The US Department of the Interior’s National
Park Service added the iconic 300-acre industrial park to the National Register
of Historic Places Thursday, The
Navy Yard officials believe the new status
will make it easier to obtain federal funding for projects like the $46 million
Green Manufacturing Center, officials said.
“It’ll make securing historic tax credits
easier for us with the purpose of restoring historic buildings and creating
jobs,” Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation President David Ehrenberg
told the Daily News Thursday.
The Yard is experiencing a development boom
that includes a mega supermarket, new sound stages and medical labs. More than
330 businesses have generated roughly 7,000 jobs.
“Federal
designation will help protect one of the country’s most storied naval districts
while reinvigorating historic structures to help grow new businesses,” said
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who waged a sustained push for the new status.
The industrial complex is the city’s oldest
and largest and one of six original shipyards in the country, officials said.
The federal designation puts it in the same league as the Statue of
Liberty and the Empire State Building.
The US Department of the Interior’s National
Park Service is expected to announce the designation early next week.
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