Chabad Bayonne
The U.S. Customs Service is the oldest federal agency and though this Beaux Arts masterpiece created by architect Cass Gilbert in 1907 no longer conducts any formal maritime transactions, it still remains as one of the more stately buildings in Battery Park. Today, the building houses the National Museum of the American Indian and the U.S. Federal Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The customs house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976 and former Sen. Daniel Moynihan sponsored a bill that gave it the name of the nation's first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton in 1990.
Overlooking Gowanus Canal, Red Hook Grain Terminal is an old grain elevator in Red Hook. Constructed in 1922, this structure is 12 storeys high. This grain terminal has not been in use since 1965. There have been plans to transform this old terminal into a compost plant or a recycling plant, but nothing has materialized so far. Entry into the building is strictly prohibited.
Clarence H. Johnston, Sr. designed this skyscraper and it was renamed several times. Included as city landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, the building is currently owned by Donald Trump and used as a commercial space.
