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Inside Staten Island Ferry John F. Kennedy with Engineer Angus McCamy | Episode 262

Pete Davidson, Colin Jost, and Paul Italia made waves last month when they bought retired Staten Island Ferry John F. Kennedy. While we don’t know where this future comedy club will …

Virtual Programs
Waterfront

A Concrete History of Brooklyn | Episode 258

Concrete is the world’s most ubiquitous building material, and many important milestones of its development took place in Brooklyn. In this virtual program, we will examine concrete’s history, production, and …

Architecture
Brooklyn Army Terminal
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Gowanus
Prospect Park
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Immigrants Who Made the Brooklyn Navy Yard Great: Peter Asserson

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 …

Brooklyn Navy Yard
World War I

Immigrants Who Made the Brooklyn Navy Yard Great: John Ericsson

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 …

Brooklyn Navy Yard
Waterfront

Immigrants Who Made the Brooklyn Navy Yard Great: Henry Eckford

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 …

Brooklyn Navy Yard

Pouring Concrete: The Brooklyn Navy Yard Prepares for War

Times of war have always brought the biggest transformations to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and none were bigger than those that took place during World War II. But long before …

Architecture
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Waterfront
World War II

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