BNYDC Newsletter collection
Collection, MC/60
- 1992 – 2018
- Quantity
- 1 box, 1 GB
- Language of Materials
- Material is in English.
- Call Number
- MC/60
- Administrative/Biographical History
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The Brooklyn Navy Yard (the Yard) is a mission-driven industrial park that is a nationally acclaimed model of the viability and positive impact of modern, urban industrial development. The Yard is now home to over 400 businesses employing more than 7,000 people and generating over $2B per year in economic impact for the City of New York. Building on the Yard’s history as the economic heart of Brooklyn, the 300-acre waterfront asset offers a critical pathway to the middle class for many New Yorkers.
The Brooklyn Navy Yard was once one of the nation’s most storied naval shipbuilding facilities that for over 150 years built and launched America's most famous fighting ships, including the USS Maine, USS Arizona, and USS Missouri. The Yard also served as an important point of passage, home, and workplace for countless veterans as they served our country. After closing in 1966 the City of New York, along with community leaders, developed a plan to create an industrial park that would restore the civilian jobs that were lost when the Yard was closed by the federal government. In 1971 the Brooklyn Navy Yard was re-opened as an industrial park. The Yard operated under the management of a local development corporation called Commerce Labor and Industry in the County of Kings (CLICK). CLICK is later renamed the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation (BNYDC).
The Yard maintains four operating dry docks and five piers active with maritime industrial use. This makes the Yard one of the most active waterfront industrial sites in New York City. It is managed by the BNYDC, a not-for-profit corporation that serves as the real estate developer and property manager. BNYDC constantly strives to provide an environment in which businesses and careers can take root and grow. Industrial users are BNYDC’s highest priority. - Scope and Content
- This collection contains newsletters that were created and distributed by the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation. The collection serves as a document of activity at the Yard in the early 1990s, as well as the 2010s, including construction projects, administration news, and tenant relations. Tenants are a constant focus throughout the collection, but BNYDC, as well as the greater Brooklyn community, are also present in the later runs. The collection provides information on BNYDC’s corporate legacy.
- System of Arrangement
- This collection contains 5 series: Navy Yard News; News Flash; Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation Newsletter; Brooklyn Navy Yard Times; BNY News.
- Access Points
- Administrative, Tenants
- Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access This collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Reproduction Material in this collection is made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The use must assume full responsibility for any use of the material, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced material. Please see the BNYDC Archives’ Policy on Access and Use for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish. Any material used for academic research or otherwise should be credited using the citation below.