Brooklyn Municipal Building

The Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Municipal Building, also the Brooklyn Municipal Building, is a civic building at 210 Joralemon Street in the Downtown Brooklyn neighborhood of New York City, built in 1924.^[1] Designed by McKenzie, Voorhees & Gmelin,^[2] it cost $5,800,000.^[3] It contains a branch of the New York City Clerk's office (including a detail of the New York City Marriage Bureau)^[4] and branch offices for the Departments of Buildings, Probation, Finance, and Environmental Protection.^[5]

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Municipal Building
Interactive map of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Municipal Building
Former names	Brooklyn Municipal Building
Etymology	Ruth Bader Ginsburg
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Government (Municipal)
Location	Downtown Brooklyn, 210 Joralemon St, Brooklyn, New York City, United States
Coordinates	40.6921°N 73.9905°W / 40.6921; -73.9905
Current tenants	New York City Department of Buildings New York City Department of Environmental Protection New York City Department of Finance New York City Department of Probation New York City Marriage Bureau
Opened	1924
Cost	$5,800,000
Design and construction
Architecture firm	McKenzie, Voorhees & Gmelin
Website
www1.nyc.gov/site/dcas/business/dcasmanagedbuildings/brooklyn-municipal-building.page

In July 2012, the Landmark Preservation Commission approved an upgrade to the first few stories and add much commercial signage.^[6] In 2016, renovation was done on two cellar levels and two floors.^[7]

Renaming

In 2020, it was announced that the building would be renamed for the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who was born and raised in Brooklyn.^[8] New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio attributed this honor to the “great things on the world stage” this Brooklynite had done.^[9]

On Monday March 15, 2021, the Brooklyn Municipal Building was renamed after United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a ceremony attended by Mayor Bill de Blasio, First Lady Chirlane McCray, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, and the family of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.^[10] Borough President Adams first pitched the name change to the mayor in September 20, 2018, through a letter which cited Ginsburg's many connections to the borough.^[11]

The building was officially renamed on March 15, 2021, in a ceremony that included the mayor, the Brooklyn borough president, and relatives of the late justice.^[12]