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The Downtown Alliance works hand-in-hand with the New York City Police Department to ensure that Lower Manhattan remains one of the safest neighborhoods in New York City. Our public safety officers share a facility with units from the NYPD, located at 104 Washington Street between Rector and Carlisle Streets.
Lower Manhattan had been without a police facility for more than a quarter of a century. In 1973, the former First Precinct left its historic home at 100 Old Slip and moved into the Fourth Precinct’s stationhouse on Canal Street. The consolidated two precincts became “the new 1st Precinct.” In 1995 the Downtown Alliance, in concordance with the NYPD, deemed it essential restore a police presence below Chambers Street.
Together we established the NYPD Downtown Center – a 200 person multi-purpose facility designed to improve the coordination of public safety efforts for the Downtown community by bringing public and private security operations together under one roof. The Downtown Alliance and NYPD work together on many public safety issues and community outreach initatives. The facility is wired with state-of-the-art technology to efficiently utilize all available resources and operates 24 hours-a-day/7 days-a-week.
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