Off-Rikers Jails in the Boroughs

The Department has major detention centers for male inmates off Rikers Island: Brooklyn House of Detention for Men Bernard B. Kerik Complex (in Manhattan) Vernon C. Bain Center (in the Bronx)		DOC maintains secure facilities in three City hospitals: Bellevue Hospital Prison Ward Kings County Hospital Prison Ward Elmhurst Hospital Prison Ward
* NOTE: Due to various causes, including inmate population declines and budgetary constraints, the Bronx House of Detention for Men and Queens House of Detention for Men have been placed on reserve status They are closed to inmate housing but remain DOC facilities. The Brooklyn Correctional Facility and the terminal care unit in Goldwater Memorial Hospital on Roosevelt Island have been completely discontinued and are no longer part of DOC.

Brooklyn House of Detention for Men

Address:
275 Atlantic Ave.,
Brooklyn, N.Y.
11201

The Brooklyn House of Detention for Men, built on Atlantic Avenue in 1957, is a single-cell jail that can house 815 adult males, many of whom await trial in Brooklyn and Staten Island courts.

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Bronx House of Detention for Men *

Address:
653 River Avenue,
the Bronx, N.Y.
10451

Bronx House of Detention for Men -- located in the Bronx Terminal Market area -- was built in 1938. Additions were completed in 1963. It can house 469 inmates, many of whom face trial in Bronx County. It is one of the Department's reserve facilities closed or opened as needed by the jail system in response to inmate population fluctuations.

* See note above.

Bernard B. Kerik Complex

Address:
125 White Street,
New York, N.Y.
10013

The Bernard B. Kerik Complex, in lower Manhattan, consists of two buildings designated the North and South Towers, connected by a bridge. The North Tower was opened in 1990. The South Tower, formerly the Manhattan House of Detention, or the Tombs, was opened in 1983 after a complete remodeling. The complex has a 881-bed capacity for male detainees. Its name was changed from the Manhattan Detention Complex in a rededication ceremony Dec. 12, 2001, in recognition of NYPD Commissioner Kerik whose leadership as First Deputy Commissioner and Commissioner of DOC was a major factor in the department's historic reduction of inmate violence.

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Queens House of Detention for Men *

Address:
126-02 82nd Avenue,
Kew Gardens, N.Y.
11415

Queens House of Detention for Men -- built in 1961 -- houses 502 inmates, many awaiting trial in Queens. It is one of the Department's reserve facilities closed or opened as needed by the jail system in response to inmate population fluctuations.

* See note above.

Brooklyn Correctional Facility *

Address:
136 Flushing Avenue,
Brooklyn, N.Y.
11205

The former Navy Brig, which once held military service personnel, reopened as a DOC facility in 1984. As such, BCF housed adult male sentenced and detainee inmates and, at times, federal Immigration and Naturalization Service detainees. With capacity for more than 1,350 inmates, it is one of the Department's reserve facilities closed or opened as needed by the jail system in response to inmate population fluctuations.

* See note above.

Vernon C. Bain Center

Address:
1 Halleck Street,
the Bronx, N.Y.
10474

The Vernon C. Bain Center is an 800-bed barge built in New Orleans, La. at a cost of $161 million. The facility can house medium to maximum security inmates in 16 dormitories and 100 cells. Opened in the Fall of 1992, it is named for a well-liked warden who died in a car accident. In the past, VCBC had used by the city Department of Juvenile Justice temporarily to house some of the young persons in that agency's custody while construction went forward on new DJJ facilities.

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Bellevue Hospital Prison Ward

Address:
1st Avenue and 27th Street,
New York, N.Y.
10016

Bellevue Hospital Prison Ward in Manhattan houses male inmates requiring psychiatric or medical treatment.

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Kings County Hospital Prison Ward

Address:
451 Clarkson Avenue,
Brooklyn, N.Y.
11203

The Kings County Hospital Prison Ward in Brooklyn houses male inmates requiring acute psychiatric or medical treatment.

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Elmhurst Hospital Prison Ward

Address:
79-01 Broadway,
Elmhurst, N.Y.
11373

Elmhurst Hospital Prison Ward in Queens houses female inmates requiring acute psychiatric care.

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Goldwater Memorial Hospital Unit *

Address:
Roosevelt Island,
New York, N.Y.
10044 
Business Hours Phone: (212) 318-8000 Ext. 2110

The Goldwater Memorial Hospital Unit on Roosevelt Island, Manhattan, was a minimum security area maintained for terminal-care inmates. The unit was under Rikers Island North Infirmary Command.

* See note above.