Just Watch How Bummed Everyone Will Be When A Dozen Different Bail Bondsmen Open Up In Those Storefronts

Boerum Hill neighborhood associations (OK, well, one at least) are not happy that the trade off for putting retail in the Brooklyn House of Detention seems to be adding space for more prisoners. But provided it was the right store, some locals might not care if they had the entire death row of Texas kept there:

“It seems like a strange idea, shopping under this place,” said college student Ximena Rivera. “But maybe if they put something that I like, then I would reconsider,” she added, suggesting a Banana Republic.

Linda Serrone, 31, agreed.

“If they had a bottle of wine that I couldn’t find somewhere else, then maybe. But I think it’s pretty inhumane and bad to have prisoners up above while people are shopping below,” said the artist from Sheepshead Bay, who works nearby.