By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Friends of Firefighters is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing free, confidential mental health and wellness services to New York City's active and retired firefighters and their families . They are headquartered in a revitalized...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Shannon Geis spent months researching the history of Red Hook, reading old newspapers, and, "most importantly, speaking with the people of Red Hook about how they view the community and where they see themselves in it." Her interviews took...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
In the 1990’s New York’s waterways was less grandiose, than it had been in years prior, but it still had its gems here and there. One such gem, Leonard Thomas, affectionately known as the “Chicken Man'', worked a career that spanned several...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
The following article excerpt brings readers to New York City, 1894 where companies like R. C. Layton & Co., flourished in an increasingly industrialized and connected new world. Business (as demonstrated by the other examples in this article)...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
The commercial focus of Ecotone is sauna and spa design and construction but public works and providing apprentiships is also stated as central to their mission. From their website: " Ecotone was founded in 2010 on the belief that...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Create Comforts - Modern Furniture Outlet Address: 201 Richards Street Instagram: @createcomforts
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
If Robert Moses had his way – and he very nearly did – instead of the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel running under Red Hook to the Battery in lower-Manhattan there would have been a bridge. The bridge was proposed in 1939. Despite strong...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Four years before the American Civil War, a legal battle emerged from a situation that occurred aboard a steamship from Savannah to New York. One of the passengers, Thomas Steele,a light skinned man, was accused of being a fugitive slave by another...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
The Red Hook Mural was created as a part of the Greetings Tour Duo's mission to create murals in all 50 states. Using a postcard letter style, "they work with communities to create colorful murals featuring local landmarks,...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Frank's Bike Shop From their flyer: “Bicycle repairs shop, new and used bicycle, bicycle accessories and parts.“ Address: 80 Delevan St. Brooklyn, NY, 11231 Phone: (929) 329-8367
