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...
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...
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...
Electric Vehicles in Brooklyn: Applications and Borough Environmental Impacts
Electric cars significantly help the environment as they pollute the air and affect the climate much less than gasoline-powered cars. This is true, despite...
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...
North Brooklyn Historic Environmental Pollution Map: Who Created It and How It Works
Environmentalists from North Brooklyn and Pratt Institute created a map of historical pollution in Greenpoint, Williamsburg and surrounding areas. The local non-profit organization North...
The story of Brooklyn philanthropist Charles Pratt and his oil refineries
Charles Pratt was one of the 19th-century Brooklyn entrepreneurs who were called “wizards” for their incredible success. He was born in Massachusetts in 1830....
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...
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...