[5] In July 2012, the Landmark Preservation Commission approved an upgrade to the first few stories and add much commercial signage.

[7] In 2020, it was announced that the building would be renamed for the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who was born and raised in Brooklyn.

[8] New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio attributed this honor to the “great things on the world stage” this Brooklynite had done.

[9] On Monday March 15, 2021, the Brooklyn Municipal Building was renamed after United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a ceremony attended by Mayor Bill de Blasio, First Lady Chirlane McCray, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, and the family of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

[11] The building was officially renamed on March 15, 2021, in a ceremony that included the mayor, the Brooklyn borough president, and relatives of the late justice.