{"id":600,"date":"2006-01-10T09:41:24","date_gmt":"2006-01-10T17:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2006\/01\/there_really_goes_the_neighborhood.html"},"modified":"2006-01-10T09:41:24","modified_gmt":"2006-01-10T17:41:24","slug":"there_really_go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/01\/there_really_go.html","title":{"rendered":"There Really Goes The Neighborhood . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

Things homeowners don’t like to hear include that the nondescript box-like building down at the end of the block is actually a federal prison<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Some Springfield Gardens residents who were surprised to learn that the nondescript building at 150th Ave. and 182nd St. is a federal prison are now worried that there are plans to expand it.<\/p>\n

. . .<\/p>\n

Located at 182-22 150th Ave., it is fitted with outdoor security cameras, can house 200 prisoners and — although located in an industrial area near Kennedy Airport — is just blocks away from a residential neighborhood.<\/p>\n

“I didn’t know about that jail,” said Thelma Grey, who has lived on 147th Ave. — not far from the prison — for the past 11 years. “A prison . . . that sounds strange to me.”<\/p>\n

The building was formerly the Wackenhut Immigration Detention Center, which housed illegal immigrants awaiting deportation. It now confines federal prisoners awaiting trial and is controlled by the Geo Group Inc., a privately run correctional and detention management company.<\/p>\n

“We bought the adjacent building to the facility and we plan to have company representatives at the meeting on Wednesday to address any community concerns [about] any potential expansions,” said Pablo Paez, director of corporate relations for the Geo Group.<\/p>\n

Paez said the Geo Group has managed the facility since 1995 and that its management agreement changed from an immigration contract to a U.S. Marshals Service contract in June 2004.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s so<\/em> 24<\/a>, a new season of which, by the way, starts Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Things homeowners don’t like to hear include that the nondescript box-like building down at the end of the block is actually a federal prison: Some Springfield Gardens residents who were surprised to learn that the nondescript building at 150th Ave. and 182nd St. is a federal prison are now worried that there are plans to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-there_goes_the_neighborhood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}