A group of Boerum Hill residents is not at all pleased that the city is ignoring the one plan put forth to transform the House of Detention on Atlantic. The coalition is composed of local “stakeholders” including the Atlantic Avenue Betterment Association and the Boerum Hill Association, and has this to say:

Although the Stakeholders are not endorsing the Atlantic Gateway proposal, they feel strongly that it incorporates intelligent solutions across multiple dimensions: service to the judicial process, affordable housing, and Atlantic Avenue retail; and it addresses longstanding quality of life issues for neighborhood residents. What the plan does not propose is adding on to an already outsized jail facility standing at the gateway to Brooklyn in sharp contrast to the renaissance of the surrounding area since the jail closed its doors in 2003.

They’ve launched a website with a goal of “building consensus to stop the [jail's] expansion.”
Brooklyn HOD Community Stakeholders Group
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