Boerum Hill New Brooklyn Jail Expected to Have 885 Beds, City Says Brooklyn Detention Complex, 275 Atlantic Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Brooklyn’s new jail is expected to have 885 beds in 2026, when new “borough-based” jails are up-and-running, city officials say. The current capacity is 815 beds. The capacity of Brooklyn’s new borough-based jail will be equal to new
Boerum Hill BP Adams, Brooklyn Residents Weigh in on Proposed Jail Plan Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNERBOERUM HILL—As the process for the city’s plan to build borough-based jails to replace Rikers Island moves forward, Brooklynites weighed in this week on the proposed Brooklyn jail and the initiative as a whole. Ahead of Wednesday’s City Planning Commission hearing on the four
Boerum Hill CB2 Votes No On Brooklyn Jail Expansion BOERUM HILL – On Wednesday night, Brooklyn Community Board 2 voted “no” on a land-use proposal which outlines plans for the jail to be expanded at 275 Atlantic Avenue. The vote was razor-thin with 17 board members voting no, 16 voting yes, two abstentions and one recusal. The close margin was
Boerum Hill Shut Down Rikers And The Mayor’s Jail Plan, Community Demands PARK SLOPE – The diverse group of Brooklynites packed into the auditorium of PS 133 Thursday night shared two opinions—they all wanted both Rikers Island and the Mayor’s borough-based jail plan shut down. Rendering of the expanded Brooklyn Detention Center, 275 Atlantic AvenueMayor Bill de Blasio committed in 2017
Boerum Hill Shut Down Rikers And The Mayor’s Jail Plan, Community Demands PARK SLOPE – The diverse group of Brooklynites packed into the auditorium of PS 133 Thursday night shared two opinions—they all wanted both Rikers Island and the Mayor’s borough-based jail plan shut down. Rendering of the expanded Brooklyn Detention Center, 275 Atlantic AvenueMayor Bill de Blasio committed in 2017
