American Manufacturing Company
Address:
Greenpoint Terminal Market
61 West St
Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Maritime Industry
Category: Shipyards & Industrial Sites
Current Use: Abandoned
Historic Use: Rope Factory
Built: 1898
Architect: Angell & Higginson
Description: 16 building complex of AMC, at one time Brooklyn's second largest emploer and the largest rope manufacturer in the world. Much of the complex was still intact when destroyed by a fire in 2006.