The Officers of the Atlantic Dock Company as listed in Hearnes' Brooklyn City Directory , 1851 Atlantic Dock Company. Wm H Imlay,  President H. Alexander, jr.,  Secretary and Treas'r DIRECTORS William H Imlay Elihu Townsend W E Imlay...

In 1881, the Excelsior Stores grain warehouse and grain elevator in Atlantic Basin burned in a massive fire. Here is an article from The New York Herald , Monday, June 13, 1881, describing the conflagration:   THE EXCELSIOR STORES BURNED. -- A...