Map of Port Facilities - Upper Bay Brooklyn
War Department, 1932
1932 map of the piers and port businesses of Red Hook from Atlantic Basin to the Erie Basin for the War Department / Corps. of Engineers, U.S. Army.
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