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BROOKLYN NAVY YARD – The Brooklyn Navy Yard [https://brooklynnavyyard.org/] campus continues to grow. On Tuesday the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation (BNYDC) announced that it will lease 130,000 square feet of manufacturing and creative office space at Building 212. Brooklyn Navy Yard, Building 212Still under construction, the five-story
Central Brooklyn
Happy Women’s History Month [https://womenshistorymonth.gov/about/]! For more than 30 years March has been the designated month to commemorate the many contributions women have made in American history. From the Office of Assembly Member Rodneyse BichotteThe national celebration began in 1981 when Congress passed a bill authorizing
Education
BROOKLYN NAVY YARD – The Brooklyn Navy Yard [https://brooklynnavyyard.org/] held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday morning to celebrate the opening of the Brooklyn STEAM Center [https://www.brooklynsteamcenter.org/], a new 30,000-square-foot facility offering technical training to students from eight local public high schools. The Brooklyn STEAM Center, Brooklyn
Navy Yards
BROOKLYN NAVY YARD – As part of Mayor de Blasio’s recently announced expansion of NYC Ferry service [/state-of-city/], a new stop on the Astoria line will open at the Brooklyn Navy Yard this spring. The Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation announced on Monday that the new NYC Ferry [https://www.
Announcements
BROOKLYN NAVY YARD – Recruiting and training has begun in preparation for the long-anticipated opening of Wegmans [/wegmans-delayed-til-2018-fortgreene/] at the Brooklyn Navy Yard this fall. Rendering courtesy of WegmansLocated at 21 Flushing Avenue in the Admiral’s Row development on the Brooklyn Navy Yard campus, the 74,000-square-foot supermarket will hire
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BROOKLYN NAVY YARD – Just northeast of downtown Brooklyn sits the Brooklyn Navy Yard [https://brooklynnavyyard.org], home to a museum, a whiskey distillery, carpenters, fashion designers, and fishmongers, situated not far from three NYCHA developments—Whitman, Farragut, and Ingersoll Houses. Brooklyn Navy Yard, Building 92, 63 Flushing Avenue (Photo: Ann
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FORT GREENE – Come discuss the future of Fort Greene’s second-biggest green space at a community visioning session for Commodore Barry Park tomorrow night, Wednesday, November 28. Hosted by the NYC Parks Department and local Councilmember Laurie Cumbo (D-35), the event will be held at the Ingersoll Cornerstone Community Center,
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BROOKLYN NAVY YARD – The Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation [https://brooklynnavyyard.org/] (BNYDC) announced on Tuesday that it has secured $42 million in financing for the restoration of the historic Building 127. Brooklyn Navy Yard Building 127 rendering courtesy of S9 ArchitectureOriginally built in 1904 for U.S. Navy boat
Announcements
Borough President Adams, Chancellor Carranza, students and educators celebrated the borough’s $25 million investment in STEAM education (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) BROOKLYN NAVY YARD – This morning, Borough President Eric Adams and Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza joined up at the Brooklyn Navy Yard to reveal plans for an ambitious new education
Arts & Culture
BROOKLYN NAVY YARD – 733 Collective, a Brooklyn-based group of creatives who develop themed environments for community causes, will host The Laughing Rabbit’s Twisted Toy Factory Halloween event at the Brooklyn Navy Yard to benefit City Harvest. Via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/Bl-0bCFAQBj/?hl=en&taken-by=733collective]
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BROOKLYN NAVY YARD – The Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation [https://brooklynnavyyard.org] (BNYDC) released new renderings on Thursday for 5.1 million square feet of vertical manufacturing space which will add 10,000 new jobs, helping the campus reach its ultimate goal of creating 30,000 sustainable middle-class jobs. New
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CLINTON HILL – A new five-story, 120-room hotel will soon replace a one-story warehouse located at 11 Grand Avenue, across from the Brooklyn Navy Yard. 11 Grand Avenue (Photo: Christopher Bride via Property Shark)Hans Georg Näder, a German billionaire who owns the Otto Bock Group [https://www.ottobock.com/en/