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November 11, 2009
Bad luck for anyone who hoped to visit the new bail bonds office across the street from the House of Detention sometime in the next few weeks: According to a sign on the door, the business is closed until...
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June 26, 2009
Last we heard on the House of Detention issue, Comptroller Thompson had rejected the architectural contract for renovating the jail because it had swelled from $16 million to $31 million; two weeks earlier, the State Supreme Court had ruled...
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April 20, 2009
Fort Greene Association General Meeting FGA's General Meeting is entitled "The BAM Cultural District: Arts and Jobs–Take Advantage of the Opportunity." Learn about the changes and opportunities happening within the BAM Cultural District and other parts of the neighborhood. On...
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March 31, 2009
In early February, Comptroller (and candidate for Mayor) William Thompson rejected the architectural contract for the renovation and expansion of the Brooklyn House of Detention because it had ballooned from an initial $16 million to $31 million; now Thompson has...
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March 20, 2009
The Great Greenpoint Mac-Off Four Greenpoint bars will be participating in the first Great Greenpoint Mac-Off. The bar crawl offers customers the opportunity to experience North Brooklyn’s diverse offerings of macaroni and cheese while benefiting from drink specials from each...
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March 19, 2009
Yesterday's decision in State Supreme Court regarding the future of the Brooklyn House of Detention had something in it for both sides: The city expressed pleasure with the ruling that allows it to resume operating the 759-bed jail as...
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February 6, 2009
Comptroller and Mayoral hopeful Bill Thompson, who's opposed the House of Detention expansion plan from the beginning, found cause to stop it in its tracks yesterday when he rejected an architectural contract that had ballooned from $16 million to $31...
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January 7, 2009
Following a 75-person rally (that included Comptroller Thompson, Senator Adams and Council Member James and Yassky) on the front steps of the State Supreme Court building yesterday morning, Justice Sylvia Hinds-Radix began hearing arguments from the City and from...
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January 5, 2009
Opening Reception for 'Brooklyn Redrawn' Exhibit Brooklyn artists Sarah Bostwick, Rebecca Layton, and Karla Wozniak all use art to interpret Brooklyn's past and present commercial, architectural, and real estate structures. The exhibit is open until April 26. Wednesday, January 7....
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December 30, 2008
The opponents of a City plan to spend $500 million of taxpayer money to expand that Brooklyn House of Detention are planning to start the new year with a bang. The coalition, which includes pols like State Senator Eric...
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December 17, 2008
Ever wonder what the inside of the House of Detention looks like? Well, wonder no more. We've gotten our hands on some beautiful photos of the interior. If you want to see more, you can order a self-published book of...
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November 21, 2008
That whole re-open and remodel the Brooklyn House of Detention thing? Not so much. Turns out the plan costs $430 million, and considering we don't have enough money for, you know, subways and schools, the jail is now looking...
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November 20, 2008
Looks like progress has been made since last we checked in on 240 Atlantic Avenue in February. In September, a stop work order was issued for operating a crane with no permit, but looks like it's since been resolved,...
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November 19, 2008
Now that the city has given Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill and Brooklyn Heights the finger by re-opening and expanding the House of Detention, pols like David Yassky and William Thompson are fighting back with a lawsuit; you can throw your...
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November 17, 2008
Yesterday, the Brooklyn House of Detention in Boerum Hill was once again processing perps, after a five-year hiatus courtesy of the Bloomberg administration, since they no longer needed extra beds for Rikers prisoners. True, crime is up in some...
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October 27, 2008
Who wants to pay top dollar to live near the Brooklyn House of Detention and the perpetual traffic jam approaching the Brooklyn Bridge? Lots of folks, in fact, and this week the NY Times' Habitat column checks in on...
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October 1, 2008
Despite widespread opposition to the proposed $440 million expansion of the Brooklyn House of Detention on Atlantic Avenue, looks like it's imminent. "The Department of Design and Construction inked a $32.5-million deal to hire Manhattan architecture firm Ricci Greene Associates...
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June 27, 2008
"A diverse cast of politicians" gathered yesterday to talk smack about the Department of Corrections' plans to reopen and expand the House of Detention on Atlantic and Smith, says the Observer, including Councilman David Yassky, Comptroller Bill Thompson, State...
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June 24, 2008
Elected officials are starting to make some noise about the city's plan to re-open and expand the House of Detention on Atlantic Avenue, according to the Brooklyn Eagle. On Thursday Councilman David Yassky is going to hold a press...
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June 17, 2008
Dozens of Boerum Hill stores and lampposts have started sporting "Stop the Jail" posters, markers of a new group's efforts to protest the city's plan to reopen and expand the House of Detention on Smith and Atlantic. The group,...
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June 5, 2008
Department of Correction Commissioner Martin Horn explained to us in a lengthy interview (posted in full after the jump) why he's still committed to reopening and doubling the Brooklyn House of Detention in Boerum Hill despite continued pressure from...
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May 14, 2008
Lights, Camera: Yesterday the cast and crew of "Julie & Julia", a flick about Julia Child starring Meryl Streep and directed by Nora Ephron, was rolling tape outside Moutarde, on 5th Avenue and Carroll Street in the Slope. Anyone...
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April 30, 2008
Here's an interesting solution for the House of Detention on Atlantic that doesn't involve supersizing the facility: Comptroller Bill Thompson says the city should sell the property, according to an article in today's Daily News. Thompson wrote a letter...
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April 1, 2008
As Curbed noted yesterday and the Post picked up on today, the city is once again trying to get developers interested in expanding the House of Detention on Atlantic Ave. and adding ground-floor retail to the building. The consortium...
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March 27, 2008
The Post displays some out-in-front reporting this morning with a story on the gentrification of Atlantic Avenue. Evidently, Atlantic has transformed from a strip defined mostly by parking lots a few decades ago to its current incarnation, notable for...
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March 26, 2008
Stagg Street. Photo by lob5110 Reds Produce, 'Working Man's' Tapas in Red Hook [Gothamist] Checking In: The Rialto Flies Its Flag in the Burg [Curbed] House of Detention Relocates to Saratoga Park [Bed Stuy Blog] High Priced Condos at...
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March 20, 2008
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...
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March 11, 2008
This morning the Eagle takes a look at what might have been for the Brooklyn House of Detention and appears to be quite wooed by the plan Hamlin Ventures; Times Equities, and Common Ground Community submitted: "the proposal called...
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February 15, 2008
Yesterday someone with the email handle “Concerned Citizen” sent out a bunch of renderings (more on jump) that purport to be a proposal the city received—and rejected—in response to the RFP RFEI to put housing and retail in the...
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February 13, 2008
The city is once again keen on the notion of adding retail to the ground floor of the Brooklyn House of Detention on Atlantic Avenue. Daily Intelligencer reported yesterday that city commissioners are shopping around a new proposal that...
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February 4, 2008
A reader sent in this great perspective on the construction underway at 240 Atlantic Avenue, catty corner from the House of Detention. While DOB has yet to approve plans for a 5-story, 55-unit building here, it has given the...
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January 18, 2008
Ideas for adding new uses to the Brooklyn House of Detention seem to be going nowhere. After the Observer reported that the city was giving up on its plan to allow for retail and condos jail because of a...
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June 21, 2007
House of Detention Meeting The City's plan to reopen and expand the Brooklyn House of Detention on Atlantic Avenue will be the subject of a community forum today, June 21, at 7:00 p.m. at the Belarusian Church, 401 Atlantic...
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June 20, 2007
Stairway to Brooklyn. Photo by sloanevalle. New Development Coming Near Roebling Oil Field [Gowanus Lounge] House of Detention Expansion Meeting [110 Livingston] F train petition... Did you sign it? [Kensington Blog] SL Green Nabs 16 Court Street [Brooklyn Heights...
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April 20, 2007
Photo by Wendy Hope Brooklyn native Adam Suerte is a painter, an illustrator, a graphic novelist, co-owner of Brooklyn Tattoo (located at 99 Atlantic Avenue), and the artist behind the awesome Brooklyn Bridge ink that we posted a while...
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July 26, 2006
A lot of people, including this guy on Flickr, have been wondering about the future of the full square block in the Wallabout section of Fort Greene that has been lying fallow for some time now. Now we know....
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May 30, 2006
More details are starting to emerge about the multi-phase development project that began with the 14 Townhouses. First, half of the 217 units at the "Schermerhorn House" will provide housing for the formerly homeless and people with special needs...
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May 24, 2006
Stormy Day, Fort Greene. Photo by Angela Coalition Protests Rise in Rents [NY Times] Brooklyn College Art Show Reopening [NY Times] Housing Plan's Poor Job [NY Post] Luxury Buildings Gain from Tax Break [Crain's] Walentas Proposes Detention Knock-Down [Brooklyn...
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March 23, 2006
March 22, 2006 -- If the president of Brooklyn has his way with the Brooklyn House of Detention, there will be apartments built to share the Boerum Hill space with a new, smaller jail. Marty Markowitz wants to raze the...
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March 10, 2006
In a move sure to warm the hearts of those who have already put down a deposit at The Smith, the Correction Department announced plans to convert 24,000 square feet of space at the Brooklyn House of Detention in retail...
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March 9, 2006
The recent news of the reopening of the Brooklyn House of Detention has set many interested buyers on edge. News abounds of some buyers being told otherwise at the 75 Smith condos. Those who own condos at Boulevard East...
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March 3, 2006
While the possibility has been floated a few times over the past year or so, today's NY Times article on the likely reopening of the Brooklyn House of Detention on Atlantic Avenue in downtown Brooklyn takes the situation from...
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February 7, 2006
We got some nasty looks when we snapped this photo of the Sunshine Group's sexy sales headquarters for Leviev Boymelgreen's condo development at 75 Smith. (Did Nick Dine design this too?) You'd think they'd subscribe to the "Any publicity...
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December 19, 2005
December 17, 2005, NY Post--A nearby empty jailhouse isn't deterring buyers from purchasing at The Smith, a new 50-unit condominium at 75 Smith St. in downtown Brooklyn. Despite its locale near Atlantic Avenue's 11-story House of Detention, there are nine...
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November 28, 2005
November 28, 2005, NY Daily News -- A jail located smack in downtown Brooklyn is set to house inmates once again - but now housing and retail may be included on the Atlantic Ave. site. Despite protest from groups who...
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