
Designated NYCL1999-02-23

The 28th Police Precinct Station House is a former New York City Police Department (NYPD) police station at 177–179 East 104th Street in the East Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States. Built in 1892-1893, it served the 28th (later 23rd) Precinct of the NYPD until 1974. It was designed by Nathaniel D. Bush in the Rundbogenstil, Renaissance Revival, and Neo-Grec styles as one of ten NYPD station houses he designed in Manhattan. Since 1981 it has been the Hope Community Hall of Hope Community Inc, a non-profit housing organization. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is preserved by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission as an individual city landmark.

Description

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The former 28th Precinct Station House is located at 177–179 East 104th Street in the East Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States.[3][4] It was designed by Nathaniel D. Bush[4] in the Rundbogenstil, Renaissance Revival, and Neo-Grec styles.[5][6] It was one of ten NYPD station houses he designed in Manhattan.[3] The New York Times described the building as "the best one in the city" when built, with a five-story facade and a jail in the rear.[7] The fifth edition of the AIA Guide to New York City called the 28th Precinct police station, along with the neighboring Engine Company 53 Firehouse and the Church of the Living Hope, a "curious trio" of older buildings.[4] Nearby are the Park Avenue Viaduct to the west, Carver Houses to the south, Gaylord White Houses to the east, and St. Cecilia Church and Convent to the north.[6][8]

Facade

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The building has a symmetrical five-story red brick facade with grey granite trim, along with horizontal granite courses at the heights of the lintels and windowsills.[6] There is also an exposed basement, which is set behind an areaway at the base, with a decorative iron fence;[9][10] this area is accessed by a stair that is covered by a steel mesh hatch.[9] The facade is divided vertically into three bays.[6][9] Only the central bay rises the whole five stories, while the outer bays are four stories each.[6]

At basement level, there is an entrance with two windows on either side.[9] The first story of the facade's main (southern) elevation is taller than the others, with a recessed central entrance under a round arch made of granite.[10] The entrance is accessed via a granite stoop and has a double door with transom windows above. Flanking the entrance, at the first story, are segmentally arched windows which are themselves flanked by granite piers.[9][10] The second through fourth floors share a repeating pattern of round-arched windows in the central bay and segmentally-arched windows in the outer bays. These openings contain wooden sash windows. The central bay has a wrought-iron fire escape and a flagpole. Above the fourth and fifth stories are decorative sheet-metal cornices with Doric motifs.[9][10] The fifth story contains three arched windows on each elevation of the central bay.[10]

The rear (north) elevation of the facade rises five stories with an exposed cellar.[10] It has paired wood windows, a courtyard door, and a brick chimney.[11] Dating from the 1890s is a three-story brick jail behind the main building.[7][12] The jail is composed of a cellar and two above-ground levels, all clad in brick and sandstone, with granite courses leading horizontally across the facade. The cellar and first story have arched windows, while the second story has an overpass leading back to the main building; the annex's north elevation has rectangular windows.[12] The main building and annex have similar flat roofs.[10]

Interior

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History

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The 28th Precinct police station on East 104th Street opened on July 1, 1893,[13] serving the portion of East Harlem between 96th and 116th streets.[7] Prior to the police station's opening, the 28th Precinct's territory had been part of the neighboring 27th and 29th precincts.[13] The NYPD hired 46 police officers to staff the new precinct and adjacent ones in Upper Manhattan.[14]

By 1968, the 23rd Precinct Station House had hired community members to deal with non-emergency matters.[15]

The station house was used until 1974.[3][16] Since 1981 it has been the Hope Community Hall of Hope Community Inc, a non-profit housing organization.[5] The Centro Journal, writing in 2025, said that the 28th Precinct House and other designated landmarks in East Harlem "highlight and emphasize the architectural and aesthetic values over the sociohistorical layers present in many of these properties".[17]

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References

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  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. June 24, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. November 7, 2014. Archived from the original on April 4, 2019. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 "28th Police Precinct Station House". HDC. June 21, 2018. Retrieved June 10, 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 White, Norval; Willensky, Elliot; Leadon, Fran (2010). AIA Guide to New York City (5th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. p. 549. ISBN 978-0-19538-386-7.
  5. 1 2 Landmarks Preservation Commission 1999, p. 1.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 National Park Service 2024, p. 3.
  7. 1 2 3 "New Police Precinct". The New York Times. May 6, 1893. p. 6. ISSN 0362-4331. ProQuest 95107218.
  8. ↑ "NYCityMap". NYC.gov. New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Landmarks Preservation Commission 1999, p. 5.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 National Park Service 2024, p. 4.
  11. ↑ National Park Service 2024, pp. 4–5.
  12. 1 2 National Park Service 2024, p. 5.
  13. 1 2 "New Police Station Opened; Capt. Westervelt Takes Charge of the Twenty-eighth Precinct". The New York Times. July 2, 1893. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 10, 2026.
  14. ↑ "Forty-Six New Policemen". New York Herald. April 26, 1893. p. 11. Retrieved June 10, 2026.
  15. ↑ "Harlem Police Precinct Gets Paid Women Helpers". The New York Times. October 29, 1968. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 10, 2026.
  16. ↑ Diamonstein-Spielvogel, Barbaralee (2011). The Landmarks of New York (5th ed.). Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. p. 335. ISBN 978-1-4384-3769-9.
  17. ↑ Santana-Miranda, Andrés (Fall 2025). "El Barrio's Taíno Towers: Placemaking and the Puerto Rican Diaspora's Heritage". Centro Journal. Vol. 37, no. 3. pp. 67–105. ProQuest 3313152174.

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