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Photograph of 68th Police Precinct Station House and Stable
Photograph by Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

68th Police Precinct Station House and Stable

Built in 1892 (Romanesque Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1898.

From the record

“The former 18th Police Precinct Station House and Stable of the Brooklyn Police Department is a historic police station and stable located in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. The two buildings were completed in 1892.”

Wikipedia article Former 18th Police Precinct Station, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 207 National Register listings published here for Kings County · listed in 1982 · category: Building · built in 1892, Romanesque Revival architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 4302 4th Ave., New York, 11232
  • When was it listed? June 1982
  • Category. building
  • Borough. Brooklyn
  • When was it built? 1892
  • Architectural style. Romanesque Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 82003359 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Then and now

1898 to 1986

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering 68th Police Precinct Station House and Stable, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet covering 68th Police Precinct Station House and Stable, surveyed 1898

Fires near this property

1,703 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,703 fires within 5 miles of 68th Police Precinct Station House and Stable between 1992 and 2020, burning about 678 acres in total. 97 started naturally. 140 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1178
Arson/incendiarism140
Natural97
Smoking90
Debris and open burning64
Equipment and vehicle use49
Fireworks46
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Recreation and ceremony13
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2014Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Kings County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of 68th Police Precinct Station House and Stable: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
D Smith Steel/ Brooklyn, N.Y.IronUnknown
N L Industries/ Brooklyn. N.Y.LeadUnknown
Roosevelt Metal/ Brooklyn, N.Y.LeadUnknown

Every working recorded in Kings County

Maps showing this location

16 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Fourth Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church0.2 miles2019
Sunset Park Historic District0.4 miles1988
9th Avenue Station (Dual System BRT)0.8 miles2005
Green-Wood Cemetery0.9 miles1997
Weir Greenhouse0.9 miles1984
U.S. Army Military Ocean Terminal1.0 miles1983

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 82003359 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Kings CountyAll 207 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.