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
The Basin Art Gallery closed their finial exhibition on January19, 2025, two plus years after their June 2nd 2022 opening. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Basin Gallery & Studios (@basin_gallery_brooklyn) BASIN Gallery & Studios...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
The names of things on ships are different than buildings on land. Here are some key words using PortSide New York's MARY A WHALEN as the example. Ship parts: beam: width of the boat bow: front end bulkhead : wall bunk: bed cabin:...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
In the 1930s, most of the passenger and cargo trade with Japan coming into the port of New York was handled by Brooklyn piers; and one of the biggest players was the Osaka Chosen Kaisha Line that departed from Pier 3 in the Erie Basin. ...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
There is an interview and short video in Spanish at the bottom beneath the photos. Carolina Salguero of PortSide interviewed Antonio "Tony" Piraquive who ran the Red Hook Coffee Shop for years, until 2020. We then threw a goodbye party for him...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
"You don't know what I mean about that job out there do you? I thought not. Well, it's this way. Down here in the towing, and ice and water supply business we have a great deal of competition. No, it is not friendly competition, I might almost say...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Tugboats were developed in the 1810s, soon after the invention of steam powered ships. They have been, and continue to be, an important part in the workings and successes of Red Hook's working waterfront. Beginning in the 1840s, and most...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
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By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Luo's Events is in the space formerly occupied by THE CASTLE run by Marlow Events. They describe themselves on their website as " Luo’s events is a modern/ rustic Wedding Venue and party space. It is over 2,000 square footage ready to host...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Red Hook's Public School 30 was built in 1868. P.S. 30 was located on the east side of Conover Street between Wolcott and Sullivan Streets. By 1930 a modern addition was built just to the east of the original building. P.S. 30 was in bad...
