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Food Manufacturing Hub Opens at Brooklyn Army Terminal

Masaki and Yukimi Momose have been making their Japanese-style salad dressings for more than three years, but now, they are finally making it in a space they can call their …

Architecture
Brooklyn Army Terminal
Inside Industry
World War II

Well Made, Well Done: Inside Industry with Bien Hecho

We recently had the opportunity to visit a unique business in the Brooklyn Navy Yard that will be a featured tenant on our Inside Industry Tour series, Bien Hecho, a woodworking outfit that specializes …

Architecture
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Inside Industry

Bakeries at New York’s Public Markets: A Bread and Butter Industry for the City

In this two-part blog series, we’ll be highlighting the stories behind baking businesses – wholesale and retail, profit and nonprofit – that are located inside New York’s public markets and …

Inside Industry
Public Markets

several roles being sprinkled with powder

Brooklyn Navy Yard Fall Photo Finalists Capture NYC’s Working Waterfront

As winter approaches, it means another year of Brooklyn Navy Yard Seasonal Photography Tours is in the books, and we’re happy to announce the final set of three finalists in …

Brooklyn Navy Yard
Photography
Waterfront

Brooklyn Navy Yard Fall Photography Contest Submissions

Just over a week ago, we had our final installment of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Seasonal Photography Tour for 2015. Thank you to the five participants who sent in their …

Brooklyn Navy Yard
Photography
Waterfront

Brooklyn Navy Yard Summer Photography Tour Finalists

This summer, a small but dedicated crew of photographers braved the July showers to photograph the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and they shared their work with us. From those photos, BLDG …

Brooklyn Navy Yard
Photography
Waterfront

From the Brooklyn Navy Yard to Mars: Honeybee Robotics

The Brooklyn Navy Yard has a long tradition of exploration. For 165 years, the Yard built, outfitted, and repaired ships that traveled millions of miles around the world, including building …

Brooklyn Navy Yard
Inside Industry

Carrier Catapult Tests Once a Common Sight at Brooklyn Navy Yard

Last month, the US Navy began testing of its new Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System, or EMALS, aboard the first ship that will deploy the system, the carrier USS Gerald Ford, …

Brooklyn Navy Yard
Waterfront

Explore Traditional Letterpress Printing at Woodside Press on an Inside Industry Tour

Woodside Press is one of our featured Brooklyn Navy Yard tenants on our Making It In NYC: Inside Industry at the Brooklyn Navy Yard tour series. This past winter, we visited the …

Brooklyn Navy Yard
Inside Industry

Mergenthaler Linotype Machine at Woodside Press at the Brooklyn Navy Yard

Digital Technology Augments Craftsmanship at Scott Jordan Furniture

One of the hallmarks of the companies that we feature on our Making It In NYC tour series at the Brooklyn Navy Yard is that they wed traditional crafts with …

Brooklyn Navy Yard
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.

Inside Industry: Space Suit Maker Final Frontier Design at the Brooklyn Navy Yard

Inside the Brooklyn Navy Yard, on the fifth floor of the cavernous Building 280, sits a small studio with very large ambitions. Inside you will find bolts of high-tech fabrics, spools of …

Brooklyn Navy Yard
Inside Industry

People and Motion at the Brooklyn Navy Yard: Photographer Travis Magee

When we think of contemporary images of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, its built environment tends to come to mind – cranes, dry docks, and workshops built across the centuries to …

Brooklyn Navy Yard
Photography

“Chingi and Matty,” with the Green Manufacturing Center behind them. Credit: Travis Magee

“The Wind Rises,” Japan Falls

The Academy Awards are tomorrow night, and nominated is a film that has only hit American cinemas in wide release this weekend, Hayao Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises, up for Best Animated Feature. …

World War II

EcoLogic Solutions Brings Green Cleaning to the Brooklyn Navy Yard

When it comes to so-called “green” products, we usually expect to pay more for something that doesn’t do the job quite as well as its mainstream counterpart. EcoLogic Solutions proves that this kind …

Brooklyn Navy Yard

Where Your Presents Came From: The Port of New York & New Jersey

By now all of us who celebrate Christmas have given and received our gifts. While we all put a great deal of thought (hopefully) into finding the perfect present for …

Brooklyn Army Terminal
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Waterfront

Discover Uncommon Gifts on Our Brooklyn Army Terminal Tour Nov. 24

Looking for unique, memorable gifts for the holiday season? Well, this Sunday, our walking tour of the Brooklyn Army Terminal will feature a special visit to one of the facility’s …

Brooklyn Army Terminal

Brooklyn “B-Corps” Offer New Models for Business Success

Today, many of the products we buy are slapped with a dizzying array of certification labels. You’ve probably seen the USDA certification attached to organic food products, or the Fair …

Brooklyn Army Terminal
Brooklyn Navy Yard

Meet Our Team: Sustainability Guide Doug Chapman

Meet Doug Chapman, head of Sustainability Programming and leader of our Sustainability Tours of the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

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Brooklyn Navy Yard

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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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