The Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Municipal Building, also the Brooklyn Municipal Building, is a civic building at 210 Joralemon Street in the

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neighborhood of

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, built in 1924. Designed by McKenzie, Voorhees & Gmelin, it cost $5,800,000. It contains a branch of the New York City Clerk's office (including a detail of the

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) and branch offices for the Departments of Buildings, Probation, Finance, and Environmental Protection. In July 2012, the Landmark Preservation Commission approved an upgrade to the first few stories and add much commercial signage. In 2016, renovation was done on two cellar levels and two floors.

Renaming

In 2020, it was announced that the building would be renamed for the late

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, who was born and raised in Brooklyn.

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attributed this honor to the “great things on the world stage” this Brooklynite had done. On Monday March 15, 2021, the Brooklyn Municipal Building was renamed after

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a ceremony attended by Mayor Bill de Blasio, First Lady

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, Brooklyn Borough President

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, and the family of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. 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. 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.

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