U.S. Post Office and Courthouse
Brooklyn, New York
In 2000 construction began on the new Federal Court complex on Tillary and Adams Streets in Downtown Brooklyn. The project was comprised of two components. The first of which was a new Eastern District courthouse on the north side of Tillary Street which provides 12 district courtrooms, five magistrate courtrooms and chambers for 17 judges.
The second part of the project was the adaptive reuse of the former General Post Office on the south side of Tillary Street. Originally constructed as a federal courthouse, the National Historic Landmark General Post Office, originally completed in 1892 and expanded in 1933 was restored. It houses courtrooms and offices for the United States Bankruptcy Court, the new headquarters for the United States Attorney for the Eastern District and a newly refurbished retail branch of the U.S. Postal Service.
Kroll Security Group provided security planning, design, engineering and construction administration services for the project.
Systems designed by Kroll include:
- Access control
- Alarm monitoring
- Closed circuit television monitoring
- Recording
- Intercom
- Prisoner movement and holding lock control
- Judicial suite entry control
