The Brooklyn Navy Yard (the Yard) is a mission-driven industrial park that is a nationally acclaimed model of the viability and positive impact of modern, urban industrial development. The Yard is home to 450+ businesses employing more than 11,000 people and generating over $2.5 billion per year in economic impact for the city. Building on the Yard’s history as the economic heart of Brooklyn, the 300-acre waterfront asset offers a critical pathway to the middle class for many New Yorkers.

The Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation (BNYDC) is a not-for-profit corporation that serves as the real estate developer and property manager of the Yard on behalf of its owner, the City of New York. BNYDC strives to provide an environment in which innovative companies can take root and grow.

The Yard was once the nation’s most storied naval shipbuilding facility, which for over 150 years built and launched America’s most famous fighting ships, including the USS Maine, USS Arizona, and USS Missouri. The Yard also served as an important point of the passage, home, and workplace for countless veterans as they served our country. Through its public programming, the Yard continues to honor and preserve this rich history.

The Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation seeks proposals for a new fence line public art installation from Creatives living in the borough of Brooklyn. BNYDC will make a single selection for artwork that extends across the fence line in front of Building 3 that may extend onto the fence in front of Building 92 or into the forecourt of Building 92. This fence line runs along the north side of Flushing Avenue between Clermont Avenue and Carlton Avenue. Most of the installation will cover the fence line in front of Building 3. The Building 92 forecourt portion can be either an extension of the Building 3 fence line work or a separate freestanding installation that visually and thematically carries the design over to that public space.

Proposals should respond to the theme of Our Brooklyn. Creatives should submit proposals that show how economic growth impacts social and cultural elements of a community while also celebrating the diversity of innovators and workers at the Yard and in Brooklyn. Emphasis should be placed on ways that communities come together through work, social, and cultural life. Artworks should celebrate cultural diversity and the richness that develops through communities coming together in dialogue and conversation.

Have a question? We’ll be hosting two information sessions on December 3, 2024:

11:00 a.m. via Zoom
3:00 p.m. in-person

You can submit questions and RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/information-sessions-brooklyn-navy-yards-2025-public-art-rfp-open-call-tickets-1067753502469?aff=oddtdtcreator

Unable to attend an information session, but still have a question? Use this form here: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=CIoP_YI_Yk2uUgotbJa17lBHL2Xb-cNCg9kQOpnpCfZUNVdRSTMyNFI5MlczOFJCQVdOV1E3SEpQUy4u

All questions must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. on December 2, 2024.

All submissions must be submitted through this link:https://brooklynnavyyard.submittable.com/submit/309172/2025-public-art-rfp-open-call

Do NOT send proposal materials directly to the Yard or through NYFA. Only applications submitted via the free online portal will be reviewed.