The Brooklyn Navy Yard (originally known as the New York Navy Yard) is a shipyard and industrial complex in northwest Brooklyn in New York City, New York...
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its association with Matthew C. Perry, commandant of the adjacent Brooklyn Navy Yard 1841–1843, whose opening of Japan to the West in 1854 revolutionized...
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of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bounded by Flushing Avenue and the Brooklyn Navy Yard to the north, Flatbush Avenue Extension and Downtown Brooklyn to...
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Navy Yard may refer to: Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts Brooklyn Navy Yard, the New York Naval Shipyard Cavite Navy Yard, located in Manila Bay, the Philippines...
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is a neighborhood in north-central Brooklyn, a borough of New York City. It is bordered by the Brooklyn Navy Yard and Flushing Avenue to the north, Williamsburg...
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Newlab (category United States Navy shipyards)
multi-disciplinary technology center. Housed in Building 128 of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the $35 million project serves as a hardware-focused shared workspace...
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States representative from Brooklyn. 1805-06 – "Quarters 'A'" built as residence of the Commander of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. John Ward Hunter (October...
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Brooklyn Naval Hospital was a hospital in Brooklyn, New York City, within the Brooklyn Navy Yard. It was one of the oldest naval hospitals in the United...
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The Brooklyn-class cruiser was a class of nine light cruisers built for the United States Navy between 1935 and 1938. Armed with five triple 6-inch (152 mm)...
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Little Poland Williamsburg Brooklyn Heights Brooklyn Navy Yard Admiral's Row Cadman Plaza Clinton Hill Downtown Brooklyn Bridge Plaza/RAMBO DUMBO Fulton...
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once Wallabout Bay but has largely been filled in and is now the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The name Wallabout comes from the 17th century, when a group of Walloons...
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List of NYC Ferry stops (section Brooklyn Navy Yard)
Astoria route in both directions. The Brooklyn Navy Yard Ferry Terminal is located at Dock 72 in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and opened on May 21, 2019. It is...
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built in 2012 atop the Brooklyn Navy Yard and the third farm, established in 2019, is located at Liberty View in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. All three locations...
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of Brooklyn in New York City on the East River Waterfront between Dumbo and the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The neighborhood is locally governed by Brooklyn Community...
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NYC Ferry (redirect from South Brooklyn route)
Ferry's Brooklyn Navy Yard stop debuts today". Curbed NY. Retrieved May 20, 2019. "NYC Ferry adds Brooklyn Navy Yard stop to route". News 12 Brooklyn. May...
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The Washington Navy Yard shooting occurred on September 16, 2013, when 34-year-old Aaron Alexis fatally shot 12 people and injured three others in a mass...
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Admiral's Row (category Brooklyn Navy Yard)
formerly used by naval officers in the New York City borough of Brooklyn at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and owned by the National Guard of the United States. The...
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Steiner Studios (category Brooklyn Navy Yard)
Steiner Studios is a film studio at Brooklyn Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York City. It is the largest film and television production studio complex in the...
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Blackout cake (redirect from Brooklyn Blackout cake)
World War II by a Brooklyn bakery chain named Ebinger's, in recognition of the mandatory blackouts to protect the Brooklyn Navy Yard. After the war, the...
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Shipbuilding & the Brooklyn Navy Yard Archived May 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation. "Brooklyn Employment by Industry"...
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Jonathan Thorn (category United States Navy officers)
United States Navy". Friends of the USS J.P. Kennedy, Jr. (pamphlet). Sharp, John G.M. A Documentary History of the New York (Brooklyn) Navy Yard 1806-1856...
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at the Brooklyn Navy Yard as a machinist during World War II. The Los Angeles Review of Books, comparing Egan's novel to A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, wrote...
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USS Brooklyn (CL-40) was a light cruiser, the lead ship of her class of nine, and the third United States Navy ship to bear its name. Commissioned in 1937...
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Charles G. Ridgely (category United States Navy officers)
Pacific Station (1820–1822), the West Indies Squadron (1827–1830), the Brooklyn Navy Yard (1833–1839), and the Brazil Squadron (1840–1842). Charles Ridgely...
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the area after World War II, due to the proximity to jobs at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The neighborhood continues to have 27% Hispanic or Latino population...
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shipping access to the Brooklyn Navy Yard. This prompted city officials to reconsider plans for a tunnel. Construction on the Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel started...
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Kings County Distillery (category Brooklyn Navy Yard)
Kings County Distillery is a distillery located at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York City. It produces corn whiskey, bourbon whiskey, and rye...
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86-by-56-foot (26 by 17 m) floating ramp that was constructed at the Brooklyn Navy Yard using Federal Emergency Relief Administration funds. The floating...
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USS New Orleans (CA-32) (category Ships built in Brooklyn)
keel was laid on 14 March 1931, at the New York Navy Yard, commonly known as the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The ship was launched on 12 April 1933, sponsored...
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ordered under hull number "Battleship #30", was laid down at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York on 9 March 1909. She was launched on 12 May 1910, after...
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