Entrance to U. S. Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N. Y. Item no.:403 16097 /BOX 42-BROOKLYN-2/NAVY YARD %96 FORT %96 PRISON/42-501.tif Seymour B. Durst Old York Library Seymour B. Durst Old York Library Collection 40.70256207,-73.97221122 New York New York Brooklyn 11205 Daytime view https://dlc.library.columbia.edu/durst/cul:n2z34tmpnz NNC-A Avery Classics Collection Box no. 42, Item no. 501 Neighborhood Shipyards New York Naval Shipyard Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Additional information: the U.S. Navy Yard extends along the East River 2 1/2 miles and covers an area of 144 acres. It was established in 1803 & the first steam war ship Fulton was built here in 1815. the 26,000 ton super-dreadnought New York was built here in 1911-1914. the yard can be reached by the Flushing Avenue car from the Brooklyn Bridge. Copyright: 1915 by American Art Publiching Co BROOKLYN #2 Navy Yard - Fort - Prison still image I. Finkelstein and Son postcards Color Photograph landscape Remediated legacy metadata from the Seymour B. Durst Old York Library Postcard Collection NNC eng 2015-02-04T19:44:22Z 2017-04-07T03:07:59Z 10.7916/D87M0978