Brooklyn unveils statue of Justice Ginsburg at Downtown development
Famed Supreme Court judge grew up in Midwood, graduated from Madison HS
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn (D-Flatbush-East Flatbush-Midwood) unveiled a long-awaited statue of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at Downtown Brooklyn’s City Point development on Friday, March 12.
Ginsburg was born in Midwood in 1933 and graduated from James Madison High School in 1950. She later went to Cornell University, Harvard Law School and Columbia Law School, and founded the Women’s Rights Project at the American Civil Liberties Union. She died this past September after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.
The statue is the first statue of Ginsburg to be unveiled nationwide, according a spokesperson for City Point. It was created by artists Gillie and Marc (Schattner), an Australian collaborative artist couple.