Directed by Don Weis. The painted advertisement lives on in New York! The fictional 87th Precinct actually became a television series in 1961, but lasted only one season. Chief Johnston began his police career 39 years ago as a patrol officer in Brooklyn's 87th Precinct. It ran just one season: 1960--1961. The gunman gets away and the survivors are unable to provide a decent description. McBain's 87th Precinct works have been adapted, sometimes loosely, into movies and television on several occasions. On interrogation, Brovane names three accomplices. Before being named chief of the department in 1984, he … 87th Precinct novels by Ed McBain (Steve Carella, Meyer Meyer, Arthur Brown, Eileen Burke, Cotton Hawes, Bert Kling and others); though the city is fictional, McBain's world is all but in name that of Manhattan's finest [citation needed] Notable precinct number changes over the years have included the elimination of the 74th Precinct in Brooklyn, which covered only Prospect Park and … Opening and closing titles for 87th Precinct starring Robert Lansing and Norman Fell. In 1960, a movie based on a later McBain novel was released. old 83th Precinct Station House currently restored and used as NYPD facility; old 85th Precinct Station House as the 50th Precinct in 1922 171 Bushwick Ave. at Stagg St. - precinct abolished in 1954 NYPL Eugene L. Armbruster collection; old 87th Precinct Station House (abolished 1970's, was used as NYPD facility until recently) Detective novels, like any literary genre, reflect their times. With Robert Lansing, Ron Harper, Norman Fell, Peter Falk. The fourteenth entry in Ed McBain's 87th Precinct series hits close to home for the detectives of the precinct. Indian Summer has rolled around again in Isola, and on a late afternoon a gunman callously murders four people in a bookstore. However, the detectives can not find any information on any of the three accomplices. Theme by Morton Stevens. Patrolman Nicholas C. Moreno of the 87th Precinct met death on the night of May 23 when he interrupted a hold-up at a gasoline service station at 392 Leonard Street, near Richardson Street, Brooklyn. Writing as Ed McBain, the author Evan Hunter produced 55 police procedural stories in the 87th Precinct series. The series was based on Ed McBain’s “87th Precinct” novels, the first of which was published in 1956. 87th Precinct aired on NBC during the 1961-1962 season on Mondays from 9-10PM opposite Surfside Six on ABC and The Danny Thomas Show plus The Andy Griffith Show on CBS. 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