A tour of the Brooklyn Navy Yard from Channel 13.

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Yesterday, the Municipal Art Society, garnered a lot of coverage by releasing the alternative proposals it has developed that would allow for the preservation of the historic buildings of Admiral’s Row–which could be a Brooklyn treasure for future generations–and for the development of a huge supermarket and other retail and business space. The city and […]

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Here’s a slideshow prepared by the Municipal Art Society on their proposals for Admiral’s Row at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. You can click on the little expand symbol on the lower right to make it full screen and hit escape to get back to GL. Otherwise, access the slideshow by clicking here.

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A couple of weeks ago, INSIJS exclusively reported that Con Ed may be preparing a power plant on Kent Avenue for demolition, but what about turning it over to the Brooklyn Navy Yard for preservation? “The hulking Renaissance Revival structure borders the anticipated Navy Yard annex on two sides, and fits perfectly within the wide […]

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Photoblogger Nate Kensinger celebrates the first anniversary of his blog by going inside Admiral’s Row and return with superb photos of the wrecked state of the historic buildings at the heart of a development controversy. If you haven’t seen them yet, check them out as they are very cool.–Kensinger Photography

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Here’s an interesting question: Why are they rebuilding the sidewalk on Flushing Avenue in front of the Brooklyn Navy Yard without planning for the Brooklyn Greenway? “Seems kinda silly.” Indeed.–Brownstoner

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Some Pratt professors and students are trying to come up with plans for Admiral’s Row in the Brooklyn Navy Yard that would allow for both preservation of the Historic Structures and development of a supermarket on the property. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle reports that “City planning and architecture students have come up with a number […]

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Despite claims that the only options at the Brooklyn Navy Yard are preservation of Admiral’s Row without a supermarket or demolition of the historic buildings for the store and parking, the Fort Greene Association is trying to show that the community can have its veggies and eat them too, so to speak. It would be […]

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The Times City Section, the part of the paper to which many good Brooklyn stories are relegated, finally paid attention yesterday to the issue of Officer’s Row, the historic buildings in the Brooklyn Navy Yard that the city wants to demolish to make way for a supermarket and its parking lot. We don’t usually critique […]

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Proponents of the plan to tear down the historic structures on Admirals Row in the Brooklyn Navy Yard are upset that the Federal government will not be making a quick decision about the property. The National Guard Bureau of Cultural Resources is required by law to review whether the mansions can be preserved or whether […]

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Of all the place in Brooklyn harboring industrial ghosts, we find the Brooklyn Navy Yard one of the most riveting. Photographer Nathan Kensinger, who has been inside many old industrial structures, offers up a look inside Building 128, most of which will be replaced by a food processing facility. Building 128, which dates from 1899, […]

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Go inside Brooklyn Navy Yard Building 1. It “was formerly a barracks, complete with movie theater, laundry and rifle range. It has been empty for years, with paint peeling off the walls and broken windows throughout.”–Nathan Kensinger Photography

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Saving a slice of Brooklyn’s and America’s history, we are learning, may have a very small price tag. Yet, it’s one that a host of local officials seem unwilling to pay. The report that was delivered to a public meeting about Officer’s Row at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on Tuesday night said that the buildings […]

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In what could be good news for preservationists and bad news for advocates of tearing down the buildings on Brooklyn’s Admiral’s Row, a Federal study has found that the historic buildings still have “an extremely high level of integrity” and that they could be saved. The price tag, however, could be up to $20 million. […]

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Given that the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corp.’s president, Andrew Kimball, has already publicly stated a commitment to tearing down the historic buildings on Admiral’s Row (saying he doesn’t want the property with any conditions attached), tonight’s meeting about the buildings will be interesting. The city is planning to demolish the buildings to make way […]

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Photographer and photoblogger Nathan Kensinger visited by Brooklyn Navy Yard the other night for a cool reading put on by writer Gabriel Cohen at PortSide New York’s Mary A. Whalen which is now at the GMD Shipyard. The pics he has posted are very cool.–Nathan Kensinger Photography

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The city unveiled a $15 million Brooklyn Navy Yard Historical Center yesterday that will go into a renovated historic building on Flushing Avenue in the Navy Yard. (Brownstoner covered the announcement and has additional photos and renderings.) There is also a short item about the plan in today’s Times. The 25,000 square foot building will […]

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