SEE: Brooklyn Municipal Building Renamed For Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Park Slope NY

15 March, 2021

4:00 PM

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BROOKLYN, NY — One of Brooklyn's government buildings now bears the name of one of the borough's "favorite daughters." The Brooklyn Municipal Building, which houses city offices on Joralemon Street, was officially renamed Monday in honor of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on what would have been her 88th birthday. "Justice Ginsburg fought for justice and equality her entire life. May her memory, and this building, inspire generations of New Yorkers to stand up, speak out and make our country a better place for all who call it home," Mayor Bill de Blasio said at the unveiling of two plaques at its main entrance. The renaming was first announced by the mayor in the days after Ginsburg's death in September. Local officials had called for years for the building to be renamed for the judge and feminist icon. It is one of several ways Ginsburg's native Brooklyn has chosen to honor her legacy. Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans to commission a statue for Ginsburg in Brooklyn and another statue, planned before her death, was unveiled at City Point last week. Ginsburg, then Joan Ruth Bader, was born at what is now called Maimonides Medical Center on 10th Avenue on March 15, 1933. She grew up in a house on East Ninth Street in Midwood just a short walk from P.S. 238, where she went before heading to James Madison High School. "While she is no longer with us, her legacy shines bright in the millions and millions of lives she changed for the better," Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams said. "Thanks to this re-naming, generations of Brooklynites and New Yorkers will learn about her achievements — and know that they too can carry the baton she has passed to us for the next leg of our march toward a more just, equitable society." Watch the renaming ceremony here: