By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Carolina Salguero, PortSide’s Executive Director, narrated a tour covering the history of Red Hook’s working waterfront (docks) and the Brooklyn Marine Terminal process during a free public sail we offered as part of our visiting vessel...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
The Mary A. Whalen was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 2012. The National Park Service 's National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation's historic places worthy of preservation. It is part of a...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
HE SAW THE NORTH POLE - The Intelligencer - Wheeling W. Virgina - May 17 1888 The Intlligencer, a newpaper out of Wheeling, West Virgina, ran a colorful story in the Spring of 1888 (likely printed in many other papers accross the country too)...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Updates since close of comment period 11/15/23 press release from office of Congressman Dan Goldman: In short: the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) invoked the agency’s role as formal non-federal sponsor of HATS. NYS DEC’s...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
A 2006 study examined parts of the Brooklyn Piers 7-12 site north of the Atlantic Basin that were flagged by the Landmarks Preservation Commission as warranting further study and assessment for their potential sensitivity to yield remains of...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
A plan was announced at a press event on May 14, 2024 in the Red Hook Container Terminal with the Mayor, Governor, President/CEO of the NYC Economic Develepment Corporation (NYC EDC) , Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer, and Port Authority...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
The Red Hook Business Alliance (RHBA) started meeting in 2019, had a bit of a lull the first two years of the pandemic as it focused on planning it's own growth, and became visibly active in late 2022 to early 2023. Activities include policy...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
The Van Brunt Market is a deli and corner store. They make fresh a wide variety of hot and cold foods such as burgers and falafel to name just two. They are well stocked with convenient food staples as well as a broad selection of tasty...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
There is a chart HERE with all the food pantries in Red Hook with days, times, and addresses, created and maintained by Red Hook Mutual Aid. [Embeded chart below may not format as well as direct link to document] Loading… )
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Hundreds of canal boats traveled down the Erie Canal bringing grain and other produce to Red Hook's Erie Basin during the early years of the 1900s. Each canal boat was both storage and a proper home for not just the skipper but a family. ...
