The Brooklyn Navy Yard Center at BLDG 92 celebrates the Navy Yard's past, present and future by providing access to exhibits, public tours, educational programs, archival resources and workforce development services. BLDG 92 reinforces the Yard's unique bonds with the community and inspires future generations to become industrial innovators and entrepreneurs.
Find out more at: www.bldg92.org
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The scaffolding in the background of this image is actually the Ship Launching Ways, which was an open air structure that could accommodate the larger war ... (read more)
Brooklyn Navy Yard Center at BLDG 92
As ship construction advanced the covered Shipbuilding Ways were replaced by the open air Launching Ways to accommodate larger ships. Here the USS New Orleans is ... (read more)
Brooklyn Navy Yard Center at BLDG 92
Construction of the USS Maine from Frank Leslie's Journal (read more)
Brooklyn Navy Yard Center at BLDG 92
The twin covered Shipbuilding Ways were the sites of shipbuilding at the Navy Yard. The USS Maine is shown under construction in this illustration from Frank ... (read more)
Brooklyn Navy Yard Center at BLDG 92
Dry Dock 4 was plagued with numerous construction problems, resulting in its nickname the "hoo doo dry dock." (read more)
Brooklyn Navy Yard Center at BLDG 92
Construction photo of Dry Dock 1 taken in 1846. (read more)
Brooklyn Navy Yard Center at BLDG 92
This monument, dedicated to American patriots who died in Wallabout bay during the Revolutionary war, was replaced by the classical column in Ft. Greene Park. (read more)
Brooklyn Navy Yard Center at BLDG 92
The Naval hospital was the first building constructed on the hospital campus. (read more)
Brooklyn Navy Yard Center at BLDG 92
Cob Dock was a man made island in Wallabout Bay that evolved out of an existing sand bar. It was most likely constructed of old cobbles ... (read more)
Brooklyn Navy Yard Center at BLDG 92
BLDG 92 was the site of the Marine Commandant's House, and part of a four building complex designed by Thomas Ustick Walter, one of the architects ... (read more)
Brooklyn Navy Yard Center at BLDG 92
The timber shed is the oldest extant building on the Navy Yard. Built ca. 1833, this building was used to store and dry the long timbers ... (read more)
Brooklyn Navy Yard Center at BLDG 92
The Navy Commandant's house was built in 1805 - 1806 as the residence for the Navy Yard's commanding officer. The home is situated on a hill ... (read more)
Brooklyn Navy Yard Center at BLDG 92
Dry Dock 1 was constructed was completed in 1851 and remains in operation today. It is the third oldest dry dock in the nation, and played ... (read more)
Brooklyn Navy Yard Center at BLDG 92
The Marine Commandant's house was designed and built in 1858 by Thomas Ustick Walter, who is more famously known as the architect of the United State's ... (read more)
Brooklyn Navy Yard Center at BLDG 92
The Paymaster building distributed checks to workers throughout the Navy Yard. It was moved from its old location near York street in 1917 and repositioned just ... (read more)
Brooklyn Navy Yard Center at BLDG 92
Building 121 was built in 1900, and was at that time the site of the Paymaster building. It was originally located just past the gates at ... (read more)
Brooklyn Navy Yard Center at BLDG 92
At the Brooklyn Navy Yard checks were distributed through the Pay Master's building and through carts such as this one, throughout the Navy Yard. This cart ... (read more)
Brooklyn Navy Yard Center at BLDG 92
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