Chelsea Fiber Mills
Address:
GREENPOINT MANUFACTURING & DESIGN CENTER (GMDC)
1155 Manhattan Ave
Greenpoint , Brooklyn
Maritime Industry
Category: Shipyards & Industrial Sites
Current Use: Design & manufacturing center
Historic Use: Marine Rope Mill
Built: 1868
Designation: National Register
Description: Eight-building brick jute mill manufactured marine rope for rigging sails. George DuPont Pratt was trustee and treasurer to the company. The structure was abandoned by the 1970's. Adaptive reuse of the building began in 1988 when a group of small woodworking and cabinet-making firms moved in. In 1993 the tenants purchased the building from the city.
