48th Police Precinct Station
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48th Police Precinct Station is a historic police station
Police station
A police station or station house is a building which serves to accommodate police officers and other members of staff. These buildings often contain offices and accommodation for personnel and vehicles, along with locker rooms, temporary holding cells and interview/interrogation rooms.- Facilities...

 located at The Bronx in New York, New York
New York City
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. It was completed in 1901 and is a freestanding, three story rectangular block, seven bays wide. The facades are composed of yellow brick with stone trim in the Italian Renaissance Revival style.

It ceased use as a police station in the 1970s. As of June 2010, it was occupied by Sharon Baptist Headstart.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1983.
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