Brooklyn Forged Public Art Installation 2026
Brooklyn Navy Yard seeks Brooklyn-based artists to design fence-line public art installation celebrating industrial legacy and creative innovation.
The Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation (BNYDC) is inviting Brooklyn-based creatives to submit designs for a fence-line public art installation to be displayed in front of Building 3 along Flushing Avenue between Clermont and Adelphi streets from mid-May to early November 2026. This is the third year of this initiative.
The theme 'Brooklyn Forged' encourages artists to blend historic and contemporary narratives that reflect the Yard's industrial legacy and Brooklyn's ongoing ingenuity, while celebrating the skills, materials and entrepreneurial spirit that have shaped the borough's identity through industrial innovation. Creatives are encouraged to explore the intersection of labor, culture and economics, and demonstrate how Brooklyn continues to forge its identity through creativity and industry.
The installation offers artists the opportunity to design something big and bold while exploring three-dimensionality along the fence line. A selection committee composed of BNYDC staff and external art, architecture and design specialists will choose the finalist. The committee brings together experts thinking about creative placemaking, urban planning, and community engagement.
Eligibility is open to artists who work for a business at the Brooklyn Navy Yard (including current full- or part-time employees and business owners) or who live in Brooklyn. BNYDC recognizes the value of the creative economy and the contributions of artistic ingenuity, with the Navy Yard home to hundreds of artist studios.