JOHN F. KENNEDY AIRPORT

The Louis J. Lefkowitz Building at 80 Centre Street opened in 1930 as a central home for government offices in downtown Manhattan. Today, it houses the District Attorney’s office in addition to other court and government offices.

Shirley Chisholm was the first African American woman elected to Congress, representing New York’s 12th Congressional district for 7 terms from 1969 to 1983.

Built in 1987, the Red Hook Water Pollution Control Plant is just one of New York City’s fourteen pollution control centers that treats a combined 1.7 billion gallons of waste per day collected through the approximated 6,000 miles of underground sewage tunnels.