{"nrhp_refnum":"82003359","name":"68th Police Precinct Station House and Stable","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4302 4th Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Brooklyn","state":"NY","lat":40.65041533500005,"lon":-74.00889649899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-06-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick police station house and an attached stable at 4302 Fourth Avenue, at the corner of 43rd Street in the Sunset Park section of Brooklyn, built in 1886.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the buildings are a significant example of Brooklyn police station design in the Romanesque Revival style, expressing the strength and authority of the local police force. They are one of the few surviving Romanesque Revival station houses in Brooklyn and one of the few known works of architect Emile M. Gruwe. The station also served as a civic focal point in the growing Sunset Park community.","narrative":"Built in 1886 at Fourth Avenue and 43rd Street in Brooklyn's Sunset Park, this police station house and its connected stable were designed by New York architect Emile M. Gruwe. The three-story brick station is dominated by a projecting corner tower, a Norman-inspired entrance portico, carved limestone and brownstone details, wrought-iron beam anchors and a corbelled cornice with bartizans. The stable has a hay loft level, round-arched openings and a crenellated cornice. The buildings combine Venetian and Norman Romanesque elements into a balanced Romanesque Revival composition meant to convey the authority of the police. The station housed the Eighteenth Precinct, later renumbered the 68th, until 1970, serving as a civic focal point for a growing neighborhood. Few Romanesque Revival station houses in Brooklyn survive, and Gruwe's nearly identical 75th Precinct station was later altered. The complex has been vacant since 1970 and was damaged by fire in 1980, though both buildings remain sound.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Emile M. Gruwe","architectural_style":"Romanesque Revival (with Venetian and Norman Romanesque elements)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Continuously occupied from 1886 until 1970, then vacant, with active interest in reuse. A fire damaged the station house interior in 1980, but both buildings remain sound.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.287462-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/82003359.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003359/e65ba98534-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003359/e65ba98534-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Beyond My Ken","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Former_18th_Precinct_Station_House_and_Stable_4302_4th_Avenue_Sunset_Park_1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyond My Ken</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Former_18th_Precinct_Station_House_and_Stable_4302_4th_Avenue_Sunset_Park_1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318301","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Former_18th_Police_Precinct_Station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4642361"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/brooklyn/68th-police-precinct-station-house-and-stable-82003359/"}