Brooklyn Army Terminal
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Brooklyn Army Terminal is a massive former military supply and shipping complex on Brooklyn’s waterfront, now repurposed as an industrial, commercial, and innovation hub.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Brooklyn Army Terminal canonical | 2 |
| Brooklyn Army Terminal (nearby on Upper New York Bay side) | 1 |
| Brooklyn Army Terminal (post-military reuse) | 1 |
| Brooklyn Army Terminal landing | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1652629 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brooklyn Army Terminal Context triple: [Sunset Park, hasLandmark, Brooklyn Army Terminal]
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A.
Brooklyn Navy Yard
The Brooklyn Navy Yard is a historic former U.S. Navy shipbuilding and repair facility on the Brooklyn waterfront that played a major role in American naval construction before its redevelopment into an industrial and commercial hub.
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B.
Fort Hamilton
Fort Hamilton is a historic U.S. Army installation in Brooklyn, New York, guarding the entrance to New York Harbor at the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.
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C.
Fort Hamilton
Fort Hamilton is a 19th-century British coastal artillery fort in Hamilton, Bermuda, built to defend the harbor and now preserved as a historic site and tourist attraction.
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D.
Howland Hook Marine Terminal
Howland Hook Marine Terminal is a major container shipping and cargo handling facility located on Staten Island within the Port of New York and New Jersey.
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E.
Port Newark–Elizabeth Marine Terminal
Port Newark–Elizabeth Marine Terminal is a major container shipping complex in New Jersey that forms one of the largest and busiest cargo ports on the U.S. East Coast.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brooklyn Army Terminal Target entity description: Brooklyn Army Terminal is a massive former military supply and shipping complex on Brooklyn’s waterfront, now repurposed as an industrial, commercial, and innovation hub.
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A.
Brooklyn Navy Yard
The Brooklyn Navy Yard is a historic former U.S. Navy shipbuilding and repair facility on the Brooklyn waterfront that played a major role in American naval construction before its redevelopment into an industrial and commercial hub.
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B.
Fort Hamilton
Fort Hamilton is a historic U.S. Army installation in Brooklyn, New York, guarding the entrance to New York Harbor at the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.
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C.
Fort Hamilton
Fort Hamilton is a 19th-century British coastal artillery fort in Hamilton, Bermuda, built to defend the harbor and now preserved as a historic site and tourist attraction.
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D.
Howland Hook Marine Terminal
Howland Hook Marine Terminal is a major container shipping and cargo handling facility located on Staten Island within the Port of New York and New Jersey.
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E.
Port Newark–Elizabeth Marine Terminal
Port Newark–Elizabeth Marine Terminal is a major container shipping complex in New Jersey that forms one of the largest and busiest cargo ports on the U.S. East Coast.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commercial hub
ⓘ
industrial complex ⓘ innovation hub ⓘ military logistics complex ⓘ |
| architect | Cass Gilbert ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | industrial architecture ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1919 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1918 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| floorArea | approximately 4,000,000 square feet ⓘ |
| formerOwner |
United States Army
ⓘ
United States Department of Defense ⓘ
linked to:
Department of Defense
|
| hasPart |
Building A
ⓘ
Building B ⓘ piers ⓘ rail infrastructure ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | major historic military-industrial site in New York City ⓘ |
| inception | 1918 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Brooklyn
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ New York State ⓘ
linked to:
New York
Sunset Park, Brooklyn ⓘ
linked to:
Sunset Park
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| locatedNear |
Bush Terminal
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Gowanus Bay ⓘ Industry City ⓘ Upper New York Bay ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Brooklyn waterfront
ⓘ
New York Harbor ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
massive internal atrium with railroad tracks
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multi-story reinforced concrete warehouses ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1919 ⓘ |
| operator | New York City Economic Development Corporation ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
City of New York
ⓘ
linked to:
New York City
New York City Economic Development Corporation ⓘ New York City government ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Korean War military shipping operations
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World War II military shipping operations ⓘ |
| transportConnection |
Bay Ridge Branch freight rail
ⓘ
NYC Ferry South Brooklyn route ⓘ
linked to:
NYC Ferry
New York City Subway R line ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commercial space
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industrial manufacturing ⓘ innovation space ⓘ logistics hub ⓘ military shipping ⓘ military supply ⓘ office space ⓘ research and development space ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Brooklyn Army Terminal Description of subject: Brooklyn Army Terminal is a massive former military supply and shipping complex on Brooklyn’s waterfront, now repurposed as an industrial, commercial, and innovation hub.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Brooklyn Army Terminal
linked to: Brooklyn Army Terminal
subject linked to:
City of New York (historically, via piers and waterfront control)
linked to: Brooklyn Army Terminal