By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Alexandra Dettori opened up her catering and event space business in Red Hook in 2022. They offer both on premise and off premise catering. Their website says: "No event is too small or vision to bold at AD Catering and Events,...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
This image is not an actual photograph but a rendering created by the DALL-E AI system following the instructions given to it by Jefe (a real person). He requested that it create: "Boats leaving the dock in Red Hook Brooklyn, at sunrise in...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
From the mid-1800s, lots of kinds of cargo were carried by canal boats from the U.S. inland to Red Hook to be shipped out around the world or to be used in local manufacturing. Grain was one of the largest imports, but some canal boats regularly...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Gee’s Vanity for skincare, facials, makeup, eyelash extensions and more! For details and to book an appointment go to geesvanity.com gees.vanity@gmail.com (718) 567-6163 Gee is Gleacher Carter. She grew up in Bed-Stuy and East...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Print By Designs a print shop specializing in small business branding and packaging, art printing, and large format printing They are Located in a studio space at 106 Ferris st. Instagram @printbydesignsllc (347) 940-6776
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Pietro "Pete" Panto was an Italian American longshoreman and union activist who was murdered by the mob for speaking out and organizing against currupt union leadership. The Red Hook WaterStories team has not written an entry about him yet but...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Be it today or 100+ years ago, some people, especially landlubbers, find it difficult to make their way to a particular ship or pier. Would that be deemed newsworthy today? Possibly not, but the following anecdote appeared in the...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
May 30 1868, was the first Decoration Day, a day to remember the many soldiers who died in the American Civil War by decorating their graves with flowers. It officially became a national holiday called Memorial Day in 1971. Particularly, in periods...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
" A modern port is made up of many things, one of the most important besides the fact that a good port must be a good natural harbor for ships, is the vast array of manmade contrivances for the physical handling of...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
BASIN Gallery & Studios "Jaimie Walker and Liz Galvin have gone and opened an Art Gallery in Red Hook, Brooklyn!" The Grand Opening was June 2nd & June 3rd, 2022. Drink & Draw events offered bi-weekly on...
