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Baldev Duggal (1937–2016) So far in this series, all of the individuals we have profiled worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard when it was still a naval shipyard. But Baldev Duggal …
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Stanislaw Kozikowski (1895–1967) Stan Kozikowski came to fame as a young man in the First World War, but spent much of his life as an unheralded machinist in the Brooklyn Navy …
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Frederick Louis Riefkohl (1889–1969) The histories of Puerto Rico and of the US military are deeply intertwined, and much of that history runs through the career of Frederick Louis Riefkohl, the …
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James Diani (c.1833–1908) So far in this series, we have profiled commodores, admirals, and captains of industry. But the real history of the Brooklyn Navy Yard is the massive collective labor …
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Peter Christian Asserson (1839–1906) The Brooklyn Navy Yard has always adapted to change. Over its first 165 years, rapid changes in naval ship designs forced the adoption of new shipbuilding …
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John Ericsson (1803–1889) John Ericsson was perhaps more of an engineer than any man who ever lived. Of his 85 years on this earth, 75 of them were spent as …
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Henry Eckford (1775-1832) The long, arduous, and risky journey to America has a way of bringing to our shores the most ambitious, talented, and daring people; Henry Eckford was certainly …
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John Barry (1745–1803) Born in Ireland’s southeast County Wexford, John Barry grew up with an abiding hatred for the English. When he was 12, his Catholic family was dispossessed of their …
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This is year four of our photography tours of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and we need your help to select the best photo of the Yard of 2016. All of these …
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Last week we held our final Brooklyn Navy Yard Seasonal Photography Tour of 2016 (don’t worry if you missed it – our next one will be on January 22). Stay …
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Open House New York Weekend is always one of our favorite times of year, when hundreds of sites open their doors to the public on October 15 and 16. We …
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Guided Tour Series Offers Insider’s View of Factories, Workshops, and Tech Hubs (Brooklyn, NY) — Have you ever wondered what’s made at the Brooklyn Navy Yard? Now you can find …
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Thanks to all the photographers who joined our summer installment of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Photography Tour. This season, the winning photographs will be selected by an artist based in the …
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Thanks to the insights from BLDG 92 visiting artist C’naan Hamburger, we have three more finalists for our Brooklyn Navy Yard photography contest. These three photos were selected from a …
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The submissions are in from our spring photography tour of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. This season’s finalists will be selected by C’naan Hamburger, one the 2016 BLDG 92 Visiting Artists. …
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Our friends at the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative (BGI) achieved a great milestone Friday when they officially opened the Naval Cemetery Landscape at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The beautifully designed 1.7-acre green space is …
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For many years, the Brooklyn Navy Yard has been a forbidding presence along the East River waterfront, hidden from the surrounding neighborhood behind walls and fences, with warning signs along its perimeter … This month, however, several new projects are cracking open these barriers and granting the public access to parts of the Navy Yard that have been unseen for decades.
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After a hiatus of 115 years, a vast squadron of homing pigeons has returned to the Brooklyn Navy Yard. This weekend marks the opening of Fly By Night, an ambitious …
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