Yachts and party boats docked in the Atlantic Basin, 2016

Red Hook Housing Project, Brooklyn, New York. General view I

Tide mills were used in Red Hook to grind grain into flour.  They were also used to grind ginger.  Water from the twice daily high tides was captured in mill ponds. A gate could be opened, sending the water rushing down a channel and...

Newly married and recently widowed in 1890 , Jennie Chandler Young began working as a photojournalist to support herself and her two-month old son. Using the moniker "Brooklyn Girl," she worked until 1915 for the  New York Herald  as a...

"An aerial view made from an American Airlines plane of Erie Basin where 15 ships are shown ready to load crated war material crammed on piers.  Vividly reflected in the photo is the manner in which vital war aid for Britain is flowing speedily...

"I think everyone here will agree that New York City's Waterfront has enormous opportunities for new recreational facilities, new housing, new businesses, and that we are going to be seeing an unprecedented level of waterfront development over the...

In theme with the name, this new cafe has noir panelling and riffs on old European coffeehouse ambiance. It offers coffee, sandwiches, pastries from Balthazar (specialties such as a croissant with goat cheese and figs), soup, indoor seating, a...

Street address: 281 Van Brunt Street

Aerial View, looking north, of the Port Authority Grain Terminal and the Columbia Street Pier, June 25, 1950. In the photograph, the Grain Terminal, is the large rectangular cement building, located at the right mid-section. Behind it to the right...

Gerard Rokosz is a man deeply in love with his former job as the last dry dock manager at Todd Shipyard. At the time of this 2005 interview, he was working for a marina and nostalgic about the shipyard: "seeing my old office collapsing makes me...