Eric M. Taylor Center, NY

Yes. The Department of Correction renamed it on July 14, 2000, in honour of retired Chief of Department Eric M. Taylor. Nothing moved and nothing closed. If you are holding paperwork or a letter that names the Correctional Institution for Men, it is this building at 10-10 Hazen Street.

Eric M. Taylor Center, 10-10 Hazen Street, East Elmhurst, NY 11370, with the person's full name and Book and Case number on the envelope. The department asks for all three pieces: the name, the Book and Case number, and the full name and address of the jail holding them right now.

Because that is how Queens street numbers are written, and the hyphen is part of the number rather than a typo. Dropping it turns 10-10 into 1010, which is a different thing entirely. The neighbouring jails are 09-09 and 11-11 on the same street, so an address written from memory can land at the wrong building.

No. The Department of Correction states that all visitors coordinate their visits through the Benjamin Ward Visit Center at 18-31 Hazen Street, which serves every jail on Rikers Island. You do not report to 10-10 Hazen Street, and the jail address is for mail rather than for people.

The department publishes no phone number for any individual jail on Rikers Island, including this one. Its facilities page lists addresses only. General Department of Correction enquiries go through 311. Anyone quoting a direct line for this building is not getting it from the department.

Not in any way the department publishes. Visiting, mail, money and phone calls all run on one citywide set of rules, which is why the detail for those four sits on the Rikers Island guide rather than being repeated here. What is specific to this building is its address, its history and its name.