Brooklyn Navy Yard Development history

A "temporary" cogeneration plant, which generated steam for the Navy Yard's tenants, opened in late 1982 as a stopgap until a permanent incinerator was built.

In December 1984, the New York City Board of Estimate narrowly approved the installation of the proposed incinerator in Brooklyn Navy Yard, one of five sites to be built in the city in the coming years.

Coastal Dry Dock filed for bankruptcy in May 1986, and closed the following year.

By 1987, the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation failed in all attempts to lease any of the six dry docks and buildings to any shipbuilding or ship-repair company.

David Dinkins, who ultimately won the 1989 mayoral election, campaigned on the stance that the Brooklyn Navy Yard incinerator plan should be put on hold.

After the decline of shipbuilding at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, it became an area of private manufacturing and commercial activity, though a naval detachment remained at the Brooklyn Navy Yard until 1993.

In 1995, his administration delayed the incinerator's construction by three years while the city procured a new solid-waste management plan.

Also in 1996, the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation received $739,000 to study possible uses for the Navy Yard.

The city started including the Navy Yard within its capital budget in 1997, taking over maintenance of the yard.

By 1998, the space in the Naval yard was described as being at 98% capacity, and has been doing incredibly well since.

In April 1999, actor Robert De Niro and Miramax Films announced that they were studying the possibility of constructing a film studio at Brooklyn Navy Yard.

In early 2000, the New York City government launched a program called Digital NYC to convince technology companies to move to seven "technology districts" around the city, including Brooklyn Navy Yard.

In 2004, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that the city would develop the western side of Brooklyn Navy Yard with 560,000 square feet (52,000 m) of space for manufacturing, retail, and industrial uses.

The city broke ground on the expansion in 2006.

Further upgrades to the Brooklyn Navy Yard called for spending $250 million to add 1.3 million square feet (120,000 m) of retail and manufacturing space as well as 1,500 jobs by 2009.

There were about 40 preservation projects proposed for the Navy Yard by 2010, and the yard had a full-time archivist.

In 2011, the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation began a large-scale program to develop the Navy Yard.

The redevelopment of Admiral's Row was ultimately approved in 2015; as part of the plan, most of Admiral's Row would be demolished and redeveloped.

The 250,000-square-foot Green Manufacturing Center, inside former building 128, was completed in 2016.

Dock 72, a 675,000-square-foot office building, topped out in October 2017 and houses offices for WeWork, a co-working space.

In January 2018, the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation released an updated master plan with an estimated cost of $2.5 billion.

An adjacent Wegmans supermarket opened in 2019, along with part of 399 Sands' parking lot.

Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation, “History of the Yard,” 29 September 2021.