Cast in 1939 by Marugg, the architect of the pool building was Aymar Embury II. This was a project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA).

In 1955, the ESSO NEW YORK, became the first American super tanker to navigate the Gowanus Creek Channel to deliver oil to the Patchogue Oil Terminal, a subsidiary of Ira S. Bushey & Sons, at the foot of Court Street. The dredging of the channel...

Scroll to the bottom to hear PortSide's interview with Sunny Balzano.  Sunny Balzano was the beloved owner of a legendary bar, some 90 years old, which became known as Sunny’s. He died March 10, 2016 which prompted an outpouring of grief,...

" You Brooklynites who rush to Coney or Rockaway at the first blush of a hot day don't know your town so very well, " read an article in  The Standard Union  in 1929. " To be actually in the 'swim' you are just a nobody until you have visited...

This pair of range lights/markers help guide ships in the channel. When the two markers appear exactly on top of each other, the approaching ship is correctly lined up for approach. The rear marker stands 76 feet tall, and is the rear of a pair of...

Michael Gallagher, last General Manager of New York Shipyard, successor to Todd Shipyard, interviewed two weeks before selling the site to IKEA, talks about the shipyard, its history and final days.  Gallagher represents the 5th generation of his...

John Gladsky is the definition of a colorful old salt.  He is a marine salvor and the principal of Gladsky Marine and has an old-time Long Island accent. His oral history expresses nostalgia for the Todd Shipyard and criticism of public policy that...

When interviewed at a vigorous 82 years of age, Hank Dam laughs hard remembering the WWII slogan of Todd Shipyard “the difficult we do every day, the impossible takes a little longer.” Hank is clearly proud of the ingenuity and hard work of his...

A collection of historic maps and images of Red Hook, Brooklyn

Hear Tom Teague's reflections on being a Tugboat Captain.  These interviews of Captain Tom Teague and Mate Mike Dunn were done on the tugboat JANICE ANN REINAUER in Erie Basin Bargeport by Carolina Salguero c. 2000. Tom Teague: Push,...