What is the name of the precinct housing the SVU squad?

The precinct housing the SVU squad is the fictional NYPD 16th Precinct.

In Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, the Manhattan Special Victims Unit operates from the 16th Precinct. The precinct is the show's central workplace, where detectives receive cases, question suspects, coordinate with prosecutors, and interact with supervisors such as Captain Donald Cragen and later Olivia Benson.

The 16th Precinct is a fictional television setting rather than a direct depiction of a current NYPD precinct with the same role. The series uses it as a flexible home base for stories involving rape, child sexual abuse, human trafficking, domestic violence, and other cases requiring specialized handling. The show's opening narration describes the detectives as members of an elite squad investigating sexually based offenses.

A common mix-up is confusing the precinct number with the unit itself. The SVU is the specialized squad; the 16th Precinct is the larger NYPD command in which the fictional squad is based. Early seasons concentrated mainly on police investigations, while later seasons added more courtroom material.