Brooklyn Army Terminal (BAT)
Address:
U.S. Army Military Ocean Terminal
140 58th Street and 1st Ave
Brooklyn
Category: Military Sites/Structures
Built: 1918
Architect: Cass Gilbert
Built by: Turner Construction Co.
Designation: State & National Register
Description: The US Army's main port of embarkation in New York City shipping army equipment and personnel overseas. It was renamed Brooklyn Army Terminal in 1955 and was closed in 1961. The 91-acre area is a large complex of piers, docks, warehouses, and railroad tracks that now serves as an industrial park and bioscience center. The lobby has an exhibit of Elvis Presley shipping out to Germany from BAT in 1958.
(SOURCE: NYS Division of Military & Naval Affairs: Military History; Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record )
