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The Brooklyn Navy Yard has been known as a small-business incubator ever since the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corp. was created to develop the sprawling former Naval facility. Eagle file photo by Lore Croghan

North Brooklyn: A small-business powerhouse that drives growth in city, says EDC report

May 31 | Raanan Geberer

NORTH BROOKLYN — The area containing Bedford-Stuyvesant, Williamsburg, DUMBO, the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Bushwick, Crown Heights, Clinton Hill and Fort Greene is leading the growth of small businesses in the city, according to “Small Business Dynamism in New York City’s Economic Recovery,” a report issued by the city’s Economic Development Corp. this week. Citywide, “new […]

NYC museum’s Concorde supersonic jet takes barge ride to Brooklyn for restoration

August 10 | Associated Press

BROOKLYN NAVY YARD — The Concorde supersonic jet that has been parked along Manhattan’s west side since retiring from commercial air travel took a slow boat to Brooklyn on Wednesday for a facelift that will take several months. When Concorde service ended in 2003, 75 air museums around the world put in bids for the […]