Massive New Space Opens Inside Brooklyn Army Terminal

SUNSET PARK, NY — The Brooklyn Army Terminal celebrated their 100-year anniversary on Thursday but cutting the ribbon on a massive new space that could bring more than 1,000 new jobs to the campus on Sunset Park's waterfront.

Officials unveiled the 500,000-square-foot industrial workshop which they said marks the end of the site's transformation from a military supply base to a manufacturing center.

"The Brooklyn Army Terminal's centennial marks a milestone moment for our borough, as we celebrate the transformation of this once-critical military facility to a state-of-the-art hub for industrial innovation," Borough President Eric Adams said in a statement. "I see a bright future ahead for this one-of-a-kind manufacturing campus, as the sun rises on a new century in Sunset Park."

The new space has room for up to 20 companies to have headquarters inside and the New York City Economic Development Corporation (EDC) already leased space to several companies.

Jomashop and Altronix, which both have space in other spots in the Brooklyn Army Terminal, will take over more than 100,000-square-feet each as anchor tenants in the new building along with Tailored Industry, YD Designs, SPark Workshop Brooklyn and more, the EDC said.

The Brooklyn Army Terminal started in 1918 when the federal government broke ground on the military facility on Sunset Park's waterfront, according to the EDC. It became a supply base and Army headquarters during World War II, deploying millions of troops to Germany including Elvis Presley.

In the 1960s, it stopped being used as a military facility and the city bought it in 1981 to turn it into a manufacturing hub, the EDC said.

Image: New York City Economic Development Corporation