The History of Policing on Brooklyn’s Coney Island
In April 2018, a well-known and long-established badge collector contacted NYPDHistory and requested that research be conducted regarding several police shields in his collection. After […]
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Brooklyn’s 94th Precinct & Station-house – Helped “Launch” the Civil War! ;)
On January 1, 1898, the City of Brooklyn, along with various other towns and villages and their respective police departments, were consolidated into the City […]
Lineage of the NYPD’s 66th Precinct, Borough Park, Brooklyn
Prior to the redistricting of existing precincts in the vicinity of Borough Park, Brooklyn to form a separate precinct in order to better serve the […]