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The old Oak Street station house of the Fourth Police Precinct was among the last structures to be removed when the Lower East Side neighborhood where cats once raided a butcher shop was demolished to make way for the Albert E. Smith housing project. This photo was taken around 1950.

The old Oak Street station house of the Fourth Police Precinct was among the last structures to be removed when the Lower East Side neighborhood where cats once raided a butcher shop was demolished to make way for the Albert E. Smith housing project. This photo was taken around 1950.

Oak Street station house of the 4th Police Precinct around 1950