Brooklyn's Progress
August 2003

By Warehouse Express

Have you ever mixed Sweet ‘N Low with your Scotch? The thought alone makes one wince!!

However we have found a place where the two coexist perfectly. And it is right here in beautiful Brooklyn.

Building No. 77 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard originally built to safeguard the United States Navy’s torpedoes during WW II, now serves to safeguard the United States consumer’s staple food and drink.

Recently the building has undergone major renovations in order to facilitate this transformation. Two new high-speed freight elevators have been installed while two more are on the way. The loading docks are being renovated so that freight can now be delivered without exposure to the weather. The roof is being replaced and security has been enhanced.

With the current shortage of affordable warehouse space, the 1 million square foot building serves the need of providing full service, safe and secure public warehousing.

“ We provide all the warehouse  requirements of the  typical small business” , says Warehouse Express CEO Joseph R. Ungar. “We can pick up material  from the piers, store it, repackage it and ship it to the retailer. We have the necessary  liquor licenses, a bonded warehouse area, and a fully operable Foreign Trade Zone.”

He explains that with these advantages businesses could save valuable capital by
delaying or even avoiding duty payments on various products.

The current management team, Warehouse Express USA and Trucking Express USA has been with the building since 1996 and has broadened it’s appeal for all forms of usage.

Recently, the buildings interior was used for filming a soon to be released feature film.
Once a year the building offers it’s distribution area to a local charity and 750
families obtain hundreds of thousands of pounds of food free of charge.

Two of the largest tenants are Cumberland Packing (makers of Sweet ‘N Low), and Importers Co. Inc, one of the largest liquor distributors in New York. However
the building’s storage capabilities  are not limited to food products. Every imaginable item can be found neatly stored in the building’s 17 floors. Cleanliness and orderliness are noticeable everywhere.

So while the entire area around the Brooklyn Navy Yard goes through it’s transformation the Navy Yard itself, and Building 77 within, reinvents itself to continue serving the Brooklyn community.

Information about Warehouse Express, The Brooklyn  Navy Yard or any other items contained in this article can be obtained by e-mailing to JUngar@warehouseexpressusa.com.