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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Red Hook Post Office 615 CLINTON ST BROOKLYN, NY 11231-9997 Retail/ Lobby Hours: Mon-Fri 9:00 am-5:00 pm Sat 8:00 am-1:00 pm Sun Closed Phone 718-624-7756 Fax 718-488-9257 TTY 877-889-2457 While no longer used nearly as much as they once were, US...
Street address: 615 Clinton St, Brooklyn, NY 11231
Bergen Hill once stood tall in Brooklyn, before developers had it carted away for fill to make the Atlantic Docks of Red Hook. Looking at historic maps from 1775, 1837 and 2004 cartographer Eymund Diegel determined that the hill, which was in...
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The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey is a very large bi-state agency that runs airports, bus terminals, bridges, the World Trade Center, the maritime ports in New York and New Jersey and more. It was founded in 1921 to create a...
