New York and Long Island Coignet Stone Company Building
The Coignet Stone Company Building is a historical structure in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, at the intersection of Third Street and Third Avenue. Designed by architects William Field and Son and constructed between 1872 and 1873, it is the city's oldest remaining concrete building. The Coignet Building is the last remaining structure of a five-acre concrete factory complex built for the Coignet Agglomerate Company along the Gowanus Canal.
Seen from Third Street
Third Avenue facade
The building, seen in the 2000s after the red brick cladding was installed
Gowanus is a neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, within the area once known as South Brooklyn. The neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community District 6. Gowanus is bounded by Wyckoff Street on the north, Fourth Avenue on the east, the Gowanus Expressway to the south, and Bond Street to the west.
The former powerhouse (locally nicknamed "The Batcave"), currently vacant and owned by Verizon Communications
View of the house of Simon Aertsen De Hart, still standing on Gowanus Bay in 1867
View of the New York and Long Island Coignet Stone Company Building, a New York City landmark, on Third Street
The Carroll Street Bridge, a New York City landmark
