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Coordinates: 40°41′15″N 74°0′12″W / 40.68750°N 74.00333°W / 40.68750; -74.00333
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The Brooklyn-Port Authority Marine Terminal is an intermodal freight transport facility located on the Upper New York Bay in the Port of New York and New Jersey.[1]

The terminal is located on land owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ), leased by the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC).[2][3] The maritime facility in Red Hook section of Brooklyn, New York handles bulk cargo.[4] The (PANYNJ) bought the piers in the 1950s when there was still much break bulk cargo activity in the port. The PANYNJ transferred adjacent land at Piers 2-12 to the city in 2006-2007.[5] which later become Brooklyn Bridge Park.[6] It retain ownership of other piers, including those of the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal and adjacent Red Hook Container Terminal[7][8] was built in the 1980s[9] Nearly all labor on the terminal is supplied by Local 1814 of the International Longshoremans Association union.[10]

http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/arch_reports/1150.pdf http://perkinswill.com/work/brooklyn-piers-7–12.html http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/11/nyregion/11redhook.html http://www.nycdotfeedbackportals.nyc/sites/default/files/Brooklyn%20Waterfront%20Greenway%20Implementation%20Plan_for%20WEB_0.pdf http://portsidenewyork.org/edc-plans/

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References

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  1. ^ https://www.panynj.gov/corporate-information/pdf/bcp-062812-construction.pdf
  2. ^ https://www.nycedc.com/press-release/port-authority-new-york-city-sign-lease-extensions-maritime-terminals-staten-island
  3. ^ AJOT (3 June 2009). "NY/NJ Port Authority board approves lease extensions for New York seaport terminals". ajot.com. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  4. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/29/nyregion/29waterfront.html?_r=1&
  5. ^ http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=710
  6. ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/11/nyregion/port-authority-agrees-to-let-piers-be-used-for-brooklyn-bridge-park.html
  7. ^ Leach, Peter T. (October 27, 2011). "NY-NJ Port Authority Buys Out Terminal Lease". The Journal of Commerce. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
  8. ^ Buiso, Gary (October 22, 2011). "Upgrade due on the waterfront". New York Post. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
  9. ^ Fiala, George (January 21, 2015). "Are the Red Hook cranes headed to Sunset Park? by George". Red Hook Star Revue. Retrieved 2015-02-25.
  10. ^ http://www.redhookstar.com/Star%20Revue%20Archive/Red%20Hook%20Star-Revue%20November%201%20for%20web.pdf
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40°41′15″N 74°0′12″W / 40.68750°N 74.00333°W / 40.68750; -74.00333

Category:Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Category:Rail freight transportation in New York City Category:Port of New York and New Jersey Category:Transportation in Brooklyn Category:Red Hook, Brooklyn