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32nd Police Precinct Station

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The 32nd Police Precinct Station is a former New York City Police Department (NYPD) police station at 1850–1854 Amsterdam Avenue, at the intersection with 152nd Street, in the Hamilton Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States. Built in 1871 or 1872, it was designed by Nathaniel D. Bush, the in-house architect for the NYPD. The main building was designed in the French Second Empire style and has four stories and a basement. The 152nd Street and Amsterdam Avenue elevations of the facade are nearly identical, with brick facades, sandstone and granite decorations, central pavilions, and mansard roofs. The interior preserves several original 19th-century elements. The complex also includes a two-story prison (connected to the main building by a one-story wing), as well as an attached garage. The building served the 32nd (later 30th) Precinct of the NYPD from its completion until 1975. The precinct's original building, constructed on land acquired in 1864, was at the same intersection as the current building. The garage was constructed on the site of the original stable in 1926. After the NYPD moved out, the main building was sold to the St. Luke African Methodist Episcopal Church, while the garage was split into separate ownership. The main building is a New York City designated landmark, and the entire complex is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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32nd Police Precinct Station
West 152nd Street, New York Manhattan

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West 152nd Street 500
10031 New York, Manhattan
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William A. Harris Garden

William A. Harris Garden is a .11-acre city-owned community garden in the Sugar Hill section of the Harlem neighborhood in New York City. It is located on the northwest corner of West 153rd Street and St. Nicholas Avenue. For nearly a century after surrounding lots were developed, this property remained untouched because it sat atop the route of the Croton Aqueduct that has provided water to the city since 1838. The aqueduct brought water to Manhattan via the High Bridge, from there flowing through underground channels beneath St. Nicholas Avenue and Amsterdam Avenue on its way to the reservoirs of Central Park and Bryant Park. In 1979, Sugar Hill resident William A. Harris (1921—2011) started a community garden in an empty lot at the corner of St. Nicholas Avenue and West 153rd Street. A native of Bracey, Virginia, Harris relocated to New York after completing his army service during World War II. A 30-year veteran of the New York City Department of Sanitation, where he was a foreman. Harris encouraged local youths to volunteer in cleaning up the undeveloped lot. The William A. Harris Garden is a focal point for a community. As the years passed, Harris planted more and more, and the small corner soon turned into a green patch, eventually blossoming into a thriving community garden overflowing with vegetables and flowers. Currently managed by his daughters, the garden has become a community treasure. Neighbors and community members of all ages chip in to help plant, water, and care for the plants. Although the garden sits atop the city’s water supply, the water used for maintaining the garden comes through natural means by a tank that stores nearly 1,000 gallons collected from the rooftop of the adjacent Kinghaven apartment building. The tank was installed in 2011 by members and volunteers of Green Apple Corps, under the supervision of GROWNYC.