By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Smart Tax was "founded in 2005 to fill a void in tax service options: strong customer service, and speed of return to under-serviced tax preparation customers. Smart Tax has grown offering the same great service in communities nationwide. ...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
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Red Hook WaterStories is a virtual guide to both past and present of this special neighborhood created by PortSide NewYork . We cover the past via our maritime aka "WaterStories" theme. You can search by The map (click the layers at upper right)...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced on January 21, 2023 that the city would soon be opening a " Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center [HERRC] at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal to temporarily serve the continued influx of asylum...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
December 5, 1860, the slave ship ERIE was sold at government auction in Atlantic Basin, Red Hook, Brooklyn. One month prior, the ship had been condemned and ordered to be sold by the United States District Court. This was news of national note...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
April 21, 2013 This is PortSide NewYork's hurricane Sandy story. A personal report by Carolina Salguero, Director of PortSide, speaking as Shipkeeper of the MARY A. WHALEN. This installment covers PortSide's time in port preparing...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Hurricane Sandy hit Brooklyn around 8pm on October 29, 2012. which caused devastating flooding in Red Hook. The following are stories, oral accounts and images relating to the superstorm and its aftermath. 1) PortSide NewYork Sandy...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Zoltán Glück was a graduate student when Sandy hit, and he worked with Occupy Sandy doing recovery work in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Occupy Sandy, an offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street movement, was a major and innovative force for Sandy recovery in New...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Matt Kraushar, dubbed “Medical Matt,” set up a Red Hook Sandy recovery medical team. He was a medical student living on Van Brunt Street when Sandy hit. He learned from Katrina that medical issues that were managed under normal conditions...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Hurricane Sandy hit New York with great force and water on October 29, 2012. The following day, João de Souza photographed the aftermath and the first efforts of cleaning up and pumping out in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Below is a curated...
