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Broadway between Houston Street and Canal Street serves as the boundary between the 1st Precinct (West of Broadway) and the 5th Precinct (East of Broadway) of the New York Police Department. Both precincts hold Community Council meetings with precinct commanders and Build the Block meetings with neighborhood coordination officers assigned to distinct sectors within the precincts.
Community Council Meetings
In the 1940s, local precincts and the communities they serve began collaborating to bring officers together with local residents and business people to work cooperatively on public safety issues using local resources, talents and ideas. This is the foundation of Precinct Community Councils. Today, Community Council meetings with local police commanders act as the precinct community forum on police-related matters and open a two-way communication link between police commanders and officers and community.
Neighborhood Policing
In recent years, Neighborhood Policing has transformed into new patrol paradigm that includes sectors of precincts–dividing precincts into four or five fully-staffed sectors. This model of staffing revolves around Neighborhood Coordination Officers (NCOs), who are assigned to and remain in a sector, or neighborhood, for the duration of their tour. The officers have off-radio time so that they are not exclusively assigned to answering calls for service and can engage with neighborhood residents and businesses.
Below, you can find information about locations of the precincts serving our district, the Commanding Officers and names of community members serving on the Community Councils.
The 1st Precinct serves an area that consists of a square mile on the southernmost tip of Manhattan. The precinct is home to the World Trade Center, SoHo, Tribeca, and Wall Street.
Commanding Officer: Captain Thomas P. Smith
Precinct Location & Community Council Meetings
16 Ericsson Place
New York, NY, 10013
Precinct: (212) 334-0611
Community Affairs: (212) 334-0640
Community Council President Sarah El Batanouny, Vice President Darlene Lutz
1st Precinct Meetings: Community Council meetings typically take place on the last Thursday of each month at 6 p.m. at the precinct.
Get to Know Your 1st Precinct Neighborhood Coordination Officers and sectors here.
The 5th Precinct serves the southeastern edge of Manhattan. The precinct is not only home to Chinatown, but also contains Little Italy, and the Bowery.
Commanding Officer: Deputy Inspector Tao Chen
Precinct Location & Community Council Meetings
19 Elizabeth Street
New York, NY, 10013
Precinct: (212) 334-0711
Community Affairs: (212) 334-0726
Community Council President: Jonathan Chu, Vice President: Keisha Hogans
5th Precinct Meetings: Community Council meetings typically take place on the last Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the precinct. There will be no Precinct Community Council Meetings during July and August.
Get to Know Your 5th precinct Neighborhood Coordination Officers and sectors here.
Build the Block meetings with your neighborhood NCO’s serve to facilitate communications and address issues on block-by-block level.
Search for upcoming meetings in your neighborhood, or sector, and come to your precinct sector’s Build the Block meeting to talk about neighborhood safety and to make sure your concerns are heard and your questions are answered here.
