Saying No to House of D
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 opinion into the ring as well. An online petition has been started here. Update: Gothamist…
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 opinion into the ring as well. An online petition has been started here. Update: Gothamist reports that “there is no timetable” for the reopening and expansion.
“The city could sell this land and build a state of the art facility in a less residential neighborhood.”
– Pay double for the new property, then pay triple for the building costs – because the city usually gets ripped off. And then pay for the extra transportation and guards to ferry inmates to and from the courts. When they could be more easily escorted from the jail. Sounds nifty!
I don’t know about you but I “love” all the inmate buses lined up on Court Street in front of the bagel store in the morning.
BS you are absolutely wrong. The HOD has been there all this time and property values have soared. And not because it was closed — values went up while it was open.
And in what world does selling a building (to be demolished)that would cost nearly a billion to build elsewhere plus higher ongoing transportation costs and, likely personnel (moving them more) costs, be a good deal for anyone??? The only people who are really opposed are developers and those newbies who were ignorant of the area. Ask anyone who has lived in the area for 10-15 years. Yes, the area has improved — but the fact that the HOD was there helped! It made the area less expensive, so land was cheaper, condos coudl be built that were a bargain compared with Manhattan.
I thought you considered all of Brownstone Brooklyn to be your backyard, Brownstoner.
How can it be NIMBY if it’s not in your own backyard? This is quite a ways from Clinton Hill…
Somebody’s feeling a little NIMBY today, huh?
“bad for local property values”
Perspective.
I say yes. It’s a Brooklyn landmark. How dare you? D-Block!!!
Sure. Unless you’re a bail bonds man, this is bad for local business, and it’s bad for local property values. It’s a silly place for a jail and poor allocation of resources. The city could sell this land and build a state of the art facility in a less residential neighborhood.
“Now that the city has given Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill and Brooklyn Heights the finger by re-opening the House of Detention”
Brownstoner could you please explain this comment. The HOD was always located in Downtown Brooklyn and it was always open to processing inmates.
Thank you for your response.
The What
Someday this war is gonna end..