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The Brooklyn Navy Yard's eleven-story supply storehouse (Building 3), located east of Building 92, was the first reinforced-concrete building constructed at the yard. Built by Turner Construction in the Neo-Classical style , it contains a one-story base and one-story attic with nine stories in between.
It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1974 [2] for 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 trade and international affairs. [3] The building is now privately owned.
The Farragut Houses is a public housing project located in the downtown neighborhood of northwestern Brooklyn, New York City, bordering the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Farragut Houses is a property of New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA). The houses contain 3,272 [3] residents who reside in ten buildings that are each 13 to 14 stories high.
In January 2012, the property was demilitarized and transferred to the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation. [9] The redevelopment of Admiral's Row was approved in 2015. Most of the buildings would be demolished; a 74,000-square-foot (6,900 m 2) Wegmans supermarket, the city's first, is being built on the site. [10]
The hospital, along with the rest of the Navy Yard, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 2014. [32] The Steiner Studios plan calls for the restoration of 15 NRHP-listed buildings at the Brooklyn Naval Hospital campus, but would also demolish some of the NRHP-contributing artifacts to make way for the new facility. [33]
Between 8am and 9am, the Brooklyn Navy Yard received 2.58 inches of rain, said Rohit Aggarwala from New York’s Department of Environmental Protection. The city’s sewer system was built to ...
Brooklyn Navy Yard Historic District: ... Brooklyn Trust Company Building. August 20, 2009 : 177 Montague St. Brooklyn Heights: 37: Brooklyn VA Hospital Historic ...
Fort Greene is a neighborhood in the northwestern part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.The neighborhood is bounded by Flushing Avenue and the Brooklyn Navy Yard to the north, Flatbush Avenue Extension and Downtown Brooklyn to the west, Atlantic Avenue and Prospect Heights to the south, and Vanderbilt Avenue and Clinton Hill to the east.