Throughout this period there was a gradual increase in the number of finger piers and wharves along its long sheltered waterfront.
The other form of working pier, often called the finger pier, was built at ports with smaller tidal ranges.
They stopped when they had a good view of the small bay and the finger pier that extended out into deeper water.
Long, thin "finger piers" thrust out into the water at the end of every cross street.
A two-mile (3 km) trestle connects to three finger piers.
There are four new finger piers reaching out into the East River.
Throughout the 1950s, over 130 warehouses and 25 finger piers were demolished along Brooklyn's waterfront.
The study's cost projections showed this could save historic open finger piers, otherwise slated for demolition, as parkland.
Tied up to a series of finger piers were several Jet Skis and powerboats.
Through a 99-year lease with the city, the corporation controls 11 finger piers, including the one for the Dockside.