New York: Brooklyn Army Terminal Historic Walking Tour

New York: Brooklyn Army Terminal Historic Walking Tour

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Step inside an engineering marvel on a 2-hour walking tour of New York’s Cass Gilbert designed Brooklyn Army Terminal. Located in an renovated industrial park, now a center business development, it once supplied the American forces in World War I.

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Highlights

Explore Cass Gilbert's innovative Brooklyn Army Terminal
Learn how the complex of buildings has been repurposed for modern use
Hear the history of Brooklyn's waterfront and the Port of New York
Marvel at the breathtaking atrium of Building B
See how over 100 companies, from biotech researchers to chocolatiers, have revived the terminal
Discover the military history of New York Harbor

Description

Explore the Brooklyn Army Terminal on a 2-hour walking tour, and learn how it supplied American forces on the Western Front during World War I. The Cass Gilbert-designed complex served as a supply base for the American military until the Vietnam War. Today, it’s a thriving industrial park, and home to over 100 companies from a wide array of industries, including precision manufacturers, biotech researchers, online retailers and chocolatiers. Discover how millions of tons of war supplies and personnel were shipped through the teeming transportation hub, and hear stories of soldiers, longshoremen and merchant mariners who worked on the piers, rail yards and warehouses. See how the facilities are being used today. The tour explores what made the Port of New York the envy of the world in the mid-20th century, and why it went into decline. Along the way, enjoy sweeping views of the harbor, and step inside the breathtaking atrium of Building B, where freight trains once rumbled through to be loaded from the innovative cantilevered balconies.

Includes

Tour of the Brooklyn Army Terminal Postcard

Important Information

• Since portions of this tour will go inside, all attendees are required by NYC law to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination in order to participate. Please visit the Key to NYC guidelines to learn about acceptable proof and type of vaccination allowed: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-vaccines-keytonyc.page • Meeting point: Lobby of Brooklyn Army Terminal Building A, located near the junction of 58th St and 1st Ave in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Once you reach the Army Terminal security gate, please ask the security guard to direct you to Building A, and your guide will meet you in the lobby. Restrooms are available inside Building A. Please call your guide on (347) 903-8687 if you have any questions.