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“Manhattan Beach”: The Brooklyn Navy Yard of World War II with Jennifer Egan | Episode 66

Take a virtual tour of the Brooklyn Navy Yard in World War II with Jennifer Egan, author of the award-winning novel Manhattan Beach, and our own resident historian, Andrew Gustafson. …

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Virtual Programs

Before Rosie: Women at the Brooklyn Navy Yard pre-World War II | Episode 59

Before the celebrated images of “Rosie the Riveter” and “Winnie the Welder,” women served in a variety of roles at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, in uniform and as civilian workers. …

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Virtual Programs
Waterfront
World War I

Hospital Ships and Shipwright Tools: Exploring Collections of the South Street Seaport Museum | Episode 56

Dive into the collections of South Street Seaport Museum with Director of Collections Martina Caruso, who will share some of the highlights among the museum’s 28,000+ artifacts and 55,000+ archival materials that …

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World War II

ARA General Belgrano: A Lost Ship, A Stolen Photograph

At 3:57 p.m. on May 2, 1982, the British submarine HMS Conqueror fired a spread of three torpedoes at the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano, located approximately 230 nautical miles …

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Photography
Shipspotting
World War II

Color photo of a cruiser sinking with ocean in foreground and orange lifeboats on the water.

How It’s Made: Scott Jordan Furniture | Episode 46

Go inside industry at the Brooklyn Navy Yard with Scott Jordan Furniture, a manufacturer of beautiful solid-wood furniture that has been in business for more than 35 years. Founder Scott Jordan …

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Inside Industry
Virtual Programs

Scott Jordan standing in front of a CNC router with wooden parts

Manufacturing in Crisis: The State of NYC Manufacturing with Adam Friedman | Episode 18

The COVID-19 crisis has thrust manufacturing into the national spotlight, as the city, state, and nation struggle to procure necessary medical equipment, and companies big and small pivot to produce …

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Inside Industry
Virtual Programs

Comfort at Sea: History of Hospital Ships in New York City

The hospital ship USNS Comfort is en route to New York City. One of just two hospital ships in the Navy fleet, it has been dispatched from Norfolk, while its …

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Waterfront
World War I
World War II

Inventions of the Brooklyn Navy Yard | Episode 1

For over 200 years, the Brooklyn Navy Yard has been on the cutting edge of innovation, first as a leading shipyard for the US Navy, and today as a home …

Brooklyn Navy Yard
Virtual Programs
Waterfront

Slavery and the Brooklyn Navy Yard

After nearly 12 years of leading tours at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, one of the most difficult questions we get – and almost always from young people – is this: …

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Waterfront

Clayton Colefield and the Building of USS Missouri

They say a Navy ship has three birthdays: its keel-laying, its launching, and its commissioning. The World War II-era battleship USS Missouri has one more, its recommission in 1986 as part …

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Shipspotting
Waterfront
World War II

Black and white photo of five naval officers standing on a large metal plate, one of them turning a long handle attached to a riveting machine.

Inside Industry at the Brooklyn Navy Yard: Women Welders, Past and Present, Mar 8

Celebrate International Women’s Day by exploring the past and present of women’s labor at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Learn about the history from the early nineteenth century, when women sewed flags …

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Inside Industry

Inside Industry at the Brooklyn Navy Yard: Love Stories and Letterpress, Feb 9

Get ready for Valentine’s Day on this special Sunday Inside Industry program at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. We will first delve into the archives of the Yard to share stores of sailors, …

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Inside Industry

Typeface collection at Woodside Press at the Brooklyn Navy Yard

Inside Industry at the Brooklyn Navy Yard: Digital Fabrication, Jan 31

Many of the businesses in the Brooklyn Navy Yard bring together traditional handcrafts and advanced manufacturing techniques to create unique, high-quality products. On this tour, we will go “inside industry” with …

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Inside Industry

Sitting at his desk using a mouse and looking at a screen with a chair on it, Scott Jordan builds a chair, virtually.

Special Tours Mark 75 Years Since the End of World War II at the Brooklyn Navy Yard

World War II came to a close in 1945, and looking back 75 years, it is hard to believe that Americans on the cusp of war in 1940 were as …

Brooklyn Navy Yard
World War II

Special Brooklyn Navy Yard Tour with Jennifer Egan, Mar 1

Take a special World War II history tour of the Brooklyn Navy Yard co-led by Jennifer Egan, author of the award-winning novel Manhattan Beach, and our own resident historian, Andrew …

Brooklyn Navy Yard
World War II

8-10 female workers lining up at the Brooklyn Navy Yard to punch in wearing heavy smocks for welding.

USS Edson: From Bath to Brooklyn to Bay City

On a quiet stretch of the Saginaw River just outside Bay City, Michigan, the USS Edson sits as a tribute to America’s Cold War destroyer fleet. Built at Maine’s Bath …

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Shipspotting

What was the First Ship Built at the Brooklyn Navy Yard?

For the past two years, we have had the opportunity to work with third and fourth graders in the Brooklyn Historical Society’s CASA program. These young scholars are tasked with …

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Shipspotting
Waterfront

Diagram showing the lines of the sloop Peacock.

2019 Guide to Open House New York

Open House New York Weekend is just over a week away, and with over 300 sites throwing open their doors, some careful planning is required to get the most out …

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Workers walk alongside a large stone dry dock in the Brooklyn Navy Yard with two white tugboats below and a red and white crane on the right.

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