Once again, Thirteen has infiltrated a rarely seen part of New York: the Brooklyn Navy Yard (which opened up to the public briefly last year), and captured it on film.
They note that for the video they "looked for someone who could tell us about the Yard from the perspective of an employee during it’s heyday" and found Rubena Ross, an employee around the time of WWII. Fun fact: Ross was able to purchase two brownstones from the salary she earned there, and just sold one in Prospect Heights to a family who is now renovating it with the help of This Old House!
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Imagine that...you could buy not one, but two brownstones, on a seamstress's salary.
longacre
Awesome video, thanks for posting.
I very much appreciate the historical significance of BNY, but it would seem to me that if the government is not going to do anything to promote that history like build a museum, they should sell the land.
thefacts
What is wrong with this City, allowing this disrepair to occur to these grand late Federal buildings?
If it were in private hands, the Landmarks Commission would fine heavily for allowing Demolition by Neglect. Shame!
gpt
The Navy Yard and the Brooklyn Historical Society are collecting Oral Histories from people who worked there...
chickblao
why would there be a longer film there is nothing else to say, neil maus
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