By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Wrecks in Storm's Wake Great Damage Wrought All Along the Coast .... Tremendous damage was wrought all along the coast from Cape May to Boston by the northeast gale, which continued yesterday with unabated fury. .... Cellars and Sewers Flooded. .......
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Opened in January 2016, this is a bar of the mixology type created by the protégé and partner of pioneering drinks legend Sasha Petraske. Exposed brick, stainless steel tabletops in intimate booths, each with its own water...
Street address: 228 Van Brunt St, Brooklyn, NY 11231
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
The Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center, provides preventive and comprehensive primary health care Hours : Mon - Fri: 8:30AM - 5PM Sat: 8:30AM -2PM Address : 120 Richards St Brooklyn, NY 11231 Phone : 718-945-7150 Website :...
Street address: 120 Richards St Brooklyn, NY 11231
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
The Red Hook Flats Anchorage in New York Harbor was constructed to accommodate ocean going cargo ships and tankers. It provides a spot for ships to anchor off shore. To suit ships of different depths portions of it are 35, 40, and 45 feet deep.
On September 22, 1900, a fire destroyed $100,000 worth of property in a warehouse and grain elevator. The fire destroyed one warehouse that had been rebuilt after another fire just three months before. The Red Hook Fire Department fought the blaze,...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
The Red Hook Flats Anchorage in New York Harbor was constructed to accommodate ocean going cargo ships and tankers. It provides a place for ships to anchor off shore. To suit ships of different depths portions of it are 35, 40, and 45 feet deep....
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Hi, I’m PortSide’s ship cat, Chiclet. Listen up. I have experience with this resiliency thing, and my celebrity status can help get the word out. I was listed in Time Out Magazine’s top NYC mascots, you know. I am here to help PortSide...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
The AMERICAN TURTLE was the first submarine used in war. It was in 1776, not far from Red Hook. Invented by David Bushnell, the one-man hand-propelled craft was designed to attach an underwater time bomb to an enemy vessel. On a...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Yachts and party boats docked in the Atlantic Basin, 2016
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
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...
