Gothamist: The Brooklyn House of D

gregoryb

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 19:38:29 -0500

the real issue behind the story is the deficiencies of our criminal justice system, not real estate. prison overpopulation and criminalizing legal behavior is the real issue. i can't believe this entire debate turned into finding an appropriate place for the prison, as if its necessity were a given. cops are too willing to arrest. half the people at rikers are not convicted and are discharged within 50 days. if we invested more into our communities and services, instead of subsidizing "economic development" schemes, maybe some of these issues would be solved. call me a communist, but at least i'm not the one complaining about my businesses failing because the nearby jail closed down. can you believe they are planning to have a jail-retail space? have we gone insane here? re:"the perps who terrorize Brooklyn and make it an unpleasant place to live." are you an idiot? if the police only cared that you order pot through a delivery service, you'd be a riker's statistic.

gregory b

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 19:33:46 -0500

the real issue behind the story is the deficiencies of our criminal justice system, not real estate. cops are too willing to arrest. half the people at rikers are not convicted and leave within 50 days. if we invested more into our social service system, instead of grand "economic development" schemes, maybe some of these issues would be solved. call me a communist, but at least i'm not the one complaining about my businesses failing because the nearby jail closed down. can you believe they are planning to have a jail-retail space? have we gone insane here? re:"the perps who terrorize Brooklyn and make it an unpleasant place to live." are you an idiot? if the police only knew you ordered pot through a delivery service, you'd be a riker's statistic.

BK Born & Bred

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 14:11:24 -0500

I agree with ultraclay - the surrounding area houses most of Brooklyn's courts and government agencies. Where else should the city put the jail? Also, I can't believe anyone would even try and make the lame argument that this is about court officers abusing parking, either. The parking situation, like the presence of the jail, is just a reality of living within Brooklyn's municipal district. And, really, we all know this is not about parking.

scott

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 04:48:17 -0500

These morons bought apartments ACROSS THE STREET FROM A JAIL! What did they expect?

Tim N.

Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:46:11 -0500

Every day for the past many summers, my daughter and I have walked by this building on our way to her summer camp and we've not had any problems, whether it was open or closed. It started when she was five, and there was not one day either of us felt threatened. It's not a biggie, unless poor minority folks rub you the wrong way. Baylor's a schmuck and so are his ilk. Would they rather there not be any jails?

anon

Wed, 04 Apr 2007 22:57:47 -0500

The house of detention was never permanently closed. It was closed for renovations. If people did their research (or didn't delude themselves that just because they are considered financially well off they will have their whims met) before buying they would know this. How is having a jail in an area with kids whose parents are affluent any different then having a jail in an area where the parents of children are needy? Having money doesn't exempt you from reality.

ultraclay

Wed, 04 Apr 2007 21:05:29 -0500

I don't see why a 'transitioned' neighborhood should be exempt from housing jails. Somehow it was better for a jail to be around the working class Arabs, Italians and the Latinos who lived there pre-transition? Brooklyn House belongs near the courts. It just makes sense. If you don't want to live across from it, don't buy the damned condo.

Teddy N.

Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:41:51 -0500

Corey Baylor can go back to Manhattan or even better, wherever he came from. I hate people who complain about the neighborhood even before the furniture is unpacked. We all know that he'll probably be gone in a year or two.

hc

Wed, 04 Apr 2007 19:09:08 -0500

the point is moot. the city spent too much money and time renovating the building. have you seen all that beautiful marble? my favorite of the high-end condos is on boerum pl directly adjacent to the house of d. south facing apartments in this building are not only treated to glorious morning sunlight, but also a quaint view of the detention center courtyard/outdoor space next door. i can just imagine how creative those corcoran brokers were into trying to sell those units. the barbed wire is so brooklyn!

Puh-lease

Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:08:03 -0500

Excuse me if I don't have too much sympathy for the perps who terrorize Brooklyn and make it an unpleasant place to live. If these people had any sort of family structure, half of these crimes wouldn't be committed in the first place, so spare me the "visiting their loved ones" routine.

evan

Wed, 04 Apr 2007 17:53:44 -0500

someone should find investment banker Corey whatever his name is and publicly flog him. i can't decide where the flogging should take place. any suggestions? i would certainly prefer a jail-less city, but having the jail at that site is a benefit to brooklyn residents, who will no longer have to endure the trip to Rikers to visit their loved ones (the NYC equivalent of being jailed on the Canadian border). same goes for the attorneys who represent them.

Meghan

Wed, 04 Apr 2007 17:14:06 -0500

Gah. Please don't bring up that piece of sh*t movie, House of D.