the popular name for the
New York Naval Shipyard, established in 1801 in what is now Brooklyn, an administrative district of
New York City. The Brooklyn
Navy Yard was one of the largest
American naval installations, providing berths for ships, extensive shipbuilding and shiprepair yards. It also included a naval hospital. The Navy gave up the
yard in 1968 and it was turned over to
private enterprises for the
establishment of factories, shipbuilding
facilities and warehouses.