Similarly, having a fictional precinct for a series set in NYC, allows the writers to use different locations all around the Manhattan Borough. If they used a real precinct, they’d have to stick with actual boundaries. read more
"NYPD Blue" is set (of course) in New York City, New York, U.S.A. The detectives work in the (fictional) 15th precinct, which covers an area larger than your average real NYPD precinct, including parts of Chinatown, Little Italy, the East Village and Alphabet City (for the non-New Yorkers, all these neighborhoods are on the lower east side of Manhattan). read more