52nd Police Precinct Station

52nd Police Precinct Station is a historic police station located in the Norwood section of the Bronx, New York City. It was built 1904–1906 and is a three-story, red brick structure approximately 50 feet by 80 feet in size. It is in the style of a Tuscan villa. It features a 21-foot square clock tower with large polychrome terracotta clock faces on three sides.^[2] Originally known as the 41st precinct, it was redesignated as the 52nd in the 1929 city-wide precinct renumbering.^[2][3]

Location3016 Webster Avenue, Bronx, New York 10467, USA

Coordinates40°52′9″N 73°52′47″W

Arealess than one acre

Built1904 (1904)

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52nd Police Precinct Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New York City Landmark
Interactive map of 52nd Police Precinct Station
Location	3016 Webster Avenue, Bronx, New York 10467, USA
Coordinates	40°52′9″N 73°52′47″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1904 (1904)
Architect	Stoughton & Stoughton
Architectural style	Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Tuscan Villa
NRHP reference No.	82001091[1]
NYCL No.	0771
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 29, 1982
Designated NYCL	June 18, 1974

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The station was built in response to an increasing need for police protection after the area was annexed to New York City in 1898 and the population began to increase.^[4]

In 1921, the NYPD estimated the value of the building to be $125,000 (equivalent to $1,700,000 in 2024), and the 90-by-170-foot (27 m × 52 m) lot to be $15,000 (equivalent to $210,000 in 2024).^[5]

It was designated a New York City Landmark in 1974 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.^[1] The architects were Stoughton & Stoughton of Mount Vernon, New York.