UAI's Historic Restoration of 87th Precinct in Brooklyn Published in Period Homes Magazine

Historic 43 Herbert Street in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn has existed since 1881 under several guises. Until the 1970s, the red-brick Romanesque Revival structure was used as the station house for the NYPD's 87th precinct, and then until the end of 1999, as a base for police narcotics operations. To the community's dismay, the landmarked George Ingram-designed building was then abandoned, despite remaining under the jurisdiction of Citywide Administrative Services. It gradually fell into disrepair over the next decade, so much so that it became a favorite location for crime dramas.  ( Read more....)