The Storehouse No. 2 is a historic

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located in the Sunset Park neighborhood of

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. It was a building in the United States Navy Fleet supply base that was built during World War I. It was built in 1917 by

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, and is an eight-story, reinforced concrete building in the

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style. The building measures 700 feet by 200 feet and occupies the entire block bounded by Second and Third avenues and 30th and 31st streets. ''Note:'' This includes ''See also:'' It was listed on the

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in 2013.

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