9th Precinct, New York City Police Department

It is three-quarters of a square mile in area, and it covers the neighborhoods commonly referred to as the East Village, Alphabet City, Loisaida and NoHo.

When a new police station, designed by the firm of Hoppin & Koen in 1912, was built at 321 East 5th Street, the 15th Precinct's numbers were carved into the sidewalk pediment.

While the station-house was being rebuilt, the 9th Precinct moved to 130 Avenue C and shared the building with PSA 4, a Housing Police unit that serves the area of Manhattan south of 59th Street.

[2] The facade of the precinct's stationhouse at 321 East 5th Street has been used as the setting for several police television series, including Kojak,[3] Cagney and Lacey, NYPD Blue,[4] Castle, and Person of Interest.

The precinct is called the 15th in NYPD Blue because those numbers can still be seen carved into the restored sidewalk pediment.