Board of Water Supply. Laying water distribution pipes. T. A. Gillespie Company, contractor. View from point near 82nd Street and Shore Road, looking south. Looking out over Brooklyn's old Shore Road and New York Harbor while a pipe is laid between the Crescent Athletic Club and its boathouse. Staten Island appears as a shadow on the horizon. September 24, 1923. Fort Hamilton High School was built on the athletic club site in 1941.