48th Police Precinct Station

	48th Police Precinct Station
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Location within New York City Location within New York Location within the United States
Location	1925 Bathgate Avenue, Bronx, New York 10457, USA
Coordinates	40°50′50.4″N 73°53′49.4″W / 40.847333°N 73.897056°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1901
Architect	Horgan, Arthur J. & Slattery, Vinc; J.
Architectural style	Italian Renaissance Revival
NRHP reference No.	83001639
Added to NRHP	May 6, 1983

48th Police Precinct Station is a historic police station located at 1925 Bathgate Avenue in the Tremont neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City. 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 was formerly used by the New York City Police Department. Police Lieutenant Charles Becker was arrested there for the murder of gambler Herman Rosenthal in 1912. The building ceased use as a police station in the 1970s.^[2] As of June 2010, it was occupied by Sharon Baptist Headstart.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.^[1]

References

1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
↑ Anne B. Covell (August 1982). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP 48th Police Precinct Station. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved October 24, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)

[nris-1] 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[nrhpdoc-2] Anne B. Covell (August 1982). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP 48th Police Precinct Station. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved October 24, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)

[1]

[2]