48th Police Precinct Station is a historic

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located at 1925 Bathgate Avenue in the Tremont neighborhood of

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. It was completed in 1901 and is a freestanding, three story rectangular block, seven bays wide. The facades are composed of yellow brick with stone trim in the

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style. It was formerly used by the

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, but ceased use as a police station in the 1970s. ''Note:'' This includes an
''Accompanying four photographs''
/ref> As of June 2010, it was occupied by Sharon Baptist Headstart. It was listed on the

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in 1983.

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