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...
Squibb Pharmaceuticals: a Brooklyn pharmaceutical company with products of exceptional quality
After serving as a doctor at the medical station of the Brooklyn Naval Shipyard, Edward Robinson Squibb founded the pharmaceutical company E. R. Squibb...
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...
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...
Pianos, wallpaper, numbering machines, tea and bright beer: 5 historic Brooklyn makers
A closer look at the history of the city of Brooklyn reveals that there were many willing to create, develop and support the American...
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...
The most interesting farms in Brooklyn: Rooftop farms as a step toward sustainable development...
When it comes to Brooklyn's agricultural communities, there is one area that particularly stands out, Flatbush. For nearly 250 years after the first Dutch...
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....