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City to shutter House of D by January: reports

November 24, 2019

The city is reportedly gearing up to shut down the Brooklyn House of Detention early next year to pave the way for an expansion of the Boerum Hill holding facility. Officials want to move inmates and corrections staff out of the Atlantic Avenue jail by the end of January 2020 as part of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s $8.7 billion plan to close the beleaguered Rikers Island jail complex and build four borough-based facilities, according to a report by the New York …

Filed Under: News Tagged With: atlantic avenue, house of detention, rikers island

Chip Shop Space To Go Italian, With “Natural Wines”

September 15, 2019

The New York Times, in today’s Restaurant Review by Florence Fabricant, reveals that the space next door to Colonie, on Atlantic Avenue, previously occupied by your correspondent’s beloved Chip Shop, will become Ping, a “natural wine” bar – that is, one serving “wines that are made with minimal intervention, like chemical additives or commercial yeast.” It will be owned by the owners of Colonie, andwill have mostly bar seating for

Filed Under: Real estate Tagged With: atlantic avenue, florence fabricant, the new york times

Hearing on Proposed Brooklyn Jail Expansion Thursday Evening

April 14, 2019

The Brooklyn Heights Association has advised us that Brooklyn Community Board 2 will hold a public hearing on this Thursday evening, April 11 from 5:00 to 9:00 (doors open at 4:30), at the Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School Auditorium, 357 Clermont Avenue (Enter off Greene Avenue) — see map here. The nearest subway stop, two blocks away, is the Clinton-Washington Avenue G.According to the BHAThe hearing is the start of a 7-month land use review process (ULURP) that will culminate with a final decision by the City Council on Mayor de Blasio’s plan to close Rikers Island and construct four new jails, one in each borough except Staten Island. Targeting an eventual jail population of 5,750 detainees – down from the current level of 7,800 – each jail would house up to…

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