Over budget and delayed, the new Bronx courthouse.
New Bronx Courthouse Finally Scheduled To Open!
After many delays and cost overruns of nearly $100 million, the state’s newest courthouse, the Bronx County Hall of Justice, is scheduled to open next week, officials said on Thursday.
Cases will be heard on Monday at the $421 million courthouse, in the South Bronx near the borough’s other large courthouses, said Ronald Younkins, chief of operations for the Office of Court Administration.
Construction began in 2001 on the nine-story, 775,000-square-foot building that stretches for two blocks along 161st Street.
It was to be completed in 2005 at a cost of $325 million. But delays occurred because of a variety of problems, including soil contaminated with petroleum and the disqualification of the original contractor because of suspicions of mob ties.
The 200-space underground garage, which was declared unsafe after inspectors found that its ceiling had bowed, will not open along with the rest of the courthouse, officials said. It was unclear when it would be repaired, but engineers have determined that the garage problems are not a threat to the building’s overall structural safety.
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