Brooklyn Daily Eagle Slams House of D Plans

Recovered from the saved listing page/15/index.html. The original standalone capture is unavailable; this may be an excerpt.

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In a self-styled “broadside” the Daily Eagle comes out clearly against the reopening and expansion of the House of D on Atlantic Ave.:

Should a jail exist in today’s Downtown Brooklyn and in today’s Downtown residential communities? The obvious answer is, of course not. It makes no more sense today than a jail would at the World Trade Center site, at Hudson Yards or at the Javits Convention Center.

The article gives a brief historical overview of the jail’s interactions with the community. It notes the city has quietly renamed the facility “Brooklyn Detention Complex”–suggesting that plans have been in the works for another building for a while–and ultimately demands a study of alternatives:

Until the issue of available alternative sites is thoroughly and honestly addressed (and it hasn’t been), the cards are stacked… a detailed financial study of a jail elsewhere and private development at the current site needs to be undertaken and made public.