By The Red Hook WaterStories team
In celebration of MARY A WHALEN's 83rd birthday during the COVID era, May 2021, PortSide toured the ship live on FaceBook. Virtual tour from 10:30 to 11:15 of the historic ship Mary Whalen for #MaryWhalen83 celebrations. #RedHook #brooklyn...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Molly Ivins of the New York Times in her November 1981 peice, RED HOOK SURVIVES HARD TIMES INTO NEW ERA provides a historical overview of the place. Today, Red Hook is usually defined as the Brooklyn penisula near Governor's Island, with...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Red Hook got walloped by Sandy on 10/29/12, but the spirit that was most visible at the one-year anniversary, the Sandyversary, was moxie and mirth. Cheeky illustrations popped up in a few places. There are a lot of chicken coops in Red Hook,...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Shiny Sparkle Studio is a glass studio that does custom work and offers fun classes They describe themselves as "a boutique glass fusing and casting facility specializing in fabrication for art and architecture. Founded by Dorie Guthrie and Matthew...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
The Red Hook Containerport Terminal, a joint effort by the city and state of New York and the Port Authority, opened for business, July 6, 1981. Located adjacent to Atlantic Basin, its first cargo was coffee. Click here to see more about the Red...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Lehigh Maritime arrived in Red Hook as friends of PortSide, first by tying up their tug CORNELL alongside our ship MARY A. WHALEN when we were in the containerport on Pier 9B. After we moved out of the port to Pier 11 in 2015, Lehigh joined us...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
The 2012 coastal storm surge of Hurricane Sandy flooded over 75 percent of the Red Hook area. The result was huge economic losses and 10,000 people affected. The New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) with the New York...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
The Guardian has recreated a searchable climate future risk tool developed by FEMA but then deleted by the administration of President Trump. The tool lists the risk of extreme heat, hurricanes, and coastal flooding for Brooklyn as very...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
PortSide NewYork posted this question (as Mary Whalen) September 19, 2025: Tug n tanker old timers, what are these old porthole inserts (screen with bonnet) called? They keep out hot sun and rain dripping down the tumblehome and make for new, fun...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
In June of 1897 the newly built Pilotboat NEW YORK, tied up at the Atlantic Docks to prepare for its first day of service. The steel vessel was built at Harlan and Wolf’s yards at Wilmington. ...
