War Department Map of Port Facilities - Red Hook, 1932

1932 map of the piers and port businesses from Baltic Street (now called Cobble Hill) moving south through Atlantic Basin around past the Erie Basin,  for the War Department / U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

The map indicates the businesses that operates each pier as well as their primary use such as, General Cargo - foreign trade; general cargo - inland trade; coal handling; lumber; storage warehouses; cold storage; naval stores; dry docks; marine repair; railway; car float bridges; ferries; and molasses handling.

A circled number refers to each pier.  Their meanings, as listed in the map's legend are:

Reference 
Number

 344        New York Dock Pier 32
 345        Butler’s Dock
 346        Rudolf Co. Wharf
 347        Hamilton Avenue Ferry
 348        Wyle Lighterage Corporation Wharf
 349        New York Dock Co.:  Hamilton Avenue Bulkhead
 350        New York Dock Co.:  Pier No. 33
 351        New York Dock Co.:  Pier No. 34
 352        New York Dock Co.:  Pier No. 35
 353        Commercial Wharf
 354        New York Dock Co.:  Pier No. 36
 355        New York Dock Co.:  Pier No. 37
 356        New York Dock Co.:  Atlantic Basin float
 357        New York Dock Co.:  Pier No. 38 
 358        New York Dock Co.:  Bulkhead
 359        New York Dock Co.:  Bulkhead and Wharf
 360        New York Dock Co.:  Pier No. 39
 361        New York Dock Co.:  Pier No. 40
 362        New York Dock Co.:  Pier No. 41
 363        Shipyard and Marine Railway
 364        New York Dock Co.:  Pier No. 44
 365        New York Dock Co.:  Pier No. 45
 366        New York Dock Co.:  Pier No. 46
 367        Beard’s Erie Basin (Inc.) warehouse pier
 368        Bulkhead, first slip, Erie Basin
 369        Beard’s Erie Basin (Inc.): Pier A
 370        Beard’s Erie Basin (Inc.): Pier B
 371        American Molasses Co. bulkhead
 372        Robins Dry Dock & Repair Co.:  Pier No. 1
 373        Robins Dry Dock & Repair Co.:  Pier No. 2
 373A      Robins Dry Dock & Repair Co.:  Graving Dock Pier
 374        Robins Dry Dock & Repair Co.:  Pier No. 3
 374A      Robins Dry Dock & Repair Co.:  Pier No. 4
 375        Robins Dry Dock & Repair Co.:  Pier No. 5
 376        Brooklyn Spar Co. Basin
 377        Robins Dry Dock & Repair Co.:  Pier No. 6
 378        Robins Dry Dock & Repair Co.:  Pier No. 7
 379        Beard’s Erie Basin (Inc.): Pier No. 3
 380        Beard’s Erie Basin (Inc.): Pier No. 2
 381        Beard’s Erie Basin (Inc.): Pier No. 1
 382        United Dry Docks (Inc.): Pier No. 1
 383        Beard’s Erie Basin Inc.): bulkhead B
 384        United Dry Docks (Inc.): Pier No. 2
 385        United Dry Docks (Inc.): Pier No. 3
 386        United Dry Docks (Inc.): Pier No. 4
 386A      United Dry Docks (Inc.): Pier No. 1
 387        Beard’s Erie Basin: Spaces 8, 10, 12
 388        Beard’s Erie Basin: Spaces 4 and 6
 389        United Dry Docks (Inc.) bulkhead A
 389A      Nelson Corporation bulkhead
 390        South Brooklyn Storage Co. bulkhead
 391        Columbia Street bulkhead


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Date:

1932

Item Relations

This Item is related to Item: New York Dock Railway - Train Tracks of the Atlantic Basin, 1912 - 1996
Item: Newspaper calls out Rotten Excursion Barges, 1892 is related to This Item
Item: Pier 32, Where are You? 1909 is related to This Item

Sources:

  • Port Facilities at Port of New York Upper Bay Brooklyn
    United States Engineer Office, First District, NYC, April 22 1932.  War Department / Corps. of Engineers, U.S. Army

    Map from the collection of Paul Strubeck

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