The history of a private Brooklyn shipyard from the Civil War to the modern...
Important events related to the development of shipbuilding took place on both banks of the East River. Previously, many of the strongest and best...
Belmont Metals Inc.: a Brooklyn company with a more than a century-old philosophy of...
Belmont Metals Inc. is a highly diversified producer of non-ferrous metals and alloys. It maintains the highest standards of product quality, on-time delivery and...
The history of the Brooklyn wallpaper factory built by Irish immigrant Robert Graves
If you've ever restored an old house in Brooklyn and come across 19th or early 20th century wallpaper, there's a good chance it was...
How a plastic factory poisoned Brooklynites
Greenpoint is a modern and progressive neighborhood in Brooklyn that is rapidly developing. But this is all in the 21st century. Once upon a...
How Brooklyn was saved from sewage. The history of sewer construction
The first prototypes of modern sewers appeared back in ancient Rome. Although it was hard to call it a sewer at the time. Cities...
Cleanliness is destroying Brooklyn’s ecology
Any production, in one way or another, harms the ecological state of the region and its location. The metallurgical industry is considered the dirtiest....
Brooklyn ecoactivists from Greenpoint
Brooklyn is one of the most densely populated boroughs of New York. Each of its districts is full of traces of the industrial past....
350Brooklyn – the fight for the borough’s ecological future
Brooklyn is one of the most affected by industrial development boroughs of New York City. In the 21st century, most of the dirty enterprises...