Wallabout Bay

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Wallabout Bay is a small inlet of the East River in Brooklyn, New York, historically significant as a maritime and industrial hub and the site of the former Brooklyn Navy Yard.

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Wallabout Bay canonical 7

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bay ⓘ
geographic feature ⓘ
inlet ⓘ
adjacentTo Brooklyn Navy Yard ⓘ
Clinton Hill ⓘ
Fort Greene ⓘ
Williamsburg ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup Walloon settlers ⓘ
linked to: Walloon diaspora
bodyOfWater East River ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
etymology derived from Dutch "Waal bocht" or "Waal boght" ⓘ
governingBody City of New York ⓘ
linked to: New York City
hasNearbyLandUse industrial ⓘ
military (historical) ⓘ
residential ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfImportance 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
historicalRole industrial hub ⓘ
maritime hub ⓘ
naval shipbuilding center ⓘ
locatedIn Brooklyn ⓘ
East River ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
New York State ⓘ
locatedInBorough Borough of Brooklyn ⓘ
locatedInCounty Kings County ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
near Flushing Avenue ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ
Navy Street ⓘ
notableFor historic shipbuilding activities ⓘ
proximity to Brooklyn Navy Yard ⓘ
role in New York City maritime history ⓘ
partOf Atlantic Ocean watershed ⓘ
New York Harbor ⓘ
United States coastal waters ⓘ
region Northeastern United States ⓘ
shore Brooklyn waterfront ⓘ
siteOf Brooklyn Navy Yard ⓘ
Brooklyn Navy Yard housing projects vicinity ⓘ
New York Naval Shipyard ⓘ
usedFor anchorage ⓘ
industrial shipping ⓘ
naval operations ⓘ
shipbuilding ⓘ
waterBodyType tidal inlet ⓘ

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