City Opens New 40th Precinct Station House in South Bronx

November 20, 2024

New Station House is NYPD's First With Room Solely Dedicated to Community Events

New York - New York City Mayor Eric Adams, New York City Police Department (NYPD) Interim Commissioner Thomas G. Donlon, and New York City Department of Design and Construction (DDC) Commissioner Thomas Foley today opened the new, $85-million 40th Precinct Station House in the South Bronx. Construction began on the new station house in 2018, and it is the NYPD's first station house to include space specifically dedicated to hosting community events.

"New York City is the safest big city in the country because we know public safety is a partnership between police and communities," said Mayor Adams. "Our new 40th Precinct Station House reflects exactly that - it's our first station house to include dedicated community space. My thanks to the incredible DDC team who designed and built the station, and to the brave men and women of the NYPD who will use this as home base to keep the South Bronx safe."

"Today, we are fulfilling the pledge we made to the people of the South Bronx a decade ago," said NYPD Interim Commissioner Donlon. "Our promise was to build a new, state-of-the-art NYPD facility that would be unlike any other precinct in New York City, and one that truly belongs to this community. This is crucial, as public safety is a shared responsibility that requires every officer and all the people we serve to come together to shape the future of our city. I am delighted that these neighborhoods are finally receiving the station house they need and the access to their police department that they deserve."

"The beautiful new 40th Precinct Station House is a resilient and environmentally-sustainable investment in community safety," said DDC Commissioner Foley. "The design is sophisticated and inviting, and includes a new community room and perimeter fence with great public art. The space includes training and physical fitness areas for officers, plus generators, fuel tanks, and facilities they need to maintain services during an emergency. There's a green roof and high-efficiency building systems that will help meet LEED Gold standards for sustainability. And outside, the DDC teams regraded a large part of the block where a tow pound used to operate, removing old structures while adding trees and more than 1,000 other plantings. DDC builds cool stuff all over the city and we're proud to help NYPD in its critical mission."

The new, 45,260-square-foot station house offers a community room on the first floor for neighborhood events and meetings. It also includes areas for officer training and for physical fitness, plus ample space for storage and maintenance of gear and vehicles. The building includes fuel tanks and backup generators that will enable it to continue to serve the community for several days in case of a blackout or other power loss. Additionally, the site's footprint includes a new parking lot for the precinct, ensuring that street parking is reserved for residents.

The new station house was constructed with sustainability in mind. It is designed to meet the standards for LEED Gold certification for environmental sustainability. The structure includes a planted green roof to beautify the neighborhood and reduce stormwater runoff. The station house will use 33 percent less water than comparable buildings, and high-efficiency fixtures and control systems reduce energy usage by over 10 percent. The station house's cooling systems do not use environmentally-hazardous refrigerants, and the project uses local and recycled materials where possible.

The project includes two art installations - one by Bronx artist Borinquen Gallo that will focus on the perimeter fence and another by Brooklyn artist Jeffrey Gibson in the new community room.

"The opening of the new 40th Precinct Station House is a monumental step forward in strengthening public safety and fostering community engagement here in the South Bronx," said "This state-of-the-art, $85-million facility not only enhances the NYPD's ability to serve and protect our neighborhoods, but it also provides a dedicated space for community events and meetings," said Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson. "The addition of a community room reflects our commitment to creating spaces that will strengthen relationships between our police officers and community members. Thank you to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, NYPD Interim Commissioner Thomas Donlon, and DDC Commissioner Thomas Foley for their work on this important project that I hope will serve as a blueprint for construction on other police precincts in our city."

"The dedicated police officers of the 40th Precinct deserve a modern state of the art facility that will assist them to protect and serve the community effectively and fairly," said Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark. "Having a community room inside for residents to use for meetings and other events brings them into the stationhouse for positive reasons and is a great way to strengthen the relationship between cops and the people they serve. We need to modernize all of our precincts."

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