By The Red Hook WaterStories team
A cheat sheet for the bell and jingle code hangs in the fidley of the MARY A. WHALEN. It can be seen in the related entry Bells are Direction, Jingles are Speed which lays out the system. The bell and jingle code was used by the captain...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Dee Shapiro began her career as a pattern painter and was included in the Pattern and Decoration at P.S. 1 in 1977. After exploring the Fibonacci Progression in color on graph paper and experimenting with paintings within a grid, she became...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
The sweet story from the Atlantic Docks, reprinted in full below, ran in the Towanda, Pennsylvania's Bradford Reporter, on December 22, 1864. This good natured human interest story, with little doubt copied from another newspaper, is notable in...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Ralphie Balzano's garage, as captured in artist Jen Ferguson painting is one of Red Hook's distinctive places. The garage can be seen next to the modern Brooklyn Crab on Reed Street. Artist Jen Ferguson's artwork can be seen,...
The Red Hook Water Stories team was very gratified to learn that author Mark Morrin, used RedHook Waterstories as a source for his 2019 e-book Farewell and Adieu Old Boatmen of Red Hook, and even more grateful that he has allowed us to make...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
The Red Hook Grain Terminal, is a large cement structure, erected by New York State in 1922. It's purpose was to store grain arriving from the Erie Canal. Located at the foot of Columbia Street, at the mouth of the Gowanus Canal, the 54-bin...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
The restaurant Somtum Der specializes in food from Isan, the Northeastern plateau of Thailand. The menu is designed so that visitors can enjoy a variety of dishes. The first Somtum Der opened in Bangkok in 2012; Somtum Der Red...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Polt Atölye is an artisan shop that sells leather and canvas goods. It is the design, built and reteail enterprise of a husband and wife team. Their shop also carries other locally made products. Address 390 Van Brunt...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Mission Martial Arts Children's Center was founded by two brooklyn brothers. They opened their first school in their home neigborhood of Carrol Gardens then expanded to create their Children's Center in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Location ...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Good Days is a specialized clothing retailer. They opened their doors in Red Hook in 2019. They are a storefront for the streetware brand Antler and Woods , who describes themselves as " a progressive streetwear brand that crafts...
