Places that Matter
Place Explorer: Labor & Work
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| Place Name | Neighborhood | Borough | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 275 Seventh Ave. | Midtown South | Manhattan | Former home to men's apparel industry and unions |
| Amalgamated Housing Cooperative | Kingsbridge | Bronx | Cooperative housing built in the 1920's and still existing |
| Asch Building (former), now Brown Building | Greenwich Village | Manhattan | Site of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire |
| Atlantic and Erie Basins | Red Hook | Brooklyn | Ports that were integral to Brooklyn's important shipping industry |
| Beth-El Hospital (former, now Brookdale University Hospital & Medical Center) | Brownsville | Brooklyn | Site of a 1962 labor struggle by hospital workers |
| Brooklyn Navy Yard | Navy Yard | Brooklyn | A Navy shipyard from 1801 until 1966, important during the Civil War |
| Brooklyn Navy Yard Center at BLDG 92 | Fort Greene | Brooklyn | Adapted public gateway to the Brooklyn Navy Yard |
| Cooper Station, US Post Office | East Village | Manhattan | Graciously designed WPA-era post office |
| Cuyler Presbyterian Church (former) | Boerum Hill | Brooklyn | A center for Mohawk life in New York |
| District Council 65 (former) | NoHo | Manhattan | Long-time headquarters of a union with an activist history |
| Domino Sugar Factory (former) | Williamsburg | Brooklyn | The last sugar plant to close in NYC and a significant Brooklyn landmark |
| Drake Bakery (former) | Clinton Hill | Brooklyn | A pioneer in mass-produced baked goods |
| Dubrow's Cafeteria (site of) | Garment District | Manhattan | Restaurant and impromptu employment service |
| El Camino Outreach Center | East Harlem | Manhattan | A Jewish Socialist headquarters turned social service provider |
| Electchester | Pomonok | Queens | Cooperative housing development resulting from the joint effort of a union and management |
| Elks Lodge #127 (former site of) | Central Harlem | Manhattan | Where the Brotherhood of the Sleeping Car Porters, a black union, was founded in 1925 |
| Finnish Progressive Society Hall (now Pilgrim Cathedral of Harlem) | Central Harlem | Manhattan | Site of an important Communist party event |
| Gansevoort Market | West Village | Manhattan | Heart of the Meat Packing District |
| Garment Center Capitol Buildings | Garment District | Manhattan | Loft buildings where the "new Garment District" was born |
| General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen | Midtown | Manhattan | Charitable organization founded in 1785 by skilled craftsmen that offers cultural, educational, and social services to members and their families |
| Great Hall at Cooper Union | East Village | Manhattan | Prominent lecture hall |
| Harry Van Arsdale Jr. Plaza | Pomonok | Queens | Plaza dedicated to a working class advocate |
| Hope Gardens Project | Bushwick | Brooklyn | A housing project that women and minorities helped build |
| ILGWU Local 10 (former) | Garment District | Manhattan | Headquarters of the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union |
| International Longshoremen Assoc. Union Hall, Local 791 (former) | Chelsea | Manhattan | Headquarters of seamen's labor union, later home of the Sanford Meisner Theater |
| La Ferreteria Corona | Corona | Queens | A hardware store in Queens |
| Lalance & Grosjean Factory Clock Tower | Woodhaven | Queens | A remnant of the Lalance & Grosjean Manufacturing Co. sheet metal and enamel factory |
| Longshoremen's Rest | Chelsea | Manhattan | A seamen's sanctuary between shape-ups |
| Manhattan Metal Lathers and Reinforcing Ironworkers Union Building | Upper East Side | Manhattan | Union hall notable for its Art Moderne style |
| Mathews Model Flats | Ridgewood | Queens | Early working-class housing |
| National Union of Health and Human Services | Times Square | Manhattan | The headquarters of hospital employee labor struggles |
| New York Architectural Terra Cotta Company | Long Island City | Queens | Manufacturer of architectural cladding |
| Nontraditional Employment for Women | Chelsea | Manhattan | Women's workforce development center |
| Park Slope Food Co-op | Park Slope | Brooklyn | The country's oldest food co-op |
| Piccirilli Studio (site of) | Mott Haven | Bronx | Stone carvers' studio that made many famous sculptures |
| Queens County Farm Museum | Floral Park | Queens | The city's largest working farm and a historical site |
| Rand School (former) | Union Square | Manhattan | American socialist educational institution, offering vocational classes as well as ideological ones |
| Red Hook Graving Dock | Red Hook | Brooklyn | Civil War-era ship repair dock, now mostly part of Ikea's parking lot |
| Red Hook Waterfront | Red Hook | Brooklyn | A hub of Brooklyn's working waterfront, threatened by development |
| Seamen's Y | Chelsea | Manhattan | Sanctuary for seamen |
| Silver Lake Farm (site of) | Sunnyside | Staten Island | A boarding stable from 1915 to 2005 |
| South Brooklyn Health Center (former), now Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center | Red Hook | Brooklyn | Center of community life that has endured several transformations |
| St. Agnes Apartments | Harlem | Manhattan | Home to African American man of the theater and unionist, Frederick O'Neal |
| Staten Island Ferry | Staten Island | A shuttle between lower Manhattan and Staten Island | |
| Tammany Hall | Union Square | Manhattan | Site famous for its political and labor union history |
| Transit Club (former) | Bedford-Stuyvesant | Brooklyn | Hall for hire run by the Surface Line Operators Fraternal Organization |
| Unity Book Center (former) | Chelsea | Manhattan | Activist bookstore |
| Wall of Respect for Chinese Workers (site of) | Chinatown | Manhattan | Mural created to curb local gang violence, demolished in 2006 |
| Washburn Wire Factory (site of) | East Harlem | Manhattan | Once, one of the largest manufacturing plants in Manhattan |
