Brooklyn jail construction is making life a sleepless hell, officials say
May 1, 2025
The 1,040-bed facility is under construction at 275 Atlantic Avenue, the site of the former Brooklyn Detention Center.
The 1,040-bed facility is under construction at 275 Atlantic Avenue, the site of the former Brooklyn Detention Center.
Advocates for closing Rikers and opening smaller borough-based jails are beginning to fret over the push to roll back some of the provisions of the
After demolition, the city intends to build a new 295-foot structure that will house no more than 825 detainees.
New York reimagined what its system of pre-trial jailing will look like in 2019.
“Was this the best way of handling something as massive and important as the dismantling and reshaping of New York City’s jail system? Or would it have been better to put the public’s interests ahead of the speaker’s desire for good optics?”
With plans to close the facility by the end of January, Brooklyn’s city jail will stop admitting new detainees in the next few weeks, the Brooklyn
The New York City Council approved a sweeping land use measure on Thursday that will allow the city to build four new borough-based jails, overcoming
For years, before running for office or representing District 36, I worked on Rikers Island in the Department of Social Services. I remember fighting for access to the housing units,
I am a mother, a Brooklyn resident, criminal justice advocate and former resident of Rikers Island. I currently live with my daughter a couple blocks away from the proposed Brooklyn
A City Council committee voted on Thursday in favor of a plan that would forever banish jails from Rikers Island — long the stated intent of an unprecedented land use
In the oft-referenced words of Dostoevsky, a society can be judged by entering its jails. I have seen Rikers Island from the inside and it does not speak well of
Activists accused the city’s Department of Correction Friday of secretly moving detainees from the Brooklyn Detention Complex to the jail complex on Rikers Island “in order to fast track building
Updated on Oct. 17 at 10:30 a.m. Negotiations around the city’s initiative to build new jails in four boroughs have determined that all of the facilities will be smaller than
Brooklyn Councilmember Stephen Levin asked Department of Corrections officials about parking, building density and an alternative to demolishing the current Boerum Hill jail during the City Council’s only public hearing
The City Planning Commission voted Tuesday to approve the mayor’s plan to build four new borough-based jails as part of the effort to close the violence-plagued jail complex at Rikers
This story was originally published on Aug. 30 by THE CITY. The city’s jail in Brooklyn will close and the inmates will move to a facility on Rikers Island by
Advocates and opponents of the city’s plan to close Rikers Island and build four new jails will pack City Hall for the City Council’s public hearing on the proposal Sept.
Neighborhood opponents of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to rebuild and expand a jail in Boerum Hill have spent more than $30,000 on a “boutique government affairs” lobbyist to sway
The community boards have voted and the borough presidents have weighed in. The city’s plan to close Rikers Island jails by 2026 — by building four new borough-based facilities via
The city hosted the first public hearing on all four jails proposed as part of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s borough-based jail plan on Wednesday, failing to fill an auditorium at
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams wants the city to slash the size and number of inmates to be housed in the proposed expanded Brooklyn Detention Complex, according to the recommendation
Brooklyn Community Board 2 voted against the city’s plan to rebuild and expand the Brooklyn Detention Complex Wednesday — and set out a laundry list of recommendations that, if implemented
Following a rowdy public hearing in April over the expansion of the Brooklyn Detention Complex, a second hearing on Thursday evening proceeded in stark contrast — less packed and quiet,
During the first public hearing on the plan to renovate the Brooklyn Detention Complex and more than double its size, activists and residents voiced their concerns about the mayor’s plan.
In a decision that came down to a single vote, Brooklyn Community Board 2 decided not to support a modified version of the city’s plan to expand the Brooklyn Detention
This story was originally published on May 6 by THE CITY. The de Blasio administration promises to further reduce the size of its four planned borough-based jails – predicting a
The city held its first public hearing on the planned expansion of a Brooklyn jail Thursday night, with many community members giving emotional testimony about their own detention on Rikers
The city will host its first community hearing Thursday night concerning the renovation of the Brooklyn Detention Complex, a project that will double the size of Boerum Hill’s city jail.
This post was original published on March 27. It was updated with the latest information on April 12. We will continue to update this article as the story develops. New