Check out workshops, programs and classes by Yard-based businesses.
Brooklyn Navy Yard’s Annual Open House
Date and Time:
Saturday, October 18
12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Discover our dynamic campus at our Annual Open House — a celebration of makers, creativity, and community. Get behind the scenes access to over 25 trailblazing businesses in fashion, design, and technology. Participate in hands-on demos, exclusive tours, and immersive activations that reveal how ideas become reality.
Whether you’re part of the local community, a fellow creative, or an entrepreneur looking to connect with your peers, this is your chance to explore the Yard’s dynamic and unique ecosystem up close. The Annual Open House invites you to discover, connect, and be inspired.
This event is coordinated in partnership with Open House New York Weekend, an annual festival that unlocks hundreds of destinations across the five boroughs.
Review event details, check-in procedures, bag check policies, and campus visitation rules included in the link below.
Brooklyn Forged Public Art Open Call
Deadline to submit proposals: Sunday, November 2, 2025, 11:59 p.m.
As part of the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s 2026 public art commissions, we invite Brooklyn-based professional creatives to apply for Brooklyn Forged, a new public art installation that will be installed on the Flushing Avenue fence line between Clermont Avenue and Adelphi Street (in front of Building 3) between mid-May to early November 2026. This commission celebrates the skills, materials, and entrepreneurial spirit that have shaped Brooklyn’s identity through industrial innovation. Proposals should highlight the intersections of labor, culture, and creativity—honoring milestones from the borough’s past while reflecting the dynamism of its present. This is an opportunity to contribute to a high-visibility installation that will engage thousands of daily passersby and anchor the Yard’s 225-year legacy of making and innovation.
Attend an Information Session:
Saturday, October 18, 2025
3:00 p.m.
This is a drop-in event part of our Annual Open House. Register for that event here.
Have a question?
Questions may be submitted through Sunday, October 19, 2025. A “FAQ” document with responses to relevant and appropriate questions will be uploaded here as a PDF no later than Wednesday, October 22, 2025. Questions may be submitted here.
Read the full Request for Proposals (RFP) here and apply here.
Public Art Installation: Our Brooklyn
Flushing Avenue
May 17 – November 2, 2025
Our Brooklyn is a temporary public art installation created by Brooklyn-based artist Phoebe Lo for the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Celebrating the ways in which Brooklyn communities come together through work, social, and cultural life, the playful and colorful installation spans Flushing Avenue between Clermont Avenue and Carlton Avenue.
Using graphic shapes and icons, Lo’s work is representational and abstracted. The use of acrylic and painted wood creates eye-catching textures while also allowing for the play of light and shadows throughout the day. Lo’s work is soft and surreal and full of symbolism. Motivated by a lifelong dedication to play, she is not bound by one material and works in murals and public art sculptures.
Brooklyn Navy Yard: Past, Present & Future
Building 92
Historic Marine Commandant’s Residence
Hours: Tuesdays- Saturdays, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
For tour schedule, click here.
Brooklyn Navy Yard: Past, Present, and Future is a permanent exhibition at Building 92 that tells the story of the Brooklyn Navy Yard from 1801, when it was founded as one of the nation’s first federal shipyards, through to the site’s use today as an active industrial and innovation hub that is home to hundreds of businesses. The exhibition is located across three floors inside the former residence of the Marine Commandant, an adaptively reused building that was originally constructed in 1858. Inside the exhibition, visitors will get an extensive history of the site through detailed wall text and a variety of artifacts and objects that span across centuries.
The exhibition is the first exhibition to tell the Yard’s story and was originally installed in 2011 with great community support from both organizations and neighborhood residents alike. Ultimately, the exhibition aims to introduce contemporary audiences to the generations of people who worked, transformed, lived, and shaped the Yard over time, and who continue to build upon the storied history of the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
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