These new renderings show the ambitions for the next phase of development at Brooklyn Navy Yard, where high-rise structures will create 5.1 million square feet of urban industrial space.
The Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation (BNYDC) this week released New York firm WXY Architecture and Urban Design's visuals for the $2.5 billion (£1.9 billion) masterplan, which was first announced in January 2018.

The proposal involves the creation of new buildings at three key points across the site, where the adaptive reuse of old warehouses and ship-building facilities has already taken place.
The new tall structures will contain "vertical manufacturing space", with the aim of creating 10,000 additional jobs at the 300-acre (121-hectare) yard. Plans also include open spaces and improving links to the surrounding neighbourhood.
"Forward-thinking cities like New York are using urban design to grow districts that support new kinds of jobs in urban industrial and maker settings," said WXY managing principal Adam Lubinsky.
"The Brooklyn Navy Yard is leading the way, showing how to create and integrate valuable public space and amenities, multi-modal transit and streets, and state-of-the-art vertical manufacturing buildings, which will boost the yard's economic impact."

The three main development sites outlined in the masterplan are Kent, Flushing and Navy. Each will include new structures to house a mix of tenants, with 75 per cent allotted for ...