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Mulberry Street
TherearemanytrendyshopsonMulberryStreet
fromHoustondowntoSpringStreetandthough
Chinatown is overrunning much of Little Italy,
the block between Broome and Canal remains
strictlyItalian.Itisfilledwithrestaurants,coffee
shops with tempting Italian pastries, and stores
selling pasta implements, statues of saints, and
T-shirts saying “Kiss Me, I'm Italian.” The
Feast of San Gennaro
packs the street each
September.
• Mulberry St between Broome & Canal Sts
Il Palazzo, Little Italy
Police Headquarters Building
After the boroughs merged into Greater New York in 1898, the city's police depart-
ment expanded rapidly. This 1905 headquarters near Little Italy was the result - a
monumental,columnedBaroquestructurefitfor“NewYork'sFinest,”withanornate
dome tall enough to be seen from City Hall. The strange shape of the building fits
a wedge-shaped lot. Empty for more than a decade after the department relocated
in 1973, the building has since been converted into luxury cooperatives, the Police
Building Apartments.
• 240 Centre St
• Closed to public
