City files plans for $187.1M project to relocate Brooklyn’s Housing Court to Brooklyn Municipal Building

New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services, on September 21, filed plans for a $187.1 million project to renovate office and retail space at the Brooklyn Municipal Building, located at 210 Joralemon Street, in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The project is part of the relocation of Brooklyn’s Housing Court to the building.

Earlier this year the building’s name was changed to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg Municipal Building, to honor the late Supreme Court jurist.

In 2014 reports circulated that Brooklyn’s Housing Court was preparing to move from 141 Livingston Street to the Municipal Building.

The city  forecasted in 2016 the budget for the project to be $81 million. However, according to public data from the city, the budget has risen to $252 million. The project is expected to be completed in August of 2024.

Once the court fully relocates to the 1920s government building, it will occupy five floors, according to a report from 2014. The report also states to make room, the city will have to move out and relocate four or five city agencies.

The plans call for work on the cellar and floors one and two of 450-foot tall, 15-story building. This was filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number B00555825.

The project is described in the filing as: Filing for Alt 1 to establish use and occupancy on all floors and new PA spaces.

The architect listed is Stantec.

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