The last time professional tinkerer Christopher Hackett was featured in a NY Times story, it was when an confetti gun he invented exploded in his face, an "ordeal ordeal that ultimately involved the emergency room, the Police Department’s bomb squad an... »
I recently spent my Saturday in jail with a few hundred of my neighbors. The jail in question was the Brooklyn Detention Complex, formerly the Brooklyn House of Detention, or “House of D,” a ten-story gray hulk that sits on … »
See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Kate BriqueletThe Brooklyn PaperHere’s one get-together where guests won’t want to overstay their welcome. The Brooklyn House of Detention is unlocking its cell doors next Saturday and offering its neighbors refre... »
See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Kate BriqueletThe Brooklyn PaperBoerum Hill residents fear their lawns and planters will once again become stash spots for drugs, knives and other jail contraband when the Brooklyn House of Detention reopens next ... »
The Brooklyn Detention Center closed its doors in 2003. But now, it has re-opened to help relieve crowding at Rikers Island. The Boerum Hill section of Brooklyn has changed dramatically over the past nine years. What used to be parking lots and gas sta... »
