Brooklyn Navy Yard
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The Brooklyn Navy Yard is a historic former U.S. Navy shipbuilding and repair facility on the Brooklyn waterfront that played a major role in American naval construction before its redevelopment into an industrial and commercial hub.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former naval shipyard
→
historic district → industrial park → |
| acquiredByUSNavy | 1801 → |
| area | about 300 acres → |
| bordersNeighborhood |
DUMBO
→
Fort Greene → Vinegar Hill → Williamsburg → |
| builtShip |
USS Arizona (BB-39)
→
USS Iowa →
surface form: "USS Iowa (BB-61)"
USS Maine (ACR-1) → USS Missouri →
surface form: "USS Missouri (BB-63)"
USS North Carolina (BB-55) → numerous destroyers and cruisers → |
| closedAsNavyYard | 1966 → |
| containsFacility |
Brooklyn Grange rooftop farm
→
Brooklyn Navy Yard →
surface form: "Brooklyn Navy Yard Center at BLDG 92"
New Lab technology and design center → Steiner Studios → |
| country |
United States of America
→
surface form: "United States"
|
| currentUse |
commercial hub
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creative industries campus → industrial hub → light manufacturing center → |
| formerOwner |
Department of the Navy
→
surface form: "United States Department of the Navy"
United States Navy → |
| hasEnvironmentalInitiative |
green building retrofits
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rooftop agriculture → sustainable industrial development → |
| hasFunction |
commercial offices
→
film and television production → industrial manufacturing → research and development → ship repair → shipbuilding → |
| hasHistoricStructure |
Dry Dock No. 1
→
Dry Dock No. 2 → Dry Dock No. 3 → Dry Dock No. 4 → former commandant’s house → former machine shops → |
| heritageStatus | listed on the National Register of Historic Places → |
| inception | 1801 → |
| locatedIn |
Brooklyn
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New York City → New York →
surface form: "New York State"
|
| locatedOn |
Brooklyn waterfront
→
East River → |
| managedBy |
Brooklyn Navy Yard
→
surface form: "Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation"
|
| nearInfrastructure |
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
→
Manhattan Bridge → Williamsburg Bridge → |
| openedAsNavyYard | 1806 → |
| ownedBy |
New York City
→
surface form: "City of New York"
|
| peakEmployment | over 70,000 workers during World War II → |
| redevelopmentBegan | late 1960s → |
| significantEvent |
major U.S. naval shipbuilding during World War I
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major U.S. naval shipbuilding during World War II → major U.S. naval shipbuilding during the American Civil War → major U.S. naval shipbuilding during the War of 1812 → |
| transportAccess |
NYC Ferry
→
surface form: "NYC Ferry East River route"
multiple New York City bus routes → |
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "New York Naval Shipyard"
this entity surface form: "New York Navy Yard"
this entity surface form: "Brooklyn Navy Yard Center at BLDG 92"
this entity surface form: "Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation"