By The Red Hook WaterStories team
"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...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
"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...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
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...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Temperatures dropped so low in the winter of 1893 that business was frozen to a standstill. Six hundred canal boats, schooners, brigs and barks were locked by ice in Red Hook's Atlantic and Erie Basins. This was less of an inconvenience for the...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Mr. Stewart is one of the largest produce merchants at the Atlantic Basin. He was also predominant at the Washington Market in Manhattan. His produce boats provided seed potatoes to the farmers of Long Island, from the India Wharf and Central Pier.
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
Click here for a curated tour through Red Hook WaterStories' collection about Atlantic Basin. The construction of Atlantic Docks in the late 1840's jumpstarted the development of Red Hook. The facility was so innovative, large and such...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
A PDF guide to MARY A. WHALEN in English, French , German , Spanish , Italian The oil tanker MARY A. WHALEN was launched May 21, 1938 . The ship is PortSide NewYork 's ambassador...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
The NYCHA public housing in Red Hook is the largest NYCHA development in Brooklyn, and the second largest in New York City. It is where the overwhelming majority of Red Hook residents live. Land for the houses was condemned May, 1938, the same month...
By The Red Hook WaterStories team
One modern maritime business works in the waters off Red Hook without docking here, that is New York State Marine Highway, usually referred to in the business as "Marine Highway." They operate tugs and barges, and in 2016, requested...
