It’s an unassuming albeit daunting stretch of Fort Greene Brooklyn. But behind the walls and barbed wire, history, technology and innovation can be found. It’s called the Brooklyn Navy Yard and was once considered the world’s premiere ship building facility.

At it’s peak during World War II, the Yard encompassed a workforce of over 70,000 employees. After the city repurchased Navy Yard land in 1967, it has since reemerged and today is now home to over 275 businesses and state of the art green buildings.

A new museum, called the Brooklyn Navy Yard Center at Building 92, encompasses achival footage, oral histories, and relics from an active Navy Shipyarp. Opened on Veterans Day, BLDG 92 is allowing the public onto the ground of the shipyard for the first time in the Yards 200 year history.